Cape Verde vs Denmark: Democracy
Cape Verde
7
in 2025
Denmark
7
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Denmark rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Denmark
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 7 against 7 in Denmark, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Denmark | 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 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Denmark |
| 1850s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1870s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1880s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1890s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denmark |
| 1900s | 0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Denmark |
| 1930s | 0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | Denmark |
| 1940s | 0 | 4 | 4 | Denmark |
| 1950s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Denmark |
| 1960s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Denmark |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 7 | 6.5 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Denmark |
| 1990s | 6.3 | 7 | 0.7 | Denmark |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cape Verde or Denmark?
- Cape Verde, at 7 against 7 in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cape Verde and Denmark?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Denmark?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Denmark rank globally for democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).