Bulgaria vs Italy: Electoral democracy
Bulgaria
2
in 2025
Italy
2
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 2 against 2 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 211 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Italy ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Italy |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Italy |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Italy |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | Italy |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Italy |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Italy |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Italy |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Italy |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Bulgaria, at 2 against 2 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?
- 211 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (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 Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.