Cape Verde vs Norway: Full democracy
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Norway
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Norway |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Norway |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Norway |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Norway |
| 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, Cape Verde or Norway?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Cape Verde and Norway?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Norway?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Norway rank globally for full democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 197 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+).