Clean elections index - Country rankings

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Clean elections index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 47 countries was 0.354 index points. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 0.894 index points and the lowest value was in Burkina Faso: 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
Seychelles 0.894 1 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.848 2 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.814 3 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.793 4 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.765 5 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.755 6 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.687 7 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.657 8 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.646 9 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.638 10 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.617 11 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.611 12 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.543 13 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.517 14 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.503 15 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.443 16 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.409 17 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.383 18 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.378 19 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.374 20 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.369 21 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.369 22 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.357 23 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.347 24 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.336 25 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.329 26 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.328 27 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.29 28 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.193 29 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.191 30 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.19 31 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.16 32 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.148 33 1961 - 2023
Uganda 0.145 34 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.143 35 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.134 36 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.094 37 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.081 38 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.077 39 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.074 40 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 41 1960 - 2023
Chad 0 42 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0 43 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0 44 1960 - 2023
Mali 0 45 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0 46 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0 47 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. Seychelles
2. Cape Verde
3. S.T.&Principe
4. Gambia
5. South Africa
6. Lesotho
7. Senegal
8. Namibia
9. Ghana
10. Benin
11. Liberia
12. Malawi
13. Botswana
14. Mauritius
15. Kenya
16. Zambia
17. Ivory Coast
18. Nigeria
19. Sierra Leone
20. G.-Bissau
21. Madagascar
22. Tanzania
23. Ethiopia
24. Togo
25. Swaziland
26. Mauritania
27. Rwanda
28. Angola
29. DR Congo
30. Niger
31. Mozambique
32. Zimbabwe
33. Cameroon
34. Uganda
35. Gabon
36. C.A. Republic
37. R. of Congo
38. Eq. Guinea
39. Burundi
40. Comoros
41. Burkina Faso
42. Chad
43. Eritrea
44. Guinea
45. Mali
46. Somalia
47. Sudan
0.894
0.848
0.814
0.793
0.765
0.755
0.687
0.657
0.646
0.638
0.617
0.611
0.543
0.517
0.503
0.443
0.409
0.383
0.378
0.374
0.369
0.369
0.357
0.347
0.336
0.329
0.328
0.290
0.193
0.191
0.190
0.160
0.148
0.145
0.143
0.134
0.094
0.081
0.077
0.074
0.000
0.000
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0.000
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0.89


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