Panama vs Vanuatu: Free and Fair Elections Index

Panama
0.84
in 2025
Vanuatu
0.853
in 2025
Panama rank
52nd
Vanuatu rank
50th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Panama
  • Vanuatu
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.853 against 0.84 in Panama, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Panama ranks 52nd and Vanuatu ranks 50th 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.