Greece vs Italy: Electoral democracy

Greece
2
in 2025
Italy
2
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
Italy rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Greece
  • Italy
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Italy ahead.

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

Across the 22 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece 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 0.5 1 0.5 Italy
1880s 1 1 0
1890s 1 1 0
1900s 1 1 0
1910s 0.875 1 0.125 Italy
1920s 1 0.4 0.6 Greece
1930s 0.5 0 0.5 Greece
1940s 0.3 0.7 0.4 Italy
1950s 1 2 1 Italy
1960s 0.7 2 1.3 Italy
1970s 1.1 2 0.9 Italy
1980s 2 2 0
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, Greece or Italy?
Greece, at 2 against 2 in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Greece and Italy?
0, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?
209 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
How do Greece and Italy rank globally for electoral democracy?
Greece 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.