Italy vs Luxembourg: Democracy
Italy
7
in 2025
Luxembourg
7
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Italy
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Italy currently reports 7 against 7 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1861 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Luxembourg in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 3 | 2 | 1 | Italy |
| 1870s | 3 | 2 | 1 | Italy |
| 1880s | 3 | 2 | 1 | Italy |
| 1890s | 3 | 4 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1900s | 3 | 4 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1910s | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 2.6 | 6 | 3.4 | Luxembourg |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 6 | 5.1 | Luxembourg |
| 1940s | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 6.4 | 7 | 0.6 | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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 Luxembourg?
- Italy, at 7 against 7 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Italy and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Luxembourg?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1861 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Luxembourg rank globally for democracy?
- Italy ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 198 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).