Bulgaria vs Netherlands: Democracy
Bulgaria
7
in 2025
Netherlands
7
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Netherlands
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 7 against 7 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Netherlands ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 1.7 | 4 | 2.3 | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 2 | 4 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 2 | 4 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 2.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 3 | 6.6 | 3.6 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 2.2 | 6.3 | 4.1 | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 6 | 7 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 6.9 | 7 | 0.1 | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bulgaria or Netherlands?
- Bulgaria, at 7 against 7 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bulgaria and Netherlands?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Netherlands?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Netherlands rank globally for democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).