Presidential elections - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Year of presidential elections, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 113 countries was 0.17 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Argentina: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
Argentina 1 1 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 1 2 1960 - 2023
Czechia 1 3 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 1 4 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 1 5 1960 - 2023
Egypt 1 6 1960 - 2023
Gabon 1 7 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 1 8 1960 - 2023
Liberia 1 9 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 1 10 1960 - 2023
Maldives 1 11 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 1 12 1998 - 2023
Nigeria 1 13 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 1 14 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 1 15 1960 - 2023
Singapore 1 16 1960 - 2023
Turkey 1 17 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 1 18 1990 - 2023
Zimbabwe 1 19 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0 20 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0 21 1960 - 2023
Angola 0 22 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0 23 1990 - 2023
Austria 0 24 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0 25 1990 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 26 1971 - 2023
Belarus 0 27 1990 - 2023
Benin 0 28 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0 29 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0 30 1992 - 2023
Brazil 0 31 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0 32 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 33 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0 34 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0 35 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0 36 1961 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 37 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 38 1960 - 2023
Chad 0 39 1960 - 2023
Chile 0 40 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0 41 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0 42 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0 43 1991 - 2023
Djibouti 0 44 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0 45 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0 46 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 47 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0 48 1990 - 2023
Finland 0 49 1960 - 2023
France 0 50 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0 51 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0 52 1990 - 2023
Ghana 0 53 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0 54 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 55 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0 56 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0 57 1960 - 2023
Iceland 0 58 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0 59 1960 - 2023
Iran 0 60 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0 61 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0 62 1960 - 2023
Israel 0 63 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 64 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0 65 1990 - 2023
Kenya 0 66 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0 67 1990 - 2023
Lithuania 0 68 1990 - 2023
Malawi 0 69 1960 - 2023
Mali 0 70 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0 71 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0 72 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0 73 1990 - 2023
Mongolia 0 74 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0 75 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0 76 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 0 77 1960 - 2023
Niger 0 78 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0 79 1991 - 2023
Pakistan 0 80 1960 - 2023
Panama 0 81 1960 - 2023
Peru 0 82 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0 83 1960 - 2023
Poland 0 84 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0 85 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 86 1960 - 2023
Romania 0 87 1960 - 2023
Russia 0 88 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0 89 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 90 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0 91 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0 92 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0 93 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0 94 1993 - 2023
Slovenia 0 95 1989 - 2023
Somalia 0 96 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0 97 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 98 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0 99 1960 - 2023
Syria 0 100 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0 101 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0 102 1990 - 2023
Tanzania 0 103 1960 - 2023
Togo 0 104 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0 105 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 106 1990 - 2023
Uganda 0 107 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0 108 1990 - 2023
Uruguay 0 109 1960 - 2023
USA 0 110 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0 111 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0 112 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0 113 1960 - 2023


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

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