Australia vs South Korea: Engaged Society Score

Australia
2.68
in 2025
South Korea
2.38
in 2025
Australia rank
7th
South Korea rank
10th

Engaged Society Score over time

  • Australia
  • South Korea
-2-10123178919072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.68 against 2.38 in South Korea, a difference of 0.3.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was South Korea ahead.

Australia ranks 7th and South Korea ranks 10th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Engaged Society Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,403 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which ordinary people independently discuss important policy changes among themselves, in the media, in associations or neighborhoods, or in the streets.