Uganda: Clean elections index

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 Uganda

Clean elections index

 Latest value 0.125
 Year 2024
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.207
 Min - Max 0.000 - 0.532
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.125 index points, a decline from 0.142 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from 1960 to 2024 is 0.207 index points. The minimum value, 0 index points, was reached in 1972 while the maximum of 0.532 index points was recorded in 1963. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Uganda: Clean elections index
 2024 0.125
 2023 0.142
 2022 0.139
 2021 0.139
 2020 0.142
 2019 0.128
 2018 0.125
 2017 0.128




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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