Bulgaria vs Italy: Electoral democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Italy
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Italy |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 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 electoral democracy, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral 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 using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).