Denmark vs Netherlands: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Denmark
0.977
in 2025
Netherlands
0.956
in 2025
Denmark rank
4th
Netherlands rank
7th

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.977 against 0.956 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.021.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 189 shared years of data; in 1835 it was Netherlands ahead.

Denmark ranks 4th and Netherlands ranks 7th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Legislative Checks on Government Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 23,601 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.