Greece vs Romania: Democracy
Greece
3
in 2025
Romania
3
in 2025
Greece rank
69th
Romania rank
69th
Democracy over time
- Greece
- Romania
How they compare
Greece currently reports 3 against 3 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Romania ahead.
Greece ranks 69th and Romania ranks 69th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | Romania |
| 1920s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Romania |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | Greece |
| 1950s | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | Greece |
| 1960s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Romania |
| 1970s | 3.1 | 1 | 2.1 | Greece |
| 1980s | 4.3 | 1 | 3.3 | Greece |
| 1990s | 4 | 4.8 | 0.8 | Romania |
| 2000s | 4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | Romania |
| 2010s | 4 | 4.8 | 0.8 | Romania |
| 2020s | 3 | 3.33 | 0.3333 | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Greece or Romania?
- Greece, at 3 against 3 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Greece and Romania?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Romania?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Romania rank globally for democracy?
- Greece ranks 69th and Romania ranks 69th 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).