Finland vs Korea, Rep.: Democracy
Finland
9
in 2025
Korea, Rep.
9
in 2025
Finland rank
1st
Korea, Rep. rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Finland
- Korea, Rep.
How they compare
Finland currently reports 9 against 9 in Korea, Rep., a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 183 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Korea, Rep. ahead.
Finland ranks 1st and Korea, Rep. ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Korea, Rep. | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 | Finland |
| 1920s | 6.8 | 0 | 6.8 | Finland |
| 1930s | 6.8 | 0 | 6.8 | Finland |
| 1940s | 5.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 | Finland |
| 1950s | 9 | 3 | 6 | Finland |
| 1960s | 9 | 2.7 | 6.3 | Finland |
| 1970s | 9 | 3 | 6 | Finland |
| 1980s | 9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | Finland |
| 1990s | 9 | 8 | 1 | Finland |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 9 | 8.5 | 0.5 | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Finland or Korea, Rep.?
- Finland, at 9 against 9 in Korea, Rep. as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Finland and Korea, Rep.?
- 0, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Korea, Rep.?
- 183 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Korea, Rep. rank globally for democracy?
- Finland ranks 1st and Korea, Rep. 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.
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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.