Luxembourg vs United States: Electoral democracy
Luxembourg
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
Luxembourg rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Luxembourg
- United States
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 211 shared years of data; in 1815 it was United States ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Luxembourg or United States?
- Luxembourg, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Luxembourg and United States?
- 0, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and United States?
- 211 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Luxembourg and United States rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Luxembourg ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).