Germany vs Netherlands: Democracy
Germany
9
in 2025
Netherlands
9
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Netherlands
How they compare
Germany currently reports 9 against 9 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 191 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 7 | 8 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 2.2 | 8 | 5.8 | Netherlands |
| 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 Netherlands?
- Germany, at 9 against 9 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Netherlands?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?
- 191 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Netherlands rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Netherlands 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.