Australia vs Costa Rica: Access to justice for women
Australia
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Access to justice for women over time
- Australia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Australia |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Australia |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher access to justice for women, Australia or Costa Rica?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in access to justice for women between Australia and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Costa Rica?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Costa Rica rank globally for access to justice for women?
- Australia ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Access to justice for women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether women have access to justice.