Australia vs New Zealand: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Australia
2
in 2025
New Zealand
2
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1841 it was New Zealand ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Australia |
| 1860s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 New Zealand?
- Australia, at 2 against 2 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Australia and New Zealand?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Australia ranks 1st and New Zealand 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.