Democratic Electoral Institutions Score by country
The variable identifies the extent to which the chief executive and legislature are chosen in free and fair elections under universal suffrage. Higher scores indicate a freer electoral process.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
12
Andorra
Lowest
0
Western Sahara
Median
8
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
4,121
What the numbers show
Democratic Electoral Institutions Score is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 12 in Andorra; the lowest is 0 in Western Sahara.
The median across all reporting countries is 8, and the mean is 6.87.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Democratic Electoral Institutions Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 12 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 12 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ghana | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 12 | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 12 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 1 | San Marino | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Slovakia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 12 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 12 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 54 | Belize | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 54 | Bolivia | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Botswana | 11 | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 54 | Dominica | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Grenada | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | India | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 54 | Kiribati | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 54 | South Korea | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Liberia | 11 | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 54 | Lesotho | 11 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 54 | Mongolia | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Mauritius | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Nauru | 11 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | East Timor | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | United States | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Brazil | 10 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Ecuador | 10 | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Malawi | 10 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 78 | Nepal | 10 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 78 | Peru | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Senegal | 10 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 10 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 9 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 9 | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 9 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 88 | Philippines | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Poland | 9 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Tonga | 9 | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 88 | Samoa | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 100 | Fiji | 8 | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Gambia | 8 | 2025 | up 700.0% | rising |
| 100 | Iraq | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Kenya | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 100 | Monaco | 8 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Moldova | 8 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 100 | Montenegro | 8 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 108 | Armenia | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 7 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 108 | Maldives | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 7 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 114 | Georgia | 6 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 114 | Guatemala | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 6 | 2025 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritania | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 114 | Malaysia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Nigeria | 6 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 114 | Zambia | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 122 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 122 | Comoros | 5 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 5 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia | 5 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 122 | Turkey | 5 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 129 | Benin | 4 | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 4 | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 4 | 2025 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 129 | Singapore | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Angola | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 133 | Algeria | 3 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 133 | Jordan | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | flat |
| 133 | Mozambique | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 133 | Pakistan | 3 | 2025 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 133 | Thailand | 3 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Djibouti | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 142 | Egypt | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 142 | Iran | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Qatar | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Rwanda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Tunisia | 2 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Cameroon | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 2025 | down 85.7% | falling |
| 152 | Haiti | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 152 | Libya | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 1 | 2025 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Belarus | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Brunei | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | China | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Congo | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cambodia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 163 | Laos | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | North Korea | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Russia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Eswatini | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Syria | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Chad | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Tanzania | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 163 | Venezuela | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Vietnam | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 163 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
The variable identifies the extent to which the chief executive and legislature are chosen in free and fair elections under universal suffrage. Higher scores indicate a freer electoral process.