India vs Nepal: Free and fair elections

India
1
in 2025
Nepal
1
in 2025
India rank
1st
Nepal rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • India
  • Nepal
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How they compare

India currently reports 1 against 1 in Nepal, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1959 it was India ahead.

India ranks 1st and Nepal ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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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.