Australia vs Canada: Varieties of democracy

Australia
0.844
in 2025
Canada
0.84
in 2025
Australia rank
15th
Canada rank
16th

Varieties of democracy over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
0.20.40.60.8178919072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.844 against 0.84 in Canada, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Australia ranks 15th and Canada ranks 16th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Varieties of democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.