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Clean elections index, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 41 countries was 0.8 index points. The highest value was in Belgium: 0.966 index points and the lowest value was in Russia: 0.144 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
Belgium 0.966 1 1960 - 2024
Norway 0.964 2 1960 - 2024
Estonia 0.962 3 1990 - 2024
Denmark 0.959 4 1960 - 2024
Finland 0.959 5 1960 - 2024
Germany 0.956 6 1960 - 2024
Netherlands 0.955 7 1960 - 2024
Spain 0.955 8 1960 - 2024
Ireland 0.951 9 1960 - 2024
Czechia 0.948 10 1960 - 2024
Sweden 0.947 11 1960 - 2024
France 0.946 12 1960 - 2024
Greece 0.946 13 1960 - 2024
Italy 0.946 14 1960 - 2024
Switzerland 0.944 15 1960 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.943 16 1960 - 2024
Portugal 0.942 17 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 0.931 18 1993 - 2024
UK 0.929 19 1960 - 2024
Austria 0.928 20 1960 - 2024
Latvia 0.921 21 1990 - 2024
Iceland 0.92 22 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 0.916 23 1989 - 2024
Cyprus 0.912 24 1960 - 2024
Croatia 0.909 25 1991 - 2024
Malta 0.902 26 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 0.893 27 1990 - 2024
Moldova 0.778 28 1990 - 2024
Romania 0.772 29 1960 - 2024
Poland 0.764 30 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 0.714 31 1960 - 2024
North Macedonia 0.669 32 1991 - 2024
Montenegro 0.612 33 1998 - 2024
Hungary 0.604 34 1960 - 2024
Ukraine 0.599 35 1990 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 0.524 36 1992 - 2024
Albania 0.487 37 1960 - 2024
Turkey 0.411 38 1960 - 2024
Serbia 0.211 39 1960 - 2024
Belarus 0.175 40 1990 - 2024
Russia 0.144 41 1960 - 2024


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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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