Austria vs Norway: Democracy
Austria
7
in 2025
Norway
7
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Austria
- Norway
How they compare
Austria currently reports 7 against 7 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 159 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 2 | 3.2 | 1.2 | Norway |
| 1890s | 2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | Norway |
| 1900s | 2 | 5 | 3 | Norway |
| 1910s | 1.6 | 5.8 | 4.2 | Norway |
| 1920s | 6 | 7 | 1 | Norway |
| 1930s | 1.8 | 6.3 | 4.5 | Norway |
| 1940s | 3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | Norway |
| 1950s | 6.4 | 7 | 0.6 | Norway |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Austria or Norway?
- Austria, at 7 against 7 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and Norway?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Norway?
- 159 years are reported by both, from 1867 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Norway rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).