Rwanda vs Vatican: Free and Fair Elections Index

Rwanda

0.227

in 2025

Vatican

0.22

in 1870

Rwanda rank

128th

Vatican rank

129th

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

Rwanda
Vatican

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.227 against 0.22 in Vatican, a difference of 0.007.

Rwanda ranks 128th and Vatican ranks 129th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Free and Fair Elections Index in Rwanda
Free and Fair Elections Index in Vatican
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 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.