Bulgaria: Clean elections index

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 Bulgaria

Clean elections index

 Latest value 0.714
 Year 2024
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.551
 Min - Max 0.280 - 0.818
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.714 index points, a decline from 0.78 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Bulgaria from 1960 to 2024 is 0.551 index points. The minimum value, 0.28 index points, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 0.818 index points was recorded in 2016. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Bulgaria: Clean elections index
 2024 0.714
 2023 0.780
 2022 0.790
 2021 0.769
 2020 0.743
 2019 0.743
 2018 0.743
 2017 0.761




Definition: Measures the extent to which elections are free and fair with absence of registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation, vote buying, and election violence.

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