Bulgaria vs Romania: Free and Fair Elections Index
Bulgaria
0.64
in 2025
Romania
0.658
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
76th
Romania rank
74th
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.658 against 0.64 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.018.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Romania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 76th and Romania ranks 74th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.0076 | 0.0076 | Romania |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.0077 | 0.0077 | Romania |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.0017 | 0.0017 | Romania |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.3638 | 0.3638 | Romania |
| 1870s | 0.054 | 0.3571 | 0.3031 | Romania |
| 1880s | 0.1614 | 0.3513 | 0.1899 | Romania |
| 1890s | 0.1386 | 0.3486 | 0.21 | Romania |
| 1900s | 0.2166 | 0.3573 | 0.1407 | Romania |
| 1910s | 0.2435 | 0.3526 | 0.1091 | Romania |
| 1920s | 0.2239 | 0.2859 | 0.062 | Romania |
| 1930s | 0.1263 | 0.29 | 0.1637 | Romania |
| 1940s | 0.1722 | 0.0594 | 0.1128 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0.2682 | 0.3377 | 0.0695 | Romania |
| 1960s | 0.304 | 0.4014 | 0.0974 | Romania |
| 1970s | 0.3017 | 0.4038 | 0.1021 | Romania |
| 1980s | 0.3039 | 0.3998 | 0.0959 | Romania |
| 1990s | 0.7179 | 0.5679 | 0.15 | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.7885 | 0.6442 | 0.1443 | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.7615 | 0.7719 | 0.0104 | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.7272 | 0.8138 | 0.0867 | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Bulgaria or Romania?
- Romania, at 0.658 against 0.64 in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0.018, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Bulgaria ranks 76th and Romania ranks 74th 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.