Free and Fair Elections Score in Eritrea
Eritrea: Free and Fair Elections Score was 1 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Free and Fair Elections Score in Eritrea, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, free and fair elections score in Eritrea stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, free and fair elections score in Eritrea peaked at 1 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2005.
Eritrea ranks 106th of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Free and Fair Elections Score in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 1 is below the median for low income countries, which is 2, 50% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 1 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4, 25% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
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- 106 Burkina Faso 1 compare
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- 106 Cuba 1 compare
- 106 Guinea 1 compare
- 106 Haiti 1 compare
- 106 Kuwait 1 compare
- 106 Laos 1 compare
- 106 Libya 1 compare
- 106 Mali 1 compare
- 106 Myanmar 1 compare
- 106 Niger 1 compare
- 106 North Korea 1 compare
- 106 Qatar 1 compare
- 106 Saudi Arabia 1 compare
- 106 Somalia 1 compare
- 106 South Sudan 1 compare
- 106 Sudan 1 compare
- 106 Syria 1 compare
- 106 Tajikistan 1 compare
- 106 Turkmenistan 1 compare
- 106 Yemen 1 compare
More reference data data for Eritrea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0531 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.1557 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 1,801 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 4,140 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 4,287 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 142.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 1.07 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is free and fair elections score in Eritrea?
- Free and fair elections score in Eritrea was 1 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest free and fair elections score recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest free and fair elections score recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Eritrea rank for free and fair elections score?
- Eritrea ranks 106th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is free and fair elections score rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Free and Fair Elections Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.