Kenya vs Nigeria: Free and fair elections

Kenya
1
in 2025
Nigeria
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
Nigeria rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 1st and Nigeria 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
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Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.