Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 41 countries was 0.81 index points. The highest value was in Belgium: 0.972 index points and the lowest value was in Belarus: 0.142 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
Belgium 0.972 1 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.967 2 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.964 3 1990 - 2023
Denmark 0.961 4 1960 - 2023
Norway 0.959 5 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.957 6 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.955 7 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.953 8 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.952 9 1960 - 2023
France 0.951 10 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.951 11 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.951 12 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.95 13 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.948 14 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.948 15 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.946 16 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.936 17 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.935 18 1990 - 2023
Switzerland 0.934 19 1960 - 2023
UK 0.934 20 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.933 21 1989 - 2023
Slovakia 0.93 22 1993 - 2023
Croatia 0.924 23 1991 - 2023
Iceland 0.914 24 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.908 25 1990 - 2023
Cyprus 0.907 26 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.903 27 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.841 28 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.833 29 1990 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.777 30 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.735 31 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.615 32 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.607 33 1991 - 2023
Ukraine 0.604 34 1990 - 2023
Montenegro 0.564 35 1998 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.544 36 1992 - 2023
Albania 0.5 37 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.405 38 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.358 39 1960 - 2023
Russia 0.235 40 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.142 41 1990 - 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. Belgium
2. Spain
3. Estonia
4. Denmark
5. Norway
6. Finland
7. Germany
8. Ireland
9. Luxembourg
10. France
11. Netherlands
12. Portugal
13. Sweden
14. Czechia
15. Greece
16. Italy
17. Austria
18. Latvia
19. Switzerland
20. UK
21. Slovenia
22. Slovakia
23. Croatia
24. Iceland
25. Lithuania
26. Cyprus
27. Malta
28. Romania
29. Moldova
30. Bulgaria
31. Poland
32. Hungary
33. North Macedonia
34. Ukraine
35. Montenegro
36. Bosnia & Herz.
37. Albania
38. Turkey
39. Serbia
40. Russia
41. Belarus
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