Burkina Faso vs Denmark: Free and fair elections

Burkina Faso
1
in 2022
Denmark
1
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
1st
Denmark rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Denmark
00.20.40.60.81184819362025

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1 against 1 in Denmark, a difference of 0.

Across all 53 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 172 countries.

Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Denmark Difference Ahead
1940s 1 1 0
1950s 0.9 1 0.1 Denmark
1960s 0.1667 1 0.8333 Denmark
1970s 1 1 0
1980s 1 1 0
1990s 1 1 0
2000s 1 1 0
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, Burkina Faso or Denmark?
Burkina Faso, at 1 against 1 in Denmark as of 2022.
What is the difference in free and fair elections between Burkina Faso and Denmark?
0, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Denmark?
53 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2022.
How do Burkina Faso and Denmark rank globally for free and fair elections?
Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Denmark 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

Indicator
Free and fair elections
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,000 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.