Norway vs Sweden: Multi-party elections for legislature
Norway
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
Norway rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 209 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Sweden |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher multi-party elections for legislature, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 1 against 1 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Norway and Sweden?
- 0, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1814 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Norway ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Multi-party elections for legislature. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.