Germany vs Luxembourg: Democracy
Germany
7
in 2025
Luxembourg
7
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Germany currently reports 7 against 7 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
Across all 114 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 2 | 4 | 2 | Luxembourg |
| 1900s | 2 | 4 | 2 | Luxembourg |
| 1910s | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1.9 | 6 | 4.1 | Luxembourg |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Germany or Luxembourg?
- Germany, at 7 against 7 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Luxembourg?
- 114 years are reported by both, from 1867 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Luxembourg rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Luxembourg 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).