Austria vs Norway: Democracy

Austria
7
in 2025
Norway
7
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Norway rank
1st

Democracy over time

  • Austria
  • Norway
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 7 against 7 in Norway, a difference of 0.

Across all 159 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
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Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).