Austria vs Germany: Electoral democracy
Austria
2
in 2025
Germany
2
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Germany rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Austria
- Germany
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in Germany, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Germany ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Germany | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Germany |
| 1930s | 0.7778 | 0.7778 | 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, Austria or Germany?
- Austria, at 2 against 2 in Germany as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Austria and Germany?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Germany?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Germany rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Austria ranks 1st and Germany 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.