Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu: Competitive elections

Papua New Guinea
1
in 2025
Vanuatu
1
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1 against 1 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 1st and Vanuatu 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.