Presidential elections - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Year of presidential elections, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 115 countries was 0.1 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Austria: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. 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, 2022 Global rank Available data
Austria 1 1 1960 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 1 2 1992 - 2022
Brazil 1 3 1960 - 2022
Colombia 1 4 1960 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 1 5 1960 - 2022
France 1 6 1960 - 2022
Kenya 1 7 1960 - 2022
Philippines 1 8 1960 - 2022
Serbia 1 9 1960 - 2022
Slovenia 1 10 1989 - 2022
South Korea 1 11 1960 - 2022
Turkmenistan 1 12 1990 - 2022
Afghanistan 0 13 1960 - 2022
Algeria 0 14 1960 - 2022
Angola 0 15 1960 - 2022
Argentina 0 16 1960 - 2022
Armenia 0 17 1990 - 2022
Azerbaijan 0 18 1990 - 2022
Bangladesh 0 19 1971 - 2022
Belarus 0 20 1990 - 2022
Benin 0 21 1960 - 2022
Bolivia 0 22 1960 - 2022
Botswana 0 23 1960 - 2022
Bulgaria 0 24 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0 25 1960 - 2022
Burundi 0 26 1960 - 2022
Cambodia 0 27 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 0 28 1961 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 29 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0 30 1960 - 2022
Chad 0 31 1960 - 2022
Chile 0 32 1960 - 2022
Comoros 0 33 1960 - 2022
Croatia 0 34 1991 - 2022
Cyprus 0 35 1960 - 2022
Czechia 0 36 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 0 37 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 0 38 1960 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 0 39 1960 - 2022
Ecuador 0 40 1960 - 2022
Egypt 0 41 1960 - 2022
El Salvador 0 42 1960 - 2022
Estonia 0 43 1990 - 2022
Finland 0 44 1960 - 2022
Gabon 0 45 1960 - 2022
Gambia 0 46 1960 - 2022
Georgia 0 47 1990 - 2022
Ghana 0 48 1960 - 2022
Guatemala 0 49 1960 - 2022
Guinea 0 50 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 51 1960 - 2022
Guyana 0 52 1960 - 2022
Haiti 0 53 1960 - 2022
Honduras 0 54 1960 - 2022
Iceland 0 55 1960 - 2022
Indonesia 0 56 1960 - 2022
Iran 0 57 1960 - 2022
Iraq 0 58 1960 - 2022
Ireland 0 59 1960 - 2022
Israel 0 60 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 0 61 1960 - 2022
Kazakhstan 0 62 1990 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 0 63 1990 - 2022
Liberia 0 64 1960 - 2022
Lithuania 0 65 1990 - 2022
Madagascar 0 66 1960 - 2022
Malawi 0 67 1960 - 2022
Maldives 0 68 1960 - 2022
Mali 0 69 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 0 70 1960 - 2022
Mexico 0 71 1960 - 2022
Moldova 0 72 1990 - 2022
Mongolia 0 73 1960 - 2022
Montenegro 0 74 1998 - 2022
Mozambique 0 75 1960 - 2022
Namibia 0 76 1960 - 2022
Nicaragua 0 77 1960 - 2022
Niger 0 78 1960 - 2022
Nigeria 0 79 1960 - 2022
North Macedonia 0 80 1991 - 2022
Pakistan 0 81 1960 - 2022
Panama 0 82 1960 - 2022
Paraguay 0 83 1960 - 2022
Peru 0 84 1960 - 2022
Poland 0 85 1960 - 2022
Portugal 0 86 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 0 87 1960 - 2022
Romania 0 88 1960 - 2022
Russia 0 89 1960 - 2022
Rwanda 0 90 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0 91 1960 - 2022
Senegal 0 92 1960 - 2022
Seychelles 0 93 1960 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0 94 1960 - 2022
Singapore 0 95 1960 - 2022
Slovakia 0 96 1993 - 2022
Somalia 0 97 1960 - 2022
Sri Lanka 0 98 1960 - 2022
Sudan 0 99 1960 - 2022
Syria 0 100 1960 - 2022
Taiwan 0 101 1960 - 2022
Tajikistan 0 102 1990 - 2022
Tanzania 0 103 1960 - 2022
Togo 0 104 1960 - 2022
Tunisia 0 105 1960 - 2022
Turkey 0 106 1960 - 2022
Uganda 0 107 1960 - 2022
Ukraine 0 108 1990 - 2022
Uruguay 0 109 1960 - 2022
USA 0 110 1960 - 2022
Uzbekistan 0 111 1990 - 2022
Venezuela 0 112 1960 - 2022
Yemen 0 113 1960 - 2022
Zambia 0 114 1960 - 2022
Zimbabwe 0 115 1960 - 2022



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

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