Austria vs Italy: Democracy
Austria
2
in 2018
Italy
2
in 2018
Austria rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Austria
- Italy
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 158 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Italy ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Austria |
| 1940s | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | Austria |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Austria or Italy?
- Austria, at 2 against 2 in Italy as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Austria and Italy?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Italy?
- 158 years are reported by both, from 1861 to 2018.
- How do Austria and Italy rank globally for democracy?
- Austria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – 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 using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).