Belgium vs Norway: Free and Fair Elections Index

Belgium
0.968
in 2025
Norway
0.966
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Norway rank
2nd

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Belgium
  • Norway
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.968 against 0.966 in Norway, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Norway ahead.

Belgium ranks 1st and Norway ranks 2nd 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.