Free fair elections bti by country
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 fair elections bti 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 fair elections bti: 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 |