Denmark vs Sweden: Liberal Democracy Index

Denmark

0.884

in 2025

Sweden

0.853

in 2025

Denmark rank

1st

Sweden rank

2nd

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Denmark
Sweden

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.884 against 0.853 in Sweden, a difference of 0.031.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 2nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Denmark
Liberal Democracy Index in Sweden
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.