South Korea vs Latvia: Democracy

South Korea

in 2025

Latvia

in 2025

South Korea rank

1st

Latvia rank

1st

Democracy over time

South Korea
Latvia

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Latvia ahead.

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

Individual pages

Democracy in South Korea
Democracy in Latvia
Full country ranking

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.