Austria vs Costa Rica: Free and fair elections
Austria
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Austria
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 140 shared years of data; in 1871 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Austria |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.7778 | 0.2222 | Austria |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Austria |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections, Austria or Costa Rica?
- Austria, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Austria and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Costa Rica?
- 140 years are reported by both, from 1871 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Costa Rica rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Austria ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and fair elections. 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 whether national elections were free and fair or not.