Croatia vs Italy: Electoral democracy

Croatia
2
in 2025
Italy
2
in 2025
Croatia rank
1st
Italy rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Croatia
  • Italy
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 2 against 2 in Italy, a difference of 0.

Across all 85 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Italy Difference Ahead
1940s 0 0.7778 0.7778 Italy
1950s 0 2 2 Italy
1960s 0 2 2 Italy
1970s 0 2 2 Italy
1980s 0 2 2 Italy
1990s 0.8 2 1.2 Italy
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, Croatia or Italy?
Croatia, at 2 against 2 in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Croatia and Italy?
0, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Italy?
85 years are reported by both, from 1941 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Italy rank globally for electoral democracy?
Croatia 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.