Greece vs Italy: Free and fair elections
Greece
1
in 2025
Italy
1
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Greece
- Italy
How they compare
Greece currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 162 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Italy ahead.
Greece ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Greece |
| 1930s | 0.8571 | 0 | 0.8571 | Greece |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 free and fair elections, Greece or Italy?
- Greece, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Greece and Italy?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Italy?
- 162 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Italy rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Greece ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and fair elections. 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 whether national elections were free and fair or not.