Belgium vs Greece: Full democracy
Belgium
1
in 2025
Greece
1
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Greece rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Belgium
- Greece
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 1 against 1 in Greece, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Greece ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Belgium or Greece?
- Belgium, at 1 against 1 in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Belgium and Greece?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for full democracy?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Full democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).