Austria vs Spain: Citizen support for democracy
Citizen support for democracy over time
- Austria
- Spain
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1.78 against 1.08 in Spain, a difference of 0.7.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th of 144 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5 | 0.5754 | 0.9286 | Austria |
| 2000s | 1.19 | 0.8231 | 0.3633 | Austria |
| 2010s | 1.47 | 0.9328 | 0.5334 | Austria |
| 2020s | 1.78 | 1.08 | 0.6966 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen support for democracy, Austria or Spain?
- Austria, at 1.78 against 1.08 in Spain as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen support for democracy between Austria and Spain?
- 0.7, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Spain rank globally for citizen support for democracy?
- Austria ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th of 144 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen support for democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.