Austria vs Czechia: Transparent laws
Austria
1
in 2025
Czechia
1
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Czechia rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Austria
- Czechia
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1 against 1 in Czechia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Czechia ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Czechia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Czechia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.3333 | 0.8889 | 0.5556 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Austria |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Austria or Czechia?
- Austria, at 1 against 1 in Czechia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Austria and Czechia?
- 0, with Austria 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 transparent laws?
- Austria ranks 1st and Czechia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Transparent laws. 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 whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.