Denmark vs Sweden: Democracy
Denmark
7
in 2025
Sweden
7
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 7 against 7 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 197 countries.
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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).