Denmark vs Malta: Direct Democracy Index

Denmark
0.185
in 2025
Malta
0.19
in 2025
Denmark rank
31st
Malta rank
28th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Malta
00.10.20.30.40.5190019622025

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.19 against 0.185 in Denmark, a difference of 0.005.

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

Denmark ranks 31st and Malta ranks 28th 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.