Germany vs Israel: Democracy
Germany
4
in 2025
Israel
4
in 2025
Germany rank
17th
Israel rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Israel
How they compare
Germany currently reports 4 against 4 in Israel, a difference of 0.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 17th and Israel ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Germany or Israel?
- Germany, at 4 against 4 in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Israel?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Israel?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Israel rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 17th and Israel 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).