Austria vs Belgium: Democracy
Austria
4
in 2025
Belgium
4
in 2025
Austria rank
17th
Belgium rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Austria currently reports 4 against 4 in Belgium, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belgium ahead.
Austria ranks 17th and Belgium ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1910s | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1920s | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Belgium |
| 1940s | 4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | Belgium |
| 1960s | 4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | Belgium |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Austria or Belgium?
- Austria, at 4 against 4 in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and Belgium?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 17th and Belgium ranks 17th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (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 classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).