Denmark vs Kenya: Electoral democracy
Denmark
2
in 2025
Kenya
2
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Kenya rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Denmark
- Kenya
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2 against 2 in Kenya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.
Denmark ranks 1st and Kenya ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1940s | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | Denmark |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Denmark |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Denmark |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Denmark |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Denmark |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.67 | 0.3333 | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Denmark or Kenya?
- Denmark, at 2 against 2 in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Denmark and Kenya?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Kenya?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Kenya rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Denmark ranks 1st and Kenya 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.