Australia vs Italy: Full democracy
Australia
1
in 2025
Italy
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Australia
- Italy
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Italy ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Australia |
| 1910s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Australia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Australia |
| 1940s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Australia or Italy?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Australia and Italy?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1861 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Italy rank globally for full democracy?
- Australia ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Full democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).