Australia vs Peru: Free and fair elections
Australia
1
in 2025
Peru
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Peru rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Australia
- Peru
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Peru, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 146 shared years of data; in 1843 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0.7143 | 0.2857 | Australia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Australia |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Australia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Australia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4444 | 0.5556 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8889 | 0.1111 | Australia |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Australia |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections, Australia or Peru?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Australia and Peru?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Peru?
- 146 years are reported by both, from 1843 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Peru rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Australia ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and fair elections. 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 whether national elections were free and fair or not.