Austria vs France: Democracy
Austria
8
in 2025
France
8
in 2025
Austria rank
23rd
France rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Austria
- France
How they compare
Austria currently reports 8 against 8 in France, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was France ahead.
Austria ranks 23rd and France ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and France in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | France |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | France |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | France |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | France |
| 1880s | 0 | 6 | 6 | France |
| 1890s | 0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | France |
| 1900s | 0 | 6 | 6 | France |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | France |
| 1920s | 5.7 | 6 | 0.3 | France |
| 1930s | 2.33 | 6.11 | 3.78 | France |
| 1940s | 6.8 | 4.8 | 2 | Austria |
| 1950s | 7.4 | 8 | 0.6 | France |
| 1960s | 8 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 9 | 8 | 1 | Austria |
| 1980s | 9 | 8 | 1 | Austria |
| 1990s | 9 | 8.8 | 0.2 | Austria |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 8.17 | 8.17 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Austria or France?
- Austria, at 8 against 8 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and France?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and France?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and France rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 23rd and France 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.