Denmark vs Sweden: Democracy
Denmark
2
in 2018
Sweden
2
in 2018
Denmark rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2 against 2 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 214 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 168 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Denmark |
| 1850s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 democracy, Denmark or Sweden?
- Denmark, at 2 against 2 in Sweden as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Denmark and Sweden?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 214 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2018.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for democracy?
- Denmark ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – 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 using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).