Austria vs Netherlands: Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Austria
1.35
in 2020
Netherlands
1.66
in 2020
Austria rank
12th
Netherlands rank
9th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time
- Austria
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 1.66 against 1.35 in Austria, a difference of 0.31.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Netherlands ahead.
Austria ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 131 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5754 | 1.11 | 0.5323 | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.9419 | 0.9628 | 0.0209 | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 1.09 | 1.34 | 0.248 | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 1.35 | 1.66 | 0.3082 | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, Austria or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 1.66 against 1.35 in Austria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between Austria and Netherlands?
- 0.31, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Netherlands?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Netherlands rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Austria ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 9th 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
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.