France vs Italy: Regulation of Political Participation Score

France
5
in 2018
Italy
5
in 2018
France rank
1st
Italy rank
1st

Regulation of Political Participation Score over time

  • France
  • Italy
12345180019092018

How they compare

France currently reports 5 against 5 in Italy, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 135 shared years of data; in 1863 it was France ahead.

France ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Italy Difference Ahead
1860s 4 3 1 France
1870s 1 3 2 Italy
1880s 1 3 2 Italy
1890s 1.2 3 1.8 Italy
1900s 2 3 1 Italy
1910s 2.3 3 0.7 Italy
1920s 5 3.5 1.5 France
1930s 5 4 1 France
1940s 2 5 3 Italy
1950s 2.2 5 2.8 Italy
1960s 2.8 5 2.2 Italy
1970s 5 5 0
1980s 5 5 0
1990s 5 5 0
2000s 5 5 0
2010s 5 5 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher regulation of political participation score, France or Italy?
France, at 5 against 5 in Italy as of 2018.
What is the difference in regulation of political participation score between France and Italy?
0, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
135 years are reported by both, from 1863 to 2018.
How do France and Italy rank globally for regulation of political participation score?
France 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 Regulation of Political Participation Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

France vs Italy: Regulation of Political Participation Score. Statizoid, drawing on Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/regulation-of-political-participation-score/france/italy/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/regulation-of-political-participation-score/france/italy/">France vs Italy: Regulation of Political Participation Score</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Regulation of Political Participation Score
Source
Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
167 places, 17,813 data points, 1789–2020
Last refreshed

Indicates the extent to which political participation is regulated, ranging from highly unstable political participation (score of 1), over political participation with multiple identities (score of 2), sectarian political participation (score of 3), and restricted political participation (score of 4), to unrestricted and stable political participation (score of 5).