Italy vs Panama: Democracy
Italy
7
in 2025
Panama
7
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Panama rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Italy
- Panama
How they compare
Italy currently reports 7 against 7 in Panama, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Panama ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 7 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3 | 2.57 | 0.4286 | Italy |
| 1910s | 3.2 | 3 | 0.2 | Italy |
| 1920s | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Panama |
| 1940s | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | Panama |
| 1950s | 6.4 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Italy |
| 1960s | 7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | Italy |
| 1970s | 7 | 0.8 | 6.2 | Italy |
| 1980s | 7 | 2.4 | 4.6 | Italy |
| 1990s | 7 | 6 | 1 | 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, Italy or Panama?
- Italy, at 7 against 7 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Italy and Panama?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Panama?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Panama rank globally for democracy?
- Italy ranks 1st and Panama 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).