Belgium vs Sweden: Democracy
Belgium
9
in 2025
Sweden
9
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Belgium
- Sweden
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 9 against 9 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 11 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Belgium |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | Belgium |
| 1840s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1850s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1860s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1870s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1880s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1890s | 3.6 | 0 | 3.6 | Belgium |
| 1900s | 8 | 0 | 8 | Belgium |
| 1910s | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | Belgium |
| 1920s | 7.5 | 7.2 | 0.3 | Belgium |
| 1930s | 8 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 3.2 | 8 | 4.8 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 8 | 8.8 | 0.8 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 8.7 | 9 | 0.3 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Belgium or Sweden?
- Belgium, at 9 against 9 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Belgium and Sweden?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for democracy?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.