Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 18 countries was 0.312 index points. The highest value was in Kuwait: 0.778 index points and the lowest value was in Libya: 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
Kuwait 0.778 1 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.653 2 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.546 3 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.51 4 1971 - 2023
Jordan 0.495 5 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.453 6 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.409 7 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.363 8 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.33 9 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.282 10 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.243 11 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.218 12 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.174 13 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.155 14 1960 - 2023
Libya 0 15 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 16 1960 - 2023
Syria 0 17 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0 18 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. Kuwait
2. Oman
3. Tunisia
4. UA Emirates
5. Jordan
6. Morocco
7. Qatar
8. Iraq
9. Lebanon
10. Algeria
11. Iran
12. Bahrain
13. Djibouti
14. Egypt
15. Libya
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Syria
18. Yemen
0.778
0.653
0.546
0.510
0.495
0.453
0.409
0.363
0.330
0.282
0.243
0.218
0.174
0.155
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.78


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