Canada vs Greece: Democracy
Canada
7
in 2025
Greece
7
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
Greece rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Canada
- Greece
How they compare
Canada currently reports 7 against 7 in Greece, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Greece ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1.78 | 1.33 | 0.4444 | Canada |
| 1850s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 2.6 | 2 | 0.6 | Canada |
| 1870s | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Canada |
| 1880s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Canada |
| 1890s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Canada |
| 1900s | 4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | Canada |
| 1910s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Canada |
| 1920s | 6 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Canada |
| 1930s | 6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Canada |
| 1940s | 6.4 | 1.4 | 5 | Canada |
| 1950s | 7 | 3 | 4 | Canada |
| 1960s | 7 | 2.5 | 4.5 | Canada |
| 1970s | 7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | Canada |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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, Canada or Greece?
- Canada, at 7 against 7 in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Canada and Greece?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Greece?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Greece rank globally for democracy?
- Canada ranks 1st and Greece 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).