Denmark vs Romania: Electoral democracy
Denmark
2
in 2025
Romania
2
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Denmark
- Romania
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 2 against 2 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 195 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Romania ahead.
Denmark ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Denmark |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Denmark |
| 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, Denmark or Romania?
- Denmark, at 2 against 2 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Denmark and Romania?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Romania?
- 195 years are reported by both, from 1831 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Romania rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Denmark ranks 1st and Romania 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.