Electoral democracy in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Electoral democracy was 1 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 197 countries
All-time high
1
in 2005
All-time low
0
in 2010
Years of data
21
2005–2025
Electoral democracy in Sri Lanka, 2005–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electoral democracy in Sri Lanka is 1, measured 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 Sri Lanka peaked at 1 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electoral democracy in Sri Lanka, 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 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | — |
| 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% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1 is above the median for South Asia, which is 1, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Sri Lanka
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electoral democracy in Sri Lanka?
- Electoral democracy in Sri Lanka was 1 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electoral democracy recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest electoral democracy recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for electoral democracy?
- Sri Lanka ranks 1st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electoral democracy rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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).