South Korea vs Norway: Democracy

South Korea

in 2025

Norway

in 2025

South Korea rank

1st

Norway rank

1st

Democracy over time

South Korea
Norway

How they compare

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

Across all 219 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

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

Individual pages

Democracy in South Korea
Democracy in Norway
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.