Laos vs Rwanda: Free and Fair Elections Index

Laos
0.236
in 2025
Rwanda
0.227
in 2025
Laos rank
126th
Rwanda rank
128th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Laos
  • Rwanda
00.10.20.30.4178919072025

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.236 against 0.227 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Rwanda ahead.

Laos ranks 126th and Rwanda ranks 128th 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
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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.