Iceland vs Sweden: Electoral democracy
Iceland
2
in 2025
Sweden
2
in 2025
Iceland rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Iceland
- Sweden
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 2 against 2 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sweden ahead.
Iceland ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Iceland |
| 1910s | 2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | Iceland |
| 1920s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Iceland |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, Iceland or Sweden?
- Iceland, at 2 against 2 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Iceland and Sweden?
- 0, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Iceland ranks 1st and Sweden 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.