Canada vs United Kingdom: Democracy
Canada
7
in 2025
United Kingdom
7
in 2025
Canada rank
32nd
United Kingdom rank
32nd
Democracy over time
- Canada
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Canada currently reports 7 against 7 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Canada ranks 32nd and United Kingdom ranks 32nd of 176 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 3 | 3 | United Kingdom |
| 1850s | 0 | 3 | 3 | United Kingdom |
| 1860s | 0.9 | 3 | 2.1 | United Kingdom |
| 1870s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | United Kingdom |
| 1900s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 3.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 | United Kingdom |
| 1920s | 5.7 | 9 | 3.3 | United Kingdom |
| 1930s | 6 | 8.1 | 2.1 | United Kingdom |
| 1940s | 6 | 8.4 | 2.4 | United Kingdom |
| 1950s | 6 | 9 | 3 | United Kingdom |
| 1960s | 7 | 9 | 2 | United Kingdom |
| 1970s | 7.4 | 9 | 1.6 | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 8.7 | 9 | 0.3 | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 8.9 | 9 | 0.1 | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 7 | 8 | 1 | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Canada or United Kingdom?
- Canada, at 7 against 7 in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Canada and United Kingdom?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United Kingdom?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and United Kingdom rank globally for democracy?
- Canada ranks 32nd and United Kingdom ranks 32nd 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.
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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.