Denmark vs USSR: Full democracy

Denmark
1
in 2025
USSR
0
in 1990
Denmark rank
1st
USSR rank
1st

Full democracy over time

  • Denmark
  • USSR
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 1 against 0 in USSR, a difference of 1.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Full democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).