Denmark vs France: Democracy
Denmark
4
in 2025
France
4
in 2025
Denmark rank
17th
France rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Denmark
- France
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 4 against 4 in France, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was France ahead.
Denmark ranks 17th and France ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 3 and France in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3.6 | 4 | 0.4 | France |
| 1910s | 4.1 | 4 | 0.1 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 4 | 3.9 | 0.1 | Denmark |
| 1940s | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | Denmark |
| 1950s | 4 | 4.6 | 0.6 | France |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Denmark or France?
- Denmark, at 4 against 4 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Denmark and France?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and France?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and France rank globally for democracy?
- Denmark ranks 17th and France ranks 17th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (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 classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).