Italy vs Switzerland: Multi-party elections for legislature
Italy
1
in 2025
Switzerland
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Switzerland rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.
Across all 176 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Switzerland | 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 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Switzerland |
| 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 multi-party elections for legislature, Italy or Switzerland?
- Italy, at 1 against 1 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Italy and Switzerland?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 176 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Italy ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Multi-party elections for legislature. 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 multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.