Electoral democracy in Argentina
Argentina: Electoral democracy was 1 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 197 countries
All-time high
1
in 2005
All-time low
1
in 2005
Years of data
21
2005–2025
Electoral democracy in Argentina, 2005–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 1 for electoral democracy in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, electoral democracy in Argentina peaked at 1 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2005.
Argentina ranks 1st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Electoral democracy in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 1 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 1 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Argentina
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 20.99 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 37.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 37.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 5.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 111.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 187.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 31.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electoral democracy in Argentina?
- Electoral democracy in Argentina was 1 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electoral democracy recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest electoral democracy recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Argentina rank for electoral democracy?
- Argentina ranks 1st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electoral democracy rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Electoral democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies if the political regime of a country is an electoral democracy. It identifies whether a country is an electoral democracy (score 1) or not (score 0).