Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Democracy
Luxembourg
4
in 2025
Netherlands
4
in 2025
Luxembourg rank
17th
Netherlands rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 4 against 4 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 111 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Luxembourg ranks 17th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 4.1 | 4.1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 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, Luxembourg or Netherlands?
- Luxembourg, at 4 against 4 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 0, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 111 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2025.
- How do Luxembourg and Netherlands rank globally for democracy?
- Luxembourg ranks 17th and Netherlands 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).