France vs Netherlands: Electoral democracy
France
2
in 2025
Netherlands
2
in 2025
France rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- France
- Netherlands
How they compare
France currently reports 2 against 2 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Netherlands ahead.
France ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, France averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | France |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | France |
| 1880s | 2 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1890s | 2 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1900s | 2 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1910s | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | France |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Netherlands |
| 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, France or Netherlands?
- France, at 2 against 2 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between France and Netherlands?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Netherlands?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do France and Netherlands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- France ranks 1st and Netherlands 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.