Italy vs Uruguay: Participatory Political Institutions Index
Italy
0.741
in 2025
Uruguay
0.815
in 2025
Italy rank
4th
Uruguay rank
2nd
Participatory Political Institutions Index over time
- Italy
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.815 against 0.741 in Italy, a difference of 0.074.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.
Italy ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 9 and Uruguay in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0.028 | 0.052 | 0.024 | Uruguay |
| 1830s | 0.028 | 0.081 | 0.053 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0.0538 | 0.101 | 0.0472 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0.145 | 0.111 | 0.034 | Italy |
| 1860s | 0.2131 | 0.127 | 0.0861 | Italy |
| 1870s | 0.226 | 0.16 | 0.066 | Italy |
| 1880s | 0.2404 | 0.1752 | 0.0652 | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.25 | 0.199 | 0.051 | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.3359 | 0.2094 | 0.1265 | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.3282 | 0.2922 | 0.036 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.1639 | 0.541 | 0.3771 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.068 | 0.5332 | 0.4652 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.2471 | 0.7143 | 0.4672 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0.546 | 0.7277 | 0.1817 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0.557 | 0.7207 | 0.1637 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.6341 | 0.4157 | 0.2184 | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.683 | 0.5071 | 0.1759 | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.7295 | 0.8186 | 0.0891 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.7546 | 0.8166 | 0.062 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.7528 | 0.8091 | 0.0563 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.7508 | 0.7853 | 0.0345 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher participatory political institutions index, Italy or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.815 against 0.741 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in participatory political institutions index between Italy and Uruguay?
- 0.074, 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 participatory political institutions index?
- Italy ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Participatory Political Institutions 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 citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.