Denmark vs Norway: Multi-party elections
Denmark
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Denmark |
| 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, Denmark or Norway?
- Denmark, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between Denmark and Norway?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for multi-party elections?
- Denmark ranks 1st and Norway 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether national multi-party elections were held.