Austria vs Bulgaria: Electoral democracy
Austria
2
in 2025
Bulgaria
2
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Bulgaria rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Austria
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Bulgaria ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 8 and Bulgaria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Austria |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.7778 | 0 | 0.7778 | Austria |
| 1940s | 2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Austria |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Austria |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Austria |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Austria |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Austria |
| 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, Austria or Bulgaria?
- Austria, at 2 against 2 in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Austria and Bulgaria?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Bulgaria?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Bulgaria rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Austria ranks 1st and Bulgaria 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.