New Zealand vs Switzerland: Democracy
New Zealand
4
in 2025
Switzerland
4
in 2025
New Zealand rank
17th
Switzerland rank
17th
Democracy over time
- New Zealand
- Switzerland
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 4 against 4 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 17th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | Switzerland |
| 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, New Zealand or Switzerland?
- New Zealand, at 4 against 4 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 0, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Switzerland rank globally for democracy?
- New Zealand ranks 17th and Switzerland 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).