Austria vs Chile: Democracy
Austria
8
in 2025
Chile
8
in 2025
Austria rank
23rd
Chile rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Austria
- Chile
How they compare
Austria currently reports 8 against 8 in Chile, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 228 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Chile ahead.
Austria ranks 23rd and Chile ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 10 and Chile in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Chile |
| 1820s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Chile |
| 1830s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Chile |
| 1840s | 0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | Chile |
| 1850s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Chile |
| 1860s | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Chile |
| 1870s | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Chile |
| 1880s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Chile |
| 1890s | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Chile |
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Chile |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 3 | 2.4 | Chile |
| 1920s | 5.62 | 1.5 | 4.12 | Austria |
| 1930s | 1.88 | 2.62 | 0.75 | Chile |
| 1940s | 6.8 | 3 | 3.8 | Austria |
| 1950s | 7.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Austria |
| 1960s | 8 | 5.7 | 2.3 | Austria |
| 1970s | 9 | 1.8 | 7.2 | Austria |
| 1980s | 9 | 0 | 9 | Austria |
| 1990s | 9 | 7.4 | 1.6 | Austria |
| 2000s | 9 | 8 | 1 | Austria |
| 2010s | 9 | 7.9 | 1.1 | Austria |
| 2020s | 8.17 | 7.83 | 0.3333 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Austria or Chile?
- Austria, at 8 against 8 in Chile as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and Chile?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Chile?
- 228 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Chile rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 23rd and Chile ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.