Greece vs Netherlands: Electoral democracy
Greece
2
in 2025
Netherlands
2
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Greece
- Netherlands
How they compare
Greece currently reports 2 against 2 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 235 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.875 | 1 | 0.125 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 | Netherlands |
| 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, Greece or Netherlands?
- Greece, at 2 against 2 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Greece and Netherlands?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Netherlands?
- 235 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Netherlands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Greece 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.