Australia vs Belgium: Voter turnout of voting-age population

Australia
77.7%
in 2025
Belgium
75.8%
in 2024
Australia rank
26th
Belgium rank
29th

Voter turnout of voting-age population over time

  • Australia
  • Belgium
020406080100183019272025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 77.7% against 75.8% in Belgium, a difference of 1.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 26th and Belgium ranks 29th of 161 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Belgium Difference Ahead
1940s 91.8% 65.1% 26.6% Australia
1950s 84.0% 88.9% 4.9% Belgium
1960s 84.6% 88.0% 3.4% Belgium
1970s 84.4% 87.8% 3.4% Belgium
1980s 84.1% 86.5% 2.3% Belgium
2000s 82.4% 86.0% 3.6% Belgium
2010s 80.9% 85.6% 4.7% Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher voter turnout of voting-age population, Australia or Belgium?
Australia, at 77.7% against 75.8% in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in voter turnout of voting-age population between Australia and Belgium?
1.9%, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
11 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2019.
How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for voter turnout of voting-age population?
Australia ranks 26th and Belgium ranks 29th of 161 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Voter turnout of voting-age population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Belgium: Voter turnout of voting-age population. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/voter-turnout-of-voting-age-population/australia/belgium/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/voter-turnout-of-voting-age-population/australia/belgium/">Australia vs Belgium: Voter turnout of voting-age population</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Voter turnout of voting-age population
Unit
%
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
161 places, 2,511 data points, 1830–2025
Last refreshed

Denotes the voter turnout as a share of the voting age population in the national election according to official results.