Norway vs San Marino: Democracy
Norway
7
in 2025
San Marino
7
in 2025
Norway rank
1st
San Marino rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Norway
- San Marino
How they compare
Norway currently reports 7 against 7 in San Marino, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was San Marino ahead.
Norway ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Norway |
| 1820s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1830s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1840s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1850s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1860s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Norway |
| 1880s | 3.2 | 0 | 3.2 | Norway |
| 1890s | 4.2 | 0 | 4.2 | Norway |
| 1900s | 5 | 1.7 | 3.3 | Norway |
| 1910s | 5.8 | 5 | 0.8 | Norway |
| 1920s | 7 | 1.8 | 5.2 | Norway |
| 1930s | 6.3 | 1 | 5.3 | Norway |
| 1940s | 3.4 | 3 | 0.4 | Norway |
| 1950s | 7 | 5.6 | 1.4 | Norway |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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, Norway or San Marino?
- Norway, at 7 against 7 in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Norway and San Marino?
- 0, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and San Marino?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Norway and San Marino rank globally for democracy?
- Norway ranks 1st and San Marino 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).