Italy vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy
Italy
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Italy
- Paraguay
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Paraguay ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 11 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Italy |
| 1870s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Italy |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Italy |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Italy |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Italy |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 0.7778 | 0.7778 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Italy |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Italy |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Italy |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 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, Italy or Paraguay?
- Italy, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Italy and Paraguay?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Paraguay?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Italy ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.