Austria vs Netherlands: Liberal Democracy Index

Austria
0.757
in 2025
Netherlands
0.774
in 2025
Austria rank
19th
Netherlands rank
18th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

  • Austria
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.774 against 0.757 in Austria, a difference of 0.017.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Netherlands ahead.

Austria ranks 19th and Netherlands ranks 18th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Liberal Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 28,671 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.