Denmark vs United States: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Denmark
0.974
in 2025
United States
0.975
in 2025
Denmark rank
28th
United States rank
27th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Denmark
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 0.975 against 0.974 in Denmark, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 193 shared years of data; in 1833 it was United States ahead.

Denmark ranks 28th and United States ranks 27th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Strong Elected Local Governments Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 25,933 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.