Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Luxembourg
2
in 2025
Netherlands
2
in 2025
Luxembourg rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 2 against 2 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Netherlands ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | Luxembourg |
| 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, Luxembourg or Netherlands?
- Luxembourg, at 2 against 2 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 0, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Netherlands?
- 144 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Luxembourg and Netherlands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Luxembourg 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.