Free and fair elections, gaps filled by country
Free and fair elections with 276 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
1
Angola
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
1
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
17,276
What the numbers show
Free and fair elections, gaps filled is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1 in Angola; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.6768.
Free and fair elections, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Botswana | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ghana | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gambia | 1 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 1 | Greece | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | India | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kuwait | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liberia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Libya | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lesotho | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Morocco | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Maldives | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mali | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malaysia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Niger | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nepal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Senegal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Togo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | East Timor | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Taiwan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 112 | Bahrain | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Belarus | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Congo | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Comoros | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Algeria | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Egypt | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Gabon | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 112 | Haiti | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Cambodia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Laos | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Madagascar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritania | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Philippines | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Russia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Rwanda | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Sudan | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Somalia | 0 | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | South Sudan | 0 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Syria | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Chad | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Tanzania | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 112 | Uganda | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Venezuela | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Yemen | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Free and fair elections with 276 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Free and fair elections V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
Free and fair elections with 276 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.