Bahrain vs Laos: Free and Fair Elections Index

Bahrain
0.274
in 2025
Laos
0.236
in 2025
Bahrain rank
123rd
Laos rank
126th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Bahrain
  • Laos
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 0.274 against 0.236 in Laos, a difference of 0.038.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Laos ahead.

Bahrain ranks 123rd and Laos ranks 126th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Free and Fair Elections Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,402 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.