Greece vs Ireland: Free and Fair Elections Index
Greece
0.944
in 2025
Ireland
0.945
in 2025
Greece rank
16th
Ireland rank
13th
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Greece
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.945 against 0.944 in Greece, a difference of 0.001.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Ireland ahead.
Greece ranks 16th and Ireland ranks 13th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 8 and Ireland in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.1735 | 0.1735 | Ireland |
| 1800s | 0 | 0.1928 | 0.1928 | Ireland |
| 1810s | 0 | 0.1928 | 0.1928 | Ireland |
| 1820s | 0 | 0.1804 | 0.1804 | Ireland |
| 1830s | 0 | 0.2674 | 0.2674 | Ireland |
| 1840s | 0.1704 | 0.282 | 0.1116 | Ireland |
| 1850s | 0.5084 | 0.2866 | 0.2218 | Greece |
| 1860s | 0.4749 | 0.3112 | 0.1637 | Greece |
| 1870s | 0.581 | 0.3728 | 0.2082 | Greece |
| 1880s | 0.5809 | 0.5267 | 0.0542 | Greece |
| 1890s | 0.6208 | 0.6682 | 0.0474 | Ireland |
| 1900s | 0.5379 | 0.7165 | 0.1786 | Ireland |
| 1910s | 0.3885 | 0.6489 | 0.2604 | Ireland |
| 1920s | 0.3821 | 0.7011 | 0.319 | Ireland |
| 1930s | 0.3024 | 0.8571 | 0.5547 | Ireland |
| 1940s | 0.1818 | 0.8679 | 0.6861 | Ireland |
| 1950s | 0.5118 | 0.8801 | 0.3683 | Ireland |
| 1960s | 0.3735 | 0.9081 | 0.5346 | Ireland |
| 1970s | 0.469 | 0.9111 | 0.4421 | Ireland |
| 1980s | 0.9221 | 0.9224 | 0.0003 | Ireland |
| 1990s | 0.938 | 0.9285 | 0.0095 | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.9501 | 0.9401 | 0.01 | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.9597 | 0.9435 | 0.0162 | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.949 | 0.947 | 0.002 | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Greece or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.945 against 0.944 in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Greece and Ireland?
- 0.001, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Ireland?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Ireland rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Greece ranks 16th and Ireland ranks 13th 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.