Germany vs Luxembourg: Democracy
Germany
9
in 2025
Luxembourg
9
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Germany currently reports 9 against 9 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1915 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Germany ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2.2 | 7 | 4.8 | Luxembourg |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 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, Germany or Luxembourg?
- Germany, at 9 against 9 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Luxembourg?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Luxembourg rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Luxembourg 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.