Belgium vs Luxembourg: Electoral democracy
Belgium
2
in 2025
Luxembourg
2
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
Across all 111 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Luxembourg |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Belgium or Luxembourg?
- Belgium, at 2 against 2 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Belgium and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Luxembourg?
- 111 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Luxembourg rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (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 Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.