Austria vs Uruguay: Liberal Political Institutions Index
Austria
0.909
in 2025
Uruguay
0.926
in 2025
Austria rank
19th
Uruguay rank
16th
Liberal Political Institutions Index over time
- Austria
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.926 against 0.909 in Austria, a difference of 0.017.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 19th and Uruguay ranks 16th of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0.204 | 0.163 | 0.041 | Austria |
| 1830s | 0.204 | 0.4715 | 0.2675 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0.2282 | 0.3982 | 0.17 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0.1733 | 0.6007 | 0.4273 | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0.361 | 0.5715 | 0.2105 | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0.677 | 0.5587 | 0.1183 | Austria |
| 1880s | 0.677 | 0.6044 | 0.0726 | Austria |
| 1890s | 0.677 | 0.7053 | 0.0283 | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 0.677 | 0.7408 | 0.0638 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0.6608 | 0.7805 | 0.1197 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0.7684 | 0.8251 | 0.0567 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0.6805 | 0.1805 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.7458 | 0.8234 | 0.0776 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0.8054 | 0.8388 | 0.0334 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0.824 | 0.8271 | 0.0031 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.8683 | 0.3067 | 0.5616 | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9028 | 0.5123 | 0.3905 | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.9178 | 0.9211 | 0.0033 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.9248 | 0.9243 | 0.0005 | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.9283 | 0.9322 | 0.0039 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.919 | 0.9275 | 0.0085 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher liberal political institutions index, Austria or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.926 against 0.909 in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in liberal political institutions index between Austria and Uruguay?
- 0.017, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Uruguay?
- 182 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Uruguay rank globally for liberal political institutions index?
- Austria ranks 19th and Uruguay ranks 16th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Liberal Political Institutions 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 of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.