Norway vs Sweden: Democracy

Norway
3
in 2025
Sweden
3
in 2025
Norway rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st

Democracy over time

  • Norway
  • Sweden
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 219 shared years of data; in 1807 it was Sweden ahead.

Norway ranks 1st and Sweden 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
Last refreshed

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