Two centuries of reform have transformed Norway into one of the most democratic countries on earth. On Freedom House’s Global Freedom Index (which ranges from 0 to 100), most established democracies received a score above 90 in 2022. A handful of countries including Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and Uruguay received a score above 95. Only three countries received a perfect score of 100: Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Freedom House scores countries on twenty-five separate dimensions of democracy. Norway receives a perfect score on all of them.
