Austria vs Sweden: Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Austria
1.35
in 2020
Sweden
1.41
in 2020
Austria rank
12th
Sweden rank
11th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.41 against 1.35 in Austria, a difference of 0.06.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 11th of 131 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5754 | 0.2205 | 0.3549 | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.9419 | 1.03 | 0.0866 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.09 | 1.67 | 0.5839 | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.35 | 1.41 | 0.0645 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, Austria or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.41 against 1.35 in Austria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between Austria and Sweden?
- 0.06, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Austria ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 11th 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.