Italy vs Maldives: Electoral democracy
Italy
1
in 2025
Maldives
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Italy
- Maldives
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Maldives ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Italy |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Italy |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Italy |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Italy or Maldives?
- Italy, at 1 against 1 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Italy and Maldives?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Maldives?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1861 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Italy ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 197 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).