Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 0.418 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 0.946 index points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 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
South Korea 0.946 1 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.94 2 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.928 3 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.876 4 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.859 5 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.778 6 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.736 7 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.712 8 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.711 9 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.682 10 1990 - 2023
Maldives 0.667 11 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0.658 12 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.653 13 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.633 14 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.6 15 1990 - 2023
Malaysia 0.591 16 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.511 17 1960 - 2023
India 0.51 18 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.51 19 1971 - 2023
Jordan 0.495 20 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.43 21 1990 - 2023
Qatar 0.409 22 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.393 23 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.363 24 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.34 25 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.332 26 1990 - 2023
Lebanon 0.33 27 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.301 28 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.291 29 1990 - 2023
Pakistan 0.278 30 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.243 31 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.218 32 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.214 33 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.159 34 1971 - 2023
North Korea 0.131 35 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.113 36 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.098 37 1990 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.083 38 1990 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.077 39 1990 - 2023
Afghanistan 0 40 1960 - 2023
Burma 0 41 1960 - 2023
China 0 42 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 43 1960 - 2023
Syria 0 44 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0 45 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. South Korea
2. Taiwan
3. Japan
4. Israel
5. Bhutan
6. Kuwait
7. Singapore
8. Sri Lanka
9. Nepal
10. Armenia
11. Maldives
12. Indonesia
13. Oman
14. Mongolia
15. Georgia
16. Malaysia
17. Vietnam
18. India
19. UA Emirates
20. Jordan
21. Kyrgyzstan
22. Qatar
23. Philippines
24. Iraq
25. Thailand
26. Kazakhstan
27. Lebanon
28. Hong Kong
29. Uzbekistan
30. Pakistan
31. Iran
32. Bahrain
33. Laos
34. Bangladesh
35. North Korea
36. Cambodia
37. Tajikistan
38. Azerbaijan
39. Turkmenistan
40. Afghanistan
41. Burma
42. China
43. Saudi Arabia
44. Syria
45. Yemen
0.946
0.940
0.928
0.876
0.859
0.778
0.736
0.712
0.711
0.682
0.667
0.658
0.653
0.633
0.600
0.591
0.511
0.510
0.510
0.495
0.430
0.409
0.393
0.363
0.340
0.332
0.330
0.301
0.291
0.278
0.243
0.218
0.214
0.159
0.131
0.113
0.098
0.083
0.077
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0
0.2
0.5
0.7
0.95


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