Austria vs Chile: Democracy Index

Austria

in 2018

Chile

in 2018

Austria rank

1st

Chile rank

1st

Democracy Index over time

Austria
Chile

How they compare

Austria currently reports 10 against 10 in Chile, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1818 it was Chile ahead.

Austria ranks 1st and Chile ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Austria
Democracy Index in Chile
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy Index
Source: Polity 5 (2020); Population based on various sources (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

It combines information on the extent to which open, multi-party, and competitive elections choose a chief executive who faces comprehensive institutional constraints, and political participation is competitive. It ranges from -10 to 10 (fully democratic).