Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 0.344 index points. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 0.894 index points and the lowest value was in Burkina Faso: 0 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Clean elections index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Seychelles 0.894 1 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.848 2 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.814 3 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.793 4 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.765 5 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.755 6 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.687 7 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.657 8 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.646 9 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.638 10 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.617 11 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.611 12 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.546 13 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.543 14 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.517 15 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.503 16 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.453 17 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.443 18 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.409 19 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.383 20 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.378 21 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.374 22 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.369 23 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.369 24 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.357 25 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.347 26 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.336 27 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.329 28 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.328 29 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.29 30 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.282 31 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.193 32 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.191 33 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.19 34 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.174 35 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.16 36 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.155 37 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.148 38 1961 - 2023
Uganda 0.145 39 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.143 40 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.134 41 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.094 42 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.081 43 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.077 44 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.074 45 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 46 1960 - 2023
Chad 0 47 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0 48 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0 49 1960 - 2023
Libya 0 50 1960 - 2023
Mali 0 51 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0 52 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0 53 1960 - 2023



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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1. Seychelles
2. Cape Verde
3. S.T.&Principe
4. Gambia
5. South Africa
6. Lesotho
7. Senegal
8. Namibia
9. Ghana
10. Benin
11. Liberia
12. Malawi
13. Tunisia
14. Botswana
15. Mauritius
16. Kenya
17. Morocco
18. Zambia
19. Ivory Coast
20. Nigeria
21. Sierra Leone
22. G.-Bissau
23. Madagascar
24. Tanzania
25. Ethiopia
26. Togo
27. Swaziland
28. Mauritania
29. Rwanda
30. Angola
31. Algeria
32. DR Congo
33. Niger
34. Mozambique
35. Djibouti
36. Zimbabwe
37. Egypt
38. Cameroon
39. Uganda
40. Gabon
41. C.A. Republic
42. R. of Congo
43. Eq. Guinea
44. Burundi
45. Comoros
46. Burkina Faso
47. Chad
48. Eritrea
49. Guinea
50. Libya
51. Mali
52. Somalia
53. Sudan
0.894
0.848
0.814
0.793
0.765
0.755
0.687
0.657
0.646
0.638
0.617
0.611
0.546
0.543
0.517
0.503
0.453
0.443
0.409
0.383
0.378
0.374
0.369
0.369
0.357
0.347
0.336
0.329
0.328
0.290
0.282
0.193
0.191
0.190
0.174
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