Free and Fair Elections Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.968
Belgium
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.54
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,402
What the numbers show
Free and Fair Elections Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.968 in Belgium; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.54, and the mean is 0.5109.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 6,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Free and Fair Elections Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 0.968 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 0.966 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 0.962 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Denmark | 0.961 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 0.961 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 0.957 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 0.956 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Spain | 0.956 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0.954 | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0.954 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 0.952 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.947 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 0.945 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Sweden | 0.945 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 0.944 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 0.944 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Greece | 0.944 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.942 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 21 | France | 0.941 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 0.94 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Portugal | 0.94 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Taiwan | 0.94 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Austria | 0.938 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovakia | 0.938 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 0.937 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 0.935 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Iceland | 0.929 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 0.924 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 0.92 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Slovenia | 0.916 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 0.914 | 2025 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 0.909 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 36 | United States | 0.902 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 37 | Jamaica | 0.884 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 37 | Seychelles | 0.884 | 2025 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Lithuania | 0.882 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 0.878 | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Barbados | 0.875 | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Croatia | 0.875 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Israel | 0.873 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.872 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 0.865 | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritius | 0.865 | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Suriname | 0.864 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 0.861 | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 49 | East Timor | 0.857 | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 0.853 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 0.849 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Panama | 0.84 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Brazil | 0.838 | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 0.836 | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.827 | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 0.825 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Botswana | 0.803 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Lesotho | 0.785 | 2025 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Singapore | 0.782 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Gambia | 0.777 | 2025 | up 298.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.768 | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Bolivia | 0.765 | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.756 | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.753 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 0.748 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.709 | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0.701 | 2025 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 0.701 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.693 | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Oman | 0.689 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Armenia | 0.673 | 2025 | up 265.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0.666 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Moldova | 0.662 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Romania | 0.658 | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Maldives | 0.643 | 2025 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 0.64 | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Benin | 0.638 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Paraguay | 0.633 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 0.608 | 2025 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Namibia | 0.604 | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 0.604 | 2025 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 0.598 | 2025 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Hungary | 0.597 | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Malawi | 0.596 | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 0.592 | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Liberia | 0.592 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 0.586 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Mexico | 0.545 | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 0.543 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Fiji | 0.54 | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 91 | Vietnam | 0.527 | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.518 | 2025 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.511 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 94 | India | 0.495 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 0.493 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Guyana | 0.489 | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 97 | Albania | 0.467 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Zambia | 0.461 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Thailand | 0.457 | 2025 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 0.455 | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.445 | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.426 | 2025 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Turkey | 0.417 | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0.376 | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 0.372 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Tanzania | 0.364 | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Nigeria | 0.355 | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Honduras | 0.351 | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 0.339 | 2025 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.333 | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Ethiopia | 0.324 | 2025 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.32 | 2025 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 0.319 | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Togo | 0.309 | 2025 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.307 | 2025 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Lebanon | 0.307 | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0.307 | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 0.304 | 2025 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 0.296 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Angola | 0.293 | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.288 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Hong Kong | 0.286 | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Bahrain | 0.274 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Philippines | 0.271 | 2025 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 0.27 | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Laos | 0.236 | 2025 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Iran | 0.235 | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Rwanda | 0.227 | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Vatican | 0.22 | 1870 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Serbia | 0.212 | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | 0.194 | 2025 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Gabon | 0.186 | 2025 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 0.183 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Madagascar | 0.183 | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.18 | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.174 | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.171 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Djibouti | 0.167 | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Egypt | 0.137 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 0.137 | 2025 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Russia | 0.135 | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Uganda | 0.129 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Central African Republic | 0.123 | 2025 | up 6,050.0% | volatile |
| 144 | North Korea | 0.122 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.12 | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 0.111 | 2025 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Burundi | 0.107 | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 0.094 | 2025 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | 0.092 | 2025 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Mozambique | 0.089 | 2025 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Chad | 0.079 | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.078 | 2025 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Congo | 0.076 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 0.071 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Venezuela | 0.051 | 2025 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Guinea | 0.002 | 2025 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | China | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Palestine | 0 | 1948 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Qatar | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 157 | Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Syria | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.