Finland vs South Korea: Electoral democracy
Finland
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Finland rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Finland
- South Korea
How they compare
Finland currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 183 shared years of data; in 1789 it was South Korea ahead.
Finland ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Finland |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Finland |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Finland |
| 1940s | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | Finland |
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Finland |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Finland |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Finland |
| 1980s | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Finland |
| 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, Finland or South Korea?
- Finland, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Finland and South Korea?
- 0, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and South Korea?
- 183 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Finland and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Finland ranks 1st and South Korea 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.