Brazil vs Panama: Free and Fair Elections Index

Brazil
0.838
in 2025
Panama
0.84
in 2025
Brazil rank
53rd
Panama rank
52nd

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Brazil
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.84 against 0.838 in Brazil, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 53rd and Panama ranks 52nd 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
Last refreshed

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.