Australia vs India: Citizen satisfaction with democracy

Australia
0.6908
in 2020
India
0.5969
in 2020
Australia rank
32nd
India rank
34th

Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time

  • Australia
  • India
0.50.7511.21.5199620082020

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.6908 against 0.5969 in India, a difference of 0.0939.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 32nd and India ranks 34th of 131 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia India Difference Ahead
2000s 1.46 0.5442 0.9178 Australia
2010s 0.9248 0.6597 0.2651 Australia
2020s 0.6908 0.5969 0.0939 Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, Australia or India?
Australia, at 0.6908 against 0.5969 in India as of 2020.
What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between Australia and India?
0.0939, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and India?
20 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2020.
How do Australia and India rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
Australia ranks 32nd and India ranks 34th of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Source
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
131 places, 3,021 data points, 1973–2020
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.