Free and Fair Elections Score by country
Indicates the extent to which elections are free from irregularities, the rights to vote, run for office, and campaign are unrestricted, registration is easy, and campaigning and media access are fair.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
10
Brazil
Lowest
1
Yemen
Median
5
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,394
What the numbers show
Free and Fair Elections Score is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 10 in Brazil; the lowest is 1 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 5, and the mean is 5.03.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 88.9%).
Free and Fair Elections Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Chile | 10 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 10 | 2025 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 10 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Slovakia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Argentina | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Bolivia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Botswana | 9 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Ghana | 9 | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 12 | Croatia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Jamaica | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | South Korea | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | South Africa | 9 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 20 | Albania | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 8 | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 20 | Bhutan | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 20 | Ecuador | 8 | 2025 | up 33.3% | flat |
| 20 | Liberia | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 20 | Lesotho | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 8 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Mauritius | 8 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 20 | Nepal | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 20 | Panama | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 8 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Ukraine | 8 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Honduras | 7 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 38 | India | 7 | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Malawi | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Malaysia | 7 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 38 | Namibia | 7 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 38 | Philippines | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 7 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Hungary | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Indonesia | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Kenya | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Lebanon | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Montenegro | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 49 | Romania | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | El Salvador | 6 | 2025 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 49 | Zambia | 6 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | Benin | 5 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 5 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 60 | Madagascar | 5 | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 60 | Nigeria | 5 | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 60 | Singapore | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Serbia | 5 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 60 | Turkey | 5 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 71 | Angola | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 4 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 71 | Ethiopia | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 71 | Iran | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Jordan | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Mauritania | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 71 | Pakistan | 4 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Tanzania | 4 | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 81 | Burundi | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 3 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 81 | Mozambique | 3 | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 81 | Thailand | 3 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Uganda | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 88 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Belarus | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Congo | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 88 | Egypt | 2 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Cambodia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 2 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 88 | Oman | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Russia | 2 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 88 | Rwanda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Chad | 2 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 88 | Tunisia | 2 | 2025 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Venezuela | 2 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 88 | Vietnam | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | China | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Cuba | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Eritrea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Guinea | 1 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Haiti | 1 | 2025 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 106 | Kuwait | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 106 | Laos | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Libya | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 1 | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Myanmar | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Niger | 1 | 2025 | down 88.9% | falling |
| 106 | North Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Qatar | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Sudan | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 106 | Somalia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | South Sudan | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Syria | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Yemen | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
About this data
Indicates the extent to which elections are free from irregularities, the rights to vote, run for office, and campaign are unrestricted, registration is easy, and campaigning and media access are fair.