Which has higher free and fair elections index, Greece or Sweden?

Sweden, at 0.945 against 0.944 in Greece as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?

237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.

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.

Greece vs Sweden: Free and Fair Elections Index

Greece

0.944

in 2025

Sweden

0.945

in 2025

Greece rank

16th

Sweden rank

13th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

Greece
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.945 against 0.944 in Greece, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.

Greece ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Across the 25 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 24.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0	0.811	0.811	Sweden
1790s	0	0.8118	0.8118	Sweden
1800s	0	0.812	0.812	Sweden
1810s	0	0.8048	0.8048	Sweden
1820s	0	0.8101	0.8101	Sweden
1830s	0	0.81	0.81	Sweden
1840s	0.1704	0.806	0.6356	Sweden
1850s	0.5084	0.8069	0.2985	Sweden
1860s	0.4749	0.804	0.3291	Sweden
1870s	0.581	0.8068	0.2258	Sweden
1880s	0.5809	0.8086	0.2277	Sweden
1890s	0.6208	0.8094	0.1886	Sweden
1900s	0.5379	0.7802	0.2423	Sweden
1910s	0.3885	0.8152	0.4267	Sweden
1920s	0.3821	0.9214	0.5393	Sweden
1930s	0.3024	0.9429	0.6405	Sweden
1940s	0.1818	0.9537	0.7719	Sweden
1950s	0.5118	0.9589	0.4471	Sweden
1960s	0.3735	0.961	0.5875	Sweden
1970s	0.469	0.9598	0.4908	Sweden
1980s	0.9221	0.9592	0.0371	Sweden
1990s	0.938	0.9594	0.0214	Sweden
2000s	0.9501	0.9613	0.0112	Sweden
2010s	0.9597	0.9626	0.0029	Sweden
2020s	0.949	0.9458	0.0032	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher free and fair elections index, Greece or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.945 against 0.944 in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Greece and Sweden?: 0.001, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?: 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for free and fair elections index?: Greece ranks 16th and Sweden 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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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: 18 September 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.