Costa Rica vs Denmark: Political regime polity

Costa Rica
2
in 2018
Denmark
2
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
1st
Denmark rank
1st

Political regime polity over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark
00.511.52180019092018

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2 against 2 in Denmark, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 176 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 168 countries.

Across the 19 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Denmark in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Denmark Difference Ahead
1830s 1 0 1 Costa Rica
1840s 1 0.1 0.9 Costa Rica
1850s 1 1 0 —
1860s 1 1 0 —
1870s 1 1 0 —
1880s 1 1 0 —
1890s 1.6 1 0.6 Costa Rica
1900s 2 1 1 Costa Rica
1910s 1.7 1.9 0.2 Denmark
1920s 1 2 1 Denmark
1930s 1 2 1 Denmark
1940s 1.2 2 0.8 Denmark
1950s 2 2 0 —
1960s 2 2 0 —
1970s 2 2 0 —
1980s 2 2 0 —
1990s 2 2 0 —
2000s 2 2 0 —
2010s 2 2 0 —

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political regime polity, Costa Rica or Denmark?
Costa Rica, at 2 against 2 in Denmark as of 2018.
What is the difference in political regime polity between Costa Rica and Denmark?
0, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Denmark?
176 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2018.
How do Costa Rica and Denmark rank globally for political regime polity?
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Political regime polity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Denmark: Political regime polity. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-regime-polity/costa-rica/denmark/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-regime-polity/costa-rica/denmark/">Costa Rica vs Denmark: Political regime polity</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Political regime polity
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed