Austria vs Spain: Political civil liberties index
Austria
0.926
in 2025
Spain
0.925
in 2025
Austria rank
21st
Spain rank
22nd
Political civil liberties index over time
- Austria
- Spain
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.926 against 0.925 in Spain, a difference of 0.001.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 21st and Spain ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 15 and Spain in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.23 | 0.066 | 0.164 | Austria |
| 1790s | 0.1848 | 0.066 | 0.1188 | Austria |
| 1800s | 0.161 | 0.0954 | 0.0656 | Austria |
| 1810s | 0.1237 | 0.14 | 0.0163 | Spain |
| 1820s | 0.102 | 0.23 | 0.128 | Spain |
| 1830s | 0.102 | 0.2101 | 0.1081 | Spain |
| 1840s | 0.1694 | 0.3464 | 0.177 | Spain |
| 1850s | 0.103 | 0.3659 | 0.2629 | Spain |
| 1860s | 0.2154 | 0.4081 | 0.1927 | Spain |
| 1870s | 0.525 | 0.5051 | 0.0199 | Austria |
| 1880s | 0.5296 | 0.5224 | 0.0072 | Austria |
| 1890s | 0.689 | 0.539 | 0.15 | Austria |
| 1900s | 0.689 | 0.543 | 0.146 | Austria |
| 1910s | 0.6839 | 0.543 | 0.1409 | Austria |
| 1920s | 0.8364 | 0.2659 | 0.5705 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.4208 | 0.7097 | 0.2889 | Spain |
| 1940s | 0.8636 | 0.021 | 0.8426 | Austria |
| 1950s | 0.9022 | 0.023 | 0.8792 | Austria |
| 1960s | 0.936 | 0.0478 | 0.8882 | Austria |
| 1970s | 0.9482 | 0.3172 | 0.631 | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9559 | 0.9608 | 0.0049 | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.96 | 0.966 | 0.006 | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.96 | 0.9619 | 0.0019 | Spain |
| 2010s | 0.9571 | 0.943 | 0.0141 | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.9368 | 0.9325 | 0.0043 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher political civil liberties index, Austria or Spain?
- Austria, at 0.926 against 0.925 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in political civil liberties index between Austria and Spain?
- 0.001, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Spain rank globally for political civil liberties index?
- Austria ranks 21st and Spain ranks 22nd 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.