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Denmark vs Norway: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Denmark
0.977
in 2025
Norway
0.984
in 2025
Denmark rank
4th
Norway rank
2nd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.984 against 0.977 in Denmark, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1835 it was Norway ahead.

Denmark ranks 4th and Norway ranks 2nd 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.