Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 0.914 index points. The highest value was in Belgium: 0.972 index points and the lowest value was in Hungary: 0.615 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
Finland 0.957 5 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.955 6 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.953 7 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.952 8 1960 - 2023
France 0.951 9 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.951 10 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.951 11 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.95 12 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.948 13 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.948 14 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.946 15 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.936 16 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.935 17 1990 - 2023
Slovenia 0.933 18 1989 - 2023
Slovakia 0.93 19 1993 - 2023
Croatia 0.924 20 1991 - 2023
Lithuania 0.908 21 1990 - 2023
Cyprus 0.907 22 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.903 23 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.841 24 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.777 25 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.735 26 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.615 27 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. Belgium
2. Spain
3. Estonia
4. Denmark
5. Finland
6. Germany
7. Ireland
8. Luxembourg
9. France
10. Netherlands
11. Portugal
12. Sweden
13. Czechia
14. Greece
15. Italy
16. Austria
17. Latvia
18. Slovenia
19. Slovakia
20. Croatia
21. Lithuania
22. Cyprus
23. Malta
24. Romania
25. Bulgaria
26. Poland
27. Hungary
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