Cape Verde vs Ecuador: Free and Fair Elections Index

Cape Verde

0.836

in 2025

Ecuador

0.827

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

54th

Ecuador rank

55th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

Cape Verde
Ecuador

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.836 against 0.827 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.009.

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

Cape Verde ranks 54th and Ecuador ranks 55th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Free and Fair Elections Index in Cape Verde
Free and Fair Elections Index in Ecuador
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.