Austria vs Denmark: Democracy

Austria

in 2018

Denmark

in 2018

Austria rank

1st

Denmark rank

1st

Democracy over time

Austria
Denmark

How they compare

Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in Denmark, a difference of 0.

Across all 213 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Austria
Democracy in Denmark
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).