Denmark vs Sweden: Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score

Denmark
3.2
in 2025
Sweden
2.86
in 2025
Denmark rank
8th
Sweden rank
10th

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3.2 against 2.86 in Sweden, a difference of 0.343.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,350 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which public officials respect the law, and administer it without arbitrariness and bias.