Israel vs Norway: Electoral democracy
Israel
2
in 2025
Norway
2
in 2025
Israel rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Israel
- Norway
How they compare
Israel currently reports 2 against 2 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 191 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Norway |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1900s | 0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | Norway |
| 1910s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1940s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Norway |
| 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, Israel or Norway?
- Israel, at 2 against 2 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Israel and Norway?
- 0, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Norway?
- 191 years are reported by both, from 1807 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Norway rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Israel ranks 1st and Norway 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.