Greece vs South Korea: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Greece
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Greece
- South Korea
How they compare
Greece currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 235 shared years of data; in 1789 it was South Korea ahead.
Greece ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 10 and South Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Greece |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1910s | 0.875 | 0 | 0.875 | Greece |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Greece |
| 1940s | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Greece |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | South Korea |
| 1970s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Greece |
| 1980s | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Greece |
| 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, Greece or South Korea?
- Greece, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Greece and South Korea?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and South Korea?
- 235 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Greece and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Greece 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.