Austria vs Czechia: Rule of Law Index
Austria
0.932
in 2025
Czechia
0.945
in 2025
Austria rank
25th
Czechia rank
22nd
Rule of Law Index over time
- Austria
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 0.945 against 0.932 in Austria, a difference of 0.013.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Czechia ahead.
Austria ranks 25th and Czechia ranks 22nd of 173 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0.718 | 0.718 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.736 | 0.736 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0.736 | 0.736 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.7337 | 0.7337 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.6832 | 0.6832 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.7392 | 0.7392 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.909 | 0.909 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.909 | 0.909 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.909 | 0.909 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.909 | 0.909 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.8945 | 0.869 | 0.0255 | Austria |
| 1920s | 0.9259 | 0.77 | 0.1559 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.8196 | 0.76 | 0.0596 | Austria |
| 1940s | 0.9562 | 0.2694 | 0.6868 | Austria |
| 1950s | 0.9582 | 0.1202 | 0.838 | Austria |
| 1960s | 0.958 | 0.1523 | 0.8057 | Austria |
| 1970s | 0.9633 | 0.17 | 0.7933 | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9567 | 0.1921 | 0.7646 | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.961 | 0.8388 | 0.1222 | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.9568 | 0.8572 | 0.0996 | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.9645 | 0.8684 | 0.0961 | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.9378 | 0.895 | 0.0428 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rule of law index, Austria or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 0.945 against 0.932 in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rule of law index between Austria and Czechia?
- 0.013, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Czechia rank globally for rule of law index?
- Austria ranks 25th and Czechia ranks 22nd of 173 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rule of Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the government complies with the law, courts are independent, laws transparent, justice accessible, corruption absent, and the bureaucracy is impartial.