Colombia vs Denmark: Electoral democracy
Colombia
2
in 2025
Denmark
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Denmark rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Colombia
- Denmark
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Denmark, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1810 it was Denmark ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 8 and Denmark in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1890s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1900s | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 2 | 1.4 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1930s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1940s | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Denmark |
| 1950s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Denmark |
| 1960s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Denmark |
| 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, Colombia or Denmark?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Denmark?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Denmark?
- 216 years are reported by both, from 1810 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Denmark rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia ranks 1st and Denmark 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.