Spain vs Sweden: Free and fair elections

Spain
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
Spain rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Spain
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.

Across all 179 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Spain ranks 1st and Sweden 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.