Presidential elections - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Year of presidential elections, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 113 countries was 0.28 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Algeria: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: 1 elections, 0 otherwise; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Presidential elections, 2024 Global rank Available data
Algeria 1 1 1960 - 2024
Azerbaijan 1 2 1990 - 2024
Chad 1 3 1960 - 2024
Comoros 1 4 1960 - 2024
Croatia 1 5 1991 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 1 6 1960 - 2024
El Salvador 1 7 1960 - 2024
Finland 1 8 1960 - 2024
Georgia 1 9 1990 - 2024
Ghana 1 10 1960 - 2024
Iceland 1 11 1960 - 2024
Indonesia 1 12 1960 - 2024
Iran 1 13 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 1 14 1990 - 2024
Mauritania 1 15 1960 - 2024
Mexico 1 16 1960 - 2024
Moldova 1 17 1990 - 2024
Mozambique 1 18 1960 - 2024
Namibia 1 19 1960 - 2024
North Macedonia 1 20 1991 - 2024
Panama 1 21 1960 - 2024
Romania 1 22 1960 - 2024
Russia 1 23 1960 - 2024
Rwanda 1 24 1960 - 2024
Senegal 1 25 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 1 26 1993 - 2024
Sri Lanka 1 27 1960 - 2024
Taiwan 1 28 1960 - 2024
Tunisia 1 29 1960 - 2024
Uruguay 1 30 1960 - 2024
USA 1 31 1960 - 2024
Venezuela 1 32 1960 - 2024
Afghanistan 0 33 1960 - 2024
Angola 0 34 1960 - 2024
Argentina 0 35 1960 - 2024
Armenia 0 36 1990 - 2024
Austria 0 37 1960 - 2024
Bangladesh 0 38 1971 - 2024
Belarus 0 39 1990 - 2024
Benin 0 40 1960 - 2024
Bolivia 0 41 1960 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 0 42 1992 - 2024
Brazil 0 43 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 0 44 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 0 45 1960 - 2024
Burundi 0 46 1960 - 2024
Cambodia 0 47 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 0 48 1961 - 2024
Cape Verde 0 49 1960 - 2024
C.A. Republic 0 50 1960 - 2024
Chile 0 51 1960 - 2024
Colombia 0 52 1960 - 2024
Cyprus 0 53 1960 - 2024
Czechia 0 54 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 0 55 1960 - 2024
Djibouti 0 56 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 0 57 1960 - 2024
Egypt 0 58 1960 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 0 59 1960 - 2024
Estonia 0 60 1990 - 2024
France 0 61 1960 - 2024
Gabon 0 62 1960 - 2024
Gambia 0 63 1960 - 2024
Guatemala 0 64 1960 - 2024
Guinea 0 65 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 0 66 1960 - 2024
Haiti 0 67 1960 - 2024
Honduras 0 68 1960 - 2024
Iraq 0 69 1960 - 2024
Ireland 0 70 1960 - 2024
Israel 0 71 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 0 72 1960 - 2024
Kazakhstan 0 73 1990 - 2024
Kenya 0 74 1960 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 0 75 1990 - 2024
Liberia 0 76 1960 - 2024
Madagascar 0 77 1960 - 2024
Malawi 0 78 1960 - 2024
Maldives 0 79 1960 - 2024
Mali 0 80 1960 - 2024
Mongolia 0 81 1960 - 2024
Montenegro 0 82 1998 - 2024
Nicaragua 0 83 1960 - 2024
Niger 0 84 1960 - 2024
Nigeria 0 85 1960 - 2024
Pakistan 0 86 1960 - 2024
Paraguay 0 87 1960 - 2024
Peru 0 88 1960 - 2024
Philippines 0 89 1960 - 2024
Poland 0 90 1960 - 2024
Portugal 0 91 1960 - 2024
R. of Congo 0 92 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0 93 1960 - 2024
Serbia 0 94 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 0 95 1960 - 2024
Sierra Leone 0 96 1960 - 2024
Singapore 0 97 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 0 98 1989 - 2024
Somalia 0 99 1960 - 2024
South Korea 0 100 1960 - 2024
Sudan 0 101 1960 - 2024
Syria 0 102 1960 - 2024
Tajikistan 0 103 1990 - 2024
Tanzania 0 104 1960 - 2024
Togo 0 105 1960 - 2024
Turkey 0 106 1960 - 2024
Turkmenistan 0 107 1990 - 2024
Uganda 0 108 1960 - 2024
Ukraine 0 109 1990 - 2024
Uzbekistan 0 110 1990 - 2024
Yemen 0 111 1960 - 2024
Zambia 0 112 1960 - 2024
Zimbabwe 0 113 1960 - 2024


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Definition: Equal to 1 in presidential elections years and zero otherwise.

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1. Algeria
2. Azerbaijan
3. Chad
4. Comoros
5. Croatia
6. Domin. Rep.
7. El Salvador
8. Finland
9. Georgia
10. Ghana
11. Iceland
12. Indonesia
13. Iran
14. Lithuania
15. Mauritania
16. Mexico
17. Moldova
18. Mozambique
19. Namibia
20. North Macedonia
21. Panama
22. Romania
23. Russia
24. Rwanda
25. Senegal
26. Slovakia
27. Sri Lanka
28. Taiwan
29. Tunisia
30. Uruguay
31. USA
32. Venezuela
33. Afghanistan
34. Angola
35. Argentina
36. Armenia
37. Austria
38. Bangladesh
39. Belarus
40. Benin
41. Bolivia
42. Bosnia & Herz.
43. Brazil
44. Bulgaria
45. Burkina Faso
46. Burundi
47. Cambodia
48. Cameroon
49. Cape Verde
50. C.A. Republic
51. Chile
52. Colombia
53. Cyprus
54. Czechia
55. DR Congo
56. Djibouti
57. Ecuador
58. Egypt
59. Eq. Guinea
60. Estonia
61. France
62. Gabon
63. Gambia
64. Guatemala
65. Guinea
66. G.-Bissau
67. Haiti
68. Honduras
69. Iraq
70. Ireland
71. Israel
72. Ivory Coast
73. Kazakhstan
74. Kenya
75. Kyrgyzstan
76. Liberia
77. Madagascar
78. Malawi
79. Maldives
80. Mali
81. Mongolia
82. Montenegro
83. Nicaragua
84. Niger
85. Nigeria
86. Pakistan
87. Paraguay
88. Peru
89. Philippines
90. Poland
91. Portugal
92. R. of Congo
93. S.T.&Principe
94. Serbia
95. Seychelles
96. Sierra Leone
97. Singapore
98. Slovenia
99. Somalia
100. South Korea
101. Sudan
102. Syria
103. Tajikistan
104. Tanzania
105. Togo
106. Turkey
107. Turkmenistan
108. Uganda
109. Ukraine
110. Uzbekistan
111. Yemen
112. Zambia
113. Zimbabwe
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