Kenya vs New Zealand: Free and fair elections
Kenya
1
in 2025
New Zealand
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Kenya
- New Zealand
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 106 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 172 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.6667 | 1 | 0.3333 | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections, Kenya or New Zealand?
- Kenya, at 1 against 1 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Kenya and New Zealand?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and New Zealand?
- 106 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and New Zealand rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Kenya ranks 1st and New Zealand 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.