Denmark vs Germany: Transparent laws

Denmark
1
in 2025
Germany
1
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Germany rank
1st

Transparent laws over time

  • Denmark
  • Germany
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 1 against 1 in Germany, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 191 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Transparent laws
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,229 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.