Clean elections index - Country rankings
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Clean elections index, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 45 countries was 0.409 index points. The highest value was in Taiwan: 0.936 index points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. 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, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 0.936 | 1 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Japan | 0.934 | 2 | 1960 - 2024 |
| South Korea | 0.932 | 3 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Israel | 0.879 | 4 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Bhutan | 0.857 | 5 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Singapore | 0.802 | 6 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.791 | 7 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Nepal | 0.719 | 8 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Oman | 0.686 | 9 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Armenia | 0.677 | 10 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Kuwait | 0.657 | 11 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Maldives | 0.626 | 12 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Mongolia | 0.607 | 13 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Malaysia | 0.592 | 14 | 1960 - 2024 |
| UA Emirates | 0.536 | 15 | 1971 - 2024 |
| India | 0.523 | 16 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 0.517 | 17 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Jordan | 0.514 | 18 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Vietnam | 0.514 | 19 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Georgia | 0.472 | 20 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Thailand | 0.443 | 21 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.422 | 22 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Qatar | 0.408 | 23 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Philippines | 0.386 | 24 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Iraq | 0.348 | 25 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.339 | 26 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Lebanon | 0.303 | 27 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Hong Kong | 0.301 | 28 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.299 | 29 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Iran | 0.238 | 30 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Laos | 0.222 | 31 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Bahrain | 0.221 | 32 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Pakistan | 0.164 | 33 | 1960 - 2024 |
| North Korea | 0.118 | 34 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Cambodia | 0.099 | 35 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Tajikistan | 0.098 | 36 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.093 | 37 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.074 | 38 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 0.061 | 39 | 1971 - 2024 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 40 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Burma | 0 | 41 | 1960 - 2024 |
| China | 0 | 42 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 43 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Syria | 0 | 44 | 1960 - 2024 |
| Yemen | 0 | 45 | 1960 - 2024 |
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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