Australia vs United States: Electoral democracy
Australia
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United States ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and United States in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | United States |
| 1800s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1850s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | United States |
| 1860s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1870s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1880s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1890s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1900s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 1910s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Australia |
| 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 United States?
- Australia, at 2 against 2 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Australia and United States?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Australia ranks 1st and United States 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.