Austria vs Sri Lanka: Electoral democracy
Austria
2
in 2025
Sri Lanka
2
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Sri Lanka rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Austria
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 | Austria |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Austria |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Austria |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Austria |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Austria |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Austria or Sri Lanka?
- Austria, at 2 against 2 in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Austria and Sri Lanka?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sri Lanka?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Sri Lanka rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Austria ranks 1st and Sri Lanka 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.