Italy vs Romania: Free and fair elections
Italy
1
in 2025
Romania
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Italy
- Romania
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 161 shared years of data; in 1859 it was Romania ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 10 and Romania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Italy |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Italy |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Romania |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Romania |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Italy |
| 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 Romania?
- Italy, at 1 against 1 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Italy and Romania?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?
- 161 years are reported by both, from 1859 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Romania rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Italy ranks 1st and Romania 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.