Ecuador vs Lesotho: Free and Fair Elections Index

Ecuador
0.827
in 2025
Lesotho
0.785
in 2025
Ecuador rank
55th
Lesotho rank
58th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Ecuador
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.827 against 0.785 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.042.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 55th and Lesotho ranks 58th 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.