Australia vs Ireland: Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score

Australia
3.32
in 2025
Ireland
2.48
in 2025
Australia rank
4th
Ireland rank
2nd

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score over time

  • Australia
  • Ireland
-2024178919072025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 3.32 against 2.48 in Ireland, a difference of 0.839.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 4th and Ireland ranks 2nd of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,350 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which public officials respect the law, and administer it without arbitrariness and bias.