Austria vs Vanuatu: Democracy
Austria
4
in 2025
Vanuatu
4
in 2025
Austria rank
17th
Vanuatu rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Austria
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Austria currently reports 4 against 4 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Austria ranks 17th and Vanuatu ranks 17th of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Vanuatu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | Austria |
| 1920s | 3.9 | 1 | 2.9 | Austria |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Austria |
| 1950s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Austria |
| 1960s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Austria |
| 1970s | 4 | 2 | 2 | Austria |
| 1980s | 4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4.2 | 0.2 | Vanuatu |
| 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 Vanuatu?
- Austria, at 4 against 4 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and Vanuatu?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Vanuatu?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Vanuatu rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 17th and Vanuatu ranks 17th of 172 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).