Austria vs Italy: Transparent laws
Austria
1
in 2025
Italy
1
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
Italy rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Austria
- Italy
How they compare
Austria currently reports 1 against 1 in Italy, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 205 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Austria |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Austria |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.3333 | 0 | 0.3333 | Austria |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Austria |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Austria or Italy?
- Austria, at 1 against 1 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Austria and Italy?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Italy?
- 205 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Italy rank globally for transparent laws?
- Austria ranks 1st and Italy ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Transparent laws. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.