France vs Iceland: Competitive elections

France
1
in 2025
Iceland
1
in 2025
France rank
1st
Iceland rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • France
  • Iceland
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How they compare

France currently reports 1 against 1 in Iceland, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1844 it was Iceland ahead.

France ranks 1st and Iceland ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Competitive elections
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Whether the outcomes of elections are uncertain because their timing is not violated, voters are not systematically coerced, and election fraud is not consequential.