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Austria vs Germany: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Austria
0.982
in 2025
Germany
0.983
in 2025
Austria rank
22nd
Germany rank
21st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Austria
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.983 against 0.982 in Austria, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 137 shared years of data; in 1837 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 22nd and Germany ranks 21st of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Strong Elected Local Governments Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 25,933 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.