Belgium vs Italy: Citizen support for democracy
Citizen support for democracy over time
- Belgium
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.7076 against 0.6238 in Belgium, a difference of 0.0838.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Italy ahead.
Belgium ranks 28th and Italy ranks 26th of 144 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7344 | 0.8105 | 0.0761 | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.5066 | 0.9574 | 0.4507 | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.6095 | 0.9686 | 0.3591 | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.629 | 0.6941 | 0.0651 | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.6238 | 0.7076 | 0.0838 | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen support for democracy, Belgium or Italy?
- Italy, at 0.7076 against 0.6238 in Belgium as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen support for democracy between Belgium and Italy?
- 0.0838, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2020.
- How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for citizen support for democracy?
- Belgium ranks 28th and Italy ranks 26th of 144 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen support for democracy. 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 the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.