Clean elections index - Country rankings
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Clean elections index, 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 12 countries was 0.735 index points. The highest value was in Chile: 0.956 index points and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 0.118 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 0.956 | 1 | - |
| Uruguay | 0.955 | 2 | - |
| Argentina | 0.909 | 3 | - |
| Peru | 0.877 | 4 | - |
| Suriname | 0.869 | 5 | - |
| Brazil | 0.837 | 6 | - |
| Ecuador | 0.795 | 7 | - |
| Colombia | 0.737 | 8 | - |
| Bolivia | 0.682 | 9 | - |
| Paraguay | 0.631 | 10 | - |
| Guyana | 0.455 | 11 | - |
| Venezuela | 0.118 | 12 | - |
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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