Denmark vs Sweden: Centralization of Political Power Index

Denmark
0.012
in 2025
Sweden
0.023
in 2025
Denmark rank
172nd
Sweden rank
169th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
00.050.10.150.2178919072025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.023 against 0.012 in Denmark, a difference of 0.011.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.9 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.

Denmark ranks 172nd and Sweden ranks 169th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Centralization of Political Power Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.