Cyprus vs Italy: Democracy
Cyprus
8
in 2025
Italy
8
in 2025
Cyprus rank
23rd
Italy rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Cyprus
- Italy
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 8 against 8 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Italy ahead.
Cyprus ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1910s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Italy |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Italy |
| 1950s | 0 | 6 | 6 | Italy |
| 1960s | 3.9 | 6 | 2.1 | Italy |
| 1970s | 4.8 | 8 | 3.2 | Italy |
| 1980s | 6 | 8 | 2 | Italy |
| 1990s | 7 | 8 | 1 | Italy |
| 2000s | 8.2 | 8 | 0.2 | Cyprus |
| 2010s | 8.9 | 8 | 0.9 | Cyprus |
| 2020s | 8 | 8 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cyprus or Italy?
- Cyprus, at 8 against 8 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cyprus and Italy?
- 0, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Italy?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cyprus and Italy rank globally for democracy?
- Cyprus ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.