Bulgaria vs Montenegro: Free and Fair Elections Index
Bulgaria
0.64
in 2025
Montenegro
0.608
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
76th
Montenegro rank
79th
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Bulgaria
- Montenegro
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.64 against 0.608 in Montenegro, a difference of 0.032.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Montenegro's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 158 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Montenegro ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 76th and Montenegro ranks 79th of 176 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.054 | 0 | 0.054 | Bulgaria |
| 1880s | 0.1614 | 0 | 0.1614 | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 0.1386 | 0 | 0.1386 | Bulgaria |
| 1900s | 0.2166 | 0.0982 | 0.1184 | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 0.2436 | 0.1273 | 0.1162 | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.784 | 0.2775 | 0.5065 | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.7885 | 0.4506 | 0.3379 | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.7615 | 0.3909 | 0.3706 | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.7272 | 0.4983 | 0.2288 | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Bulgaria or Montenegro?
- Bulgaria, at 0.64 against 0.608 in Montenegro as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Bulgaria and Montenegro?
- 0.032, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Montenegro?
- 158 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Montenegro rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Bulgaria ranks 76th and Montenegro ranks 79th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and Fair Elections Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.