Iceland vs South Korea: Democracy

Iceland
3
in 2025
South Korea
3
in 2025
Iceland rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st

Democracy over time

  • Iceland
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 3 against 3 in South Korea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Korea ahead.

Iceland ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
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Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.