Australia vs Colombia: Electoral democracy
Australia
2
in 2025
Colombia
2
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Colombia rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Australia
- Colombia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in Colombia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1810 it was Colombia ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Colombia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 14 and Colombia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Australia |
| 1870s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Australia |
| 1880s | 2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | Australia |
| 1890s | 2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | Australia |
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| 1910s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | Australia |
| 1920s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1930s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Australia |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | Australia |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Australia or Colombia?
- Australia, at 2 against 2 in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Australia and Colombia?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Colombia?
- 216 years are reported by both, from 1810 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Colombia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Australia ranks 1st and Colombia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.