Austria vs Czechia: Free and Fair Elections Index
Austria
0.938
in 2025
Czechia
0.94
in 2025
Austria rank
25th
Czechia rank
22nd
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Austria
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 0.94 against 0.938 in Austria, a difference of 0.002.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Czechia ahead.
Austria ranks 25th and Czechia ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Czechia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.1073 | 0.1073 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.0677 | 0.0677 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.1926 | 0.1926 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.6518 | 0.6518 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.6315 | 0.6315 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.5335 | 0.5335 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.4975 | 0.4975 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.3968 | 0.3468 | 0.05 | Austria |
| 1920s | 0.7505 | 0.8761 | 0.1256 | Czechia |
| 1930s | 0.2713 | 0.9098 | 0.6384 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.747 | 0.386 | 0.361 | Austria |
| 1950s | 0.9154 | 0.4124 | 0.503 | Austria |
| 1960s | 0.9222 | 0.4228 | 0.4994 | Austria |
| 1970s | 0.9219 | 0.4235 | 0.4984 | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9203 | 0.4228 | 0.4975 | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.9186 | 0.9286 | 0.01 | Czechia |
| 2000s | 0.9265 | 0.9467 | 0.0202 | Czechia |
| 2010s | 0.9327 | 0.9446 | 0.0119 | Czechia |
| 2020s | 0.9325 | 0.9352 | 0.0027 | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Austria or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 0.94 against 0.938 in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Austria and Czechia?
- 0.002, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Czechia rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Austria ranks 25th and Czechia ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and Fair Elections Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.