Cape Verde vs Italy: Democracy
Cape Verde
7
in 2025
Italy
7
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Italy
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 7 against 7 in Italy, a difference of 0.
Across all 165 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1870s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1880s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1890s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Italy |
| 1910s | 0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Italy |
| 1920s | 0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Italy |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Italy |
| 1940s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Italy |
| 1950s | 0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | Italy |
| 1960s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Italy |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 7 | 6.5 | Italy |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Italy |
| 1990s | 6.3 | 7 | 0.7 | Italy |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cape Verde or Italy?
- Cape Verde, at 7 against 7 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cape Verde and Italy?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Italy?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1861 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Italy rank globally for democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).