Electoral democracy index - Country rankings

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Electoral democracy index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 0.389 index points. The highest value was in Cape Verde: 0.754 index points and the lowest value was in Eritrea: 0.068 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 Electoral democracy index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Cape Verde 0.754 1 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.743 2 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.687 3 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.675 4 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.661 5 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.646 6 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.644 7 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.641 8 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.639 9 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.617 10 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.58 11 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.564 12 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.558 13 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.529 14 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.498 15 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.497 16 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.491 17 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.479 18 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.474 19 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.472 20 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.454 21 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.435 22 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.421 23 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.416 24 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.389 25 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.363 26 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.353 27 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.349 28 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.317 29 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.302 30 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.298 31 1961 - 2023
Gabon 0.293 32 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.288 33 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.283 34 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.28 35 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.275 36 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.27 37 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.263 38 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.253 39 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.245 40 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.229 41 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.214 42 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.205 43 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.194 44 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.189 45 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.188 46 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.183 47 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.18 48 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.172 49 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.148 50 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.135 51 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.124 52 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.068 53 1960 - 2023



Definition: Measures the extent to which political power is gained and exercised through free and fair elections.

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1. Cape Verde
2. Seychelles
3. South Africa
4. S.T.&Principe
5. Ghana
6. Namibia
7. Lesotho
8. Gambia
9. Liberia
10. Senegal
11. Malawi
12. Kenya
13. Botswana
14. Zambia
15. Benin
16. Sierra Leone
17. Nigeria
18. Mauritius
19. Madagascar
20. Tunisia
21. Ivory Coast
22. Tanzania
23. G.-Bissau
24. Togo
25. Niger
26. Mauritania
27. Mozambique
28. Angola
29. DR Congo
30. C.A. Republic
31. Cameroon
32. Gabon
33. Zimbabwe
34. Ethiopia
35. Uganda
36. Comoros
37. Algeria
38. Morocco
39. Djibouti
40. R. of Congo
41. Mali
42. Rwanda
43. Burkina Faso
44. Libya
45. Egypt
46. Burundi
47. Eq. Guinea
48. Guinea
49. Somalia
50. Chad
51. Sudan
52. Swaziland
53. Eritrea
0.754
0.743
0.687
0.675
0.661
0.646
0.644
0.641
0.639
0.617
0.580
0.564
0.558
0.529
0.498
0.497
0.491
0.479
0.474
0.472
0.454
0.435
0.421
0.416
0.389
0.363
0.353
0.349
0.317
0.302
0.298
0.293
0.288
0.283
0.280
0.275
0.270
0.263
0.253
0.245
0.229
0.214
0.205
0.194
0.189
0.188
0.183
0.180
0.172
0.148
0.135
0.124
0.068
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0.6
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