Denmark vs Norway: Liberal Democracy Index

Denmark

0.884

in 2025

Norway

0.847

in 2025

Denmark rank

1st

Norway rank

3rd

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Denmark
Norway

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.884 against 0.847 in Norway, a difference of 0.037.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 218 shared years of data; in 1807 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Norway ranks 3rd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Denmark
Liberal Democracy Index in Norway
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Liberal Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 28,671 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.