New Zealand vs Sweden: Transparent laws

New Zealand
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
New Zealand rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st

Transparent laws over time

  • New Zealand
  • Sweden
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 173 shared years of data; in 1853 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 1st and Sweden 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
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.