Italy vs Portugal: Free and fair elections
Italy
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 172 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 10 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Italy |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0.4444 | 0.5556 | 0.1111 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Italy |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Italy |
| 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, Italy or Portugal?
- Italy, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Italy and Portugal?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 172 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Italy ranks 1st and Portugal 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.