Australia vs Suriname: Political civil liberties index

Australia
0.906
in 2025
Suriname
0.916
in 2025
Australia rank
33rd
Suriname rank
30th

Political civil liberties index over time

  • Australia
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 0.916 against 0.906 in Australia, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 33rd and Suriname ranks 30th of 176 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Suriname Difference Ahead
1900s 0.9223 0.6372 0.2851 Australia
1910s 0.8935 0.638 0.2555 Australia
1920s 0.917 0.637 0.28 Australia
1930s 0.9168 0.637 0.2798 Australia
1940s 0.8798 0.6541 0.2257 Australia
1950s 0.9338 0.7477 0.1861 Australia
1960s 0.9479 0.772 0.1759 Australia
1970s 0.9642 0.8186 0.1456 Australia
1980s 0.965 0.5258 0.4392 Australia
1990s 0.9685 0.9017 0.0668 Australia
2000s 0.9638 0.9114 0.0524 Australia
2010s 0.9467 0.9058 0.0409 Australia
2020s 0.9177 0.9038 0.0138 Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political civil liberties index, Australia or Suriname?
Suriname, at 0.916 against 0.906 in Australia as of 2025.
What is the difference in political civil liberties index between Australia and Suriname?
0.01, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Suriname?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Australia and Suriname rank globally for political civil liberties index?
Australia ranks 33rd and Suriname ranks 30th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Political civil liberties index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Political civil liberties index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,211 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed