Belize vs Finland: Full democracy
Belize
1
in 2025
Finland
1
in 2025
Belize rank
1st
Finland rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Belize
- Finland
How they compare
Belize currently reports 1 against 1 in Finland, a difference of 0.
Across all 164 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 1st and Finland ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Finland |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Finland |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Belize or Finland?
- Belize, at 1 against 1 in Finland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Belize and Finland?
- 0, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Finland?
- 164 years are reported by both, from 1862 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Finland rank globally for full democracy?
- Belize ranks 1st and Finland 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+).