Austria vs Spain: Participatory Democracy Index

Austria
0.582
in 2025
Spain
0.572
in 2025
Austria rank
17th
Spain rank
20th

Participatory Democracy Index over time

  • Austria
  • Spain
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.582 against 0.572 in Spain, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 183 shared years of data; in 1837 it was Spain ahead.

Austria ranks 17th and Spain ranks 20th 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.