Canada vs Netherlands: Direct Democracy Index

Canada
0.015
in 2025
Netherlands
0.015
in 2025
Canada rank
122nd
Netherlands rank
122nd

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Canada
  • Netherlands
00.050.10.150.2190019622025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.015 against 0.015 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Netherlands ahead.

Canada ranks 122nd and Netherlands ranks 122nd of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
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Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.