Australia vs Denmark: Participatory Democracy Index

Australia
0.648
in 2025
Denmark
0.7
in 2025
Australia rank
5th
Denmark rank
3rd

Participatory Democracy Index over time

  • Australia
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.7 against 0.648 in Australia, a difference of 0.052.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 5th and Denmark ranks 3rd of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Participatory Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,363 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.