Electoral democracy index - Country rankings

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Electoral democracy index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 47 countries was 0.404 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
Ivory Coast 0.454 20 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.435 21 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.421 22 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.416 23 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.389 24 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.363 25 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.353 26 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.349 27 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.317 28 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.302 29 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.298 30 1961 - 2023
Gabon 0.293 31 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.288 32 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.283 33 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.28 34 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.275 35 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.245 36 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.229 37 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.214 38 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.205 39 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.188 40 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.183 41 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.18 42 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.172 43 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.148 44 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.135 45 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.124 46 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.068 47 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. Ivory Coast
21. Tanzania
22. G.-Bissau
23. Togo
24. Niger
25. Mauritania
26. Mozambique
27. Angola
28. DR Congo
29. C.A. Republic
30. Cameroon
31. Gabon
32. Zimbabwe
33. Ethiopia
34. Uganda
35. Comoros
36. R. of Congo
37. Mali
38. Rwanda
39. Burkina Faso
40. Burundi
41. Eq. Guinea
42. Guinea
43. Somalia
44. Chad
45. Sudan
46. Swaziland
47. 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
0.454
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
0.245
0.229
0.214
0.205
0.188
0.183
0.180
0.172
0.148
0.135
0.124
0.068
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