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Free and fair elections index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5value
Median: 0.5value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Belgium
1.0value
Lowest
Bangladesh
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Belgium1.0value
2Norway1.0value
3Australia1.0value
4Denmark1.0value
5Finland1.0value
By Region
Oceania1.0value(2 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
South America0.9value(7 countries)
North America0.8value(4 countries)
Africa0.4value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)
Other (95)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Belgium1.0value
2Norway1.0value
3Australia1.0value
4Denmark1.0value
5Finland1.0value
6Germany1.0value
7Chile1.0value
8Spain1.0value
9Netherlands1.0value
10New Zealand1.0value
11Estonia1.0value
12Uruguay0.9value
13Ireland0.9value
14Italy0.9value
15Sweden0.9value
16Canada0.9value
17Costa Rica0.9value
18Greece0.9value
19Luxembourg0.9value
20Switzerland0.9value
21France0.9value
22Taiwan, Province of China0.9value
23Czech Republic0.9value
24Portugal0.9value
25Slovakia0.9value
26Austria0.9value
27Japan0.9value
28South Korea0.9value
29Iceland0.9value
30United Kingdom0.9value
31Latvia0.9value
32Slovenia0.9value
33Sri Lanka0.9value
34Cyprus0.9value
35Malta0.9value
36United States of America0.9value
37Jamaica0.9value
38Seychelles0.9value
39Lithuania0.9value
40Argentina0.9value
41Croatia0.9value
42Barbados0.9value
43Israel0.9value
44Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
45Mauritius0.9value
46Bhutan0.9value
47Suriname0.9value
48Peru0.9value
49Timor-Leste0.9value
50Vanuatu0.9value
51South Africa0.8value
52Panama0.8value
53Brazil0.8value
54Cape Verde0.8value
55Ecuador0.8value
56Poland0.8value
57Botswana0.8value
58Lesotho0.8value
59Singapore0.8value
60Republic of The Gambia0.8value
61Dominican Republic0.8value
62Bolivia0.8value
63Colombia0.8value
64Sao Tome and Principe0.8value
65Solomon Islands0.7value
66Ghana0.7value
67Senegal0.7value
68The Republic of North Macedonia0.7value
69Nepal0.7value
70Oman0.7value
71Armenia0.7value
72Guatemala0.7value
73Moldova, Republic of0.7value
74Romania0.7value
75Maldives0.6value
76Bulgaria0.6value
77Benin0.6value
78Paraguay0.6value
79Montenegro0.6value
80Namibia0.6value
81Ukraine0.6value
82Malaysia0.6value
83Hungary0.6value
84Malawi0.6value
85Jordan0.6value
86Liberia0.6value
87Mongolia0.6value
88Mexico0.5value
89United Arab Emirates0.5value
90Fiji0.5value
91Vietnam0.5value
92Indonesia0.5value
93Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5value
94India0.5value
95Kenya0.5value
96Guyana0.5value
97Albania0.5value
98Zambia0.5value
99Thailand0.5value
100Morocco0.5value
101Tunisia0.4value
102Kyrgyzstan0.4value
103Türkiye0.4value
104Eswatini0.4value
105Iraq0.4value
106United Republic of Tanzania0.4value
107Nigeria0.4value
108Honduras0.4value
109Kazakhstan0.3value
110Cote d'Ivoire0.3value
111Ethiopia0.3value
112Georgia0.3value
113Sierra Leone0.3value
114Togo0.3value
115El Salvador0.3value
116Lebanon0.3value
117Algeria0.3value
118Uzbekistan0.3value
119Cuba0.3value
120Angola0.3value
121Mauritania0.3value
122Hong Kong0.3value
123Bahrain0.3value
124Philippines0.3value
125Papua New Guinea0.3value
126Lao People's Democratic Republic0.2value
127Islamic Republic of Iran0.2value
128Rwanda0.2value
129Holy See (Vatican City State)0.2value
130Serbia0.2value
131Belarus0.2value
132Gabon0.2value
133Comoros0.2value
134Madagascar0.2value
135Democratic Republic of the Congo0.2value
136Pakistan0.2value
137Zimbabwe0.2value
138Djibouti0.2value
139Nicaragua0.1value
140Egypt0.1value
141Russian Federation0.1value
142Uganda0.1value
143Central African Republic0.1value
144North Korea0.1value
145Cameroon0.1value
146Azerbaijan0.1value
147Burundi0.1value
148Tajikistan0.1value
149Cambodia0.1value
150Mozambique0.1value
151Chad0.1value
152Equatorial Guinea0.1value
153Republic of the Congo0.1value
154Turkmenistan0.1value
155Venezuela0.1value
156Guinea0.0value
157Myanmar0.0value
158People's Republic of China0.0value
159Eritrea0.0value
160State of Palestine0.0value
161Haiti0.0value
162Kuwait0.0value
163Libya0.0value
164Mali0.0value
165Niger0.0value
166Guinea-Bissau0.0value
167Qatar0.0value
168Saudi Arabia0.0value
169Somalia0.0value
170South Sudan0.0value
171Sudan0.0value
172Syrian Arab Republic0.0value
173Burkina Faso0.0value
174Yemen0.0value
175Afghanistan0.0value
176Bangladesh0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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