Italy vs Portugal: Competitive elections

Italy
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Italy
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Portugal ahead.

Italy ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Competitive elections
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Whether the outcomes of elections are uncertain because their timing is not violated, voters are not systematically coerced, and election fraud is not consequential.