Kenya vs Norway: Democracy

Kenya
4
in 2025
Norway
4
in 2025
Kenya rank
17th
Norway rank
17th

Democracy over time

  • Kenya
  • Norway
012345190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 4 against 4 in Norway, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Norway ahead.

Kenya ranks 17th and Norway ranks 17th of 175 countries.

Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Norway Difference Ahead
1900s 1 2.3 1.3 Norway
1910s 1 4.1 3.1 Norway
1920s 1 4 3 Norway
1930s 1 4 3 Norway
1940s 1 2 1 Norway
1950s 1.4 4 2.6 Norway
1960s 1.6 4 2.4 Norway
1970s 1 4 3 Norway
1980s 1 4 3 Norway
1990s 2 4 2 Norway
2000s 1.4 4 2.6 Norway
2010s 2.7 4 1.3 Norway
2020s 3 4 1 Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Kenya or Norway?
Kenya, at 4 against 4 in Norway as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Kenya and Norway?
0, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Norway?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Norway rank globally for democracy?
Kenya ranks 17th and Norway 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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 19,128 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

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).