Germany vs Switzerland: Electoral democracy
Germany
2
in 2025
Switzerland
2
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Switzerland rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Germany
- Switzerland
How they compare
Germany currently reports 2 against 2 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.
Across all 182 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Switzerland |
| 1850s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1860s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1870s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1880s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1890s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 2 | 1.8 | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Switzerland |
| 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, Germany or Switzerland?
- Germany, at 2 against 2 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Germany and Switzerland?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Switzerland?
- 182 years are reported by both, from 1798 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Switzerland rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Switzerland 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.