Italy vs Uruguay: Free and Fair Elections Index
Italy
0.945
in 2025
Uruguay
0.947
in 2025
Italy rank
13th
Uruguay rank
12th
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Italy
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.947 against 0.945 in Italy, a difference of 0.002.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.
Italy ranks 13th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 9 and Uruguay in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.1011 | 0.1011 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0.0738 | 0.1115 | 0.0377 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0.4385 | 0.201 | 0.2375 | Italy |
| 1860s | 0.523 | 0.2323 | 0.2907 | Italy |
| 1870s | 0.5433 | 0.3203 | 0.223 | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.5444 | 0.2941 | 0.2503 | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.5455 | 0.3703 | 0.1752 | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.4704 | 0.2776 | 0.1928 | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.4816 | 0.438 | 0.0436 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.2926 | 0.7616 | 0.469 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.0969 | 0.7418 | 0.6449 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.3255 | 0.8447 | 0.5192 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0.864 | 0.9074 | 0.0434 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0.8867 | 0.9051 | 0.0184 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.8836 | 0.2496 | 0.634 | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.8918 | 0.4875 | 0.4043 | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.8979 | 0.956 | 0.0581 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.9112 | 0.9558 | 0.0446 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.9307 | 0.9679 | 0.0372 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.9405 | 0.9498 | 0.0093 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Italy or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.947 against 0.945 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Italy and Uruguay?
- 0.002, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Uruguay?
- 201 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Uruguay rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Italy ranks 13th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and Fair Elections Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.