Australia vs Hungary: Direct Democracy Index

Australia
0.264
in 2025
Hungary
0.258
in 2025
Australia rank
12th
Hungary rank
14th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Australia
  • Hungary
00.10.20.30.4190119632025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.264 against 0.258 in Hungary, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Hungary ranks 14th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
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Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.