Italy vs Uruguay: Democracy
Italy
8
in 2025
Uruguay
8
in 2025
Italy rank
23rd
Uruguay rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Italy
- Uruguay
How they compare
Italy currently reports 8 against 8 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.
Italy ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Italy |
| 1880s | 3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | Italy |
| 1890s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 3 | 3.1 | 0.1 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 1.2 | 5.2 | 4 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 2.1 | 6.4 | 4.3 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 6 | 7 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 6 | 6.8 | 0.8 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 8 | 1.8 | 6.2 | Italy |
| 1980s | 8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | Italy |
| 1990s | 8 | 9 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 8 | 9 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 8 | 9 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 8 | 8.5 | 0.5 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Italy or Uruguay?
- Italy, at 8 against 8 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Italy and Uruguay?
- 0, with Italy 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 democracy?
- Italy ranks 23rd and Uruguay 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.