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Competitive elections by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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195 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Italy
1
2
Guatemala
1
3
Guyana
1
4
Czechia
1
5
Gambia, The
1
6
Brazil
1
7
Norway
1
8
Kiribati
1
9
Honduras
1
10
Germany
1
11
Moldova
1
12
Colombia
1
13
Croatia
1
14
Mexico
1
15
Dominica
1
16
Nepal
1
17
Ghana
1
18
Hungary
1
19
Naoero
1
20
Indonesia
1
21
Antigua and Barbuda
1
22
Namibia
1
23
Spain
1
24
Marshall Islands
1
25
New Zealand
1
26
Papua New Guinea
1
27
Denmark
1
28
India
1
29
North Macedonia
1
30
United Kingdom
1
31
Chile
1
32
Malaysia
1
33
Ireland
1
34
Switzerland
1
35
Andorra
1
36
Latvia
1
37
Finland
1
38
Dominican Republic
1
39
Bolivia
1
40
Korea, Rep.
1
41
Armenia
1
42
Luxembourg
1
43
Portugal
1
44
Malawi
1
45
Canada
1
46
Panama
1
47
Kenya
1
48
Australia
1
49
Iraq
1
50
Liberia
1
51
Japan
1
52
Ecuador
1
53
Mauritius
1
54
Belize
1
55
Lithuania
1
56
Botswana
1
57
Bhutan
1
58
Malta
1
59
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
60
Bahamas, The
1
61
Albania
1
62
Iceland
1
63
Lesotho
1
64
Peru
1
65
Israel
1
66
Sri Lanka
1
67
Argentina
1
68
Cabo Verde
1
69
France
1
70
Jamaica
1
71
Philippines
1
72
Austria
1
73
Fiji
1
74
St. Lucia
1
75
Palau
1
76
Mongolia
1
77
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
78
Belgium
1
79
Poland
1
80
Montenegro
1
81
Barbados
1
82
Paraguay
1
83
Costa Rica
1
84
Greece
1
85
Cyprus
1
86
Netherlands
1
87
Maldives
1
88
Bulgaria
1
89
Grenada
1
90
Estonia
1
91
Lebanon
1
92
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
93
Trinidad and Tobago
1
94
Timor-Leste
1
95
Senegal
1
96
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
97
South Africa
1
98
Zambia
1
99
Tuvalu
1
100
Solomon Islands
1
101
Seychelles
1
102
Sweden
1
103
Taiwan
1
104
Romania
1
105
Slovenia
1
106
Slovak Republic
1
107
Samoa
1
108
Ukraine
1
109
United States
1
110
Suriname
1
111
Sao Tome and Principe
1
112
San Marino
1
113
Vanuatu
1
114
Uruguay
1
115
Tonga
1
116
El Salvador
0
117
Uzbekistan
0
118
Viet Nam
0
119
Sudan
0
120
Uganda
0
121
Chad
0
122
Turkmenistan
0
123
Tajikistan
0
124
Rwanda
0
125
Togo
0
126
Venezuela, RB
0
127
Turkiye
0
128
Singapore
0
129
Zimbabwe
0
130
Yemen, Rep.
0
131
South Sudan
0
132
Thailand
0
133
Saudi Arabia
0
134
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
135
Tanzania
0
136
Eswatini
0
137
Sierra Leone
0
138
Russian Federation
0
139
Tunisia
0
140
Serbia
0
141
Syrian Arab Republic
0
142
Mauritania
0
143
Bangladesh
0
144
Kyrgyz Republic
0
145
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
146
Cuba
0
147
Pakistan
0
148
Azerbaijan
0
149
Ethiopia
0
150
Lao PDR
0
151
Mali
0
152
Oman
0
153
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
154
Niger
0
155
Nigeria
0
156
Benin
0
157
Gabon
0
158
Myanmar
0
159
Eritrea
0
160
Afghanistan
0
161
Burundi
0
162
United Arab Emirates
0
163
Cambodia
0
164
Qatar
0
165
Algeria
0
166
China
0
167
Central African Republic
0
168
Kazakhstan
0
169
Kuwait
0
170
Jordan
0
171
Madagascar
0
172
Georgia
0
173
Mozambique
0
174
Guinea-Bissau
0
175
Nicaragua
0
176
Belarus
0
177
Angola
0
178
Congo, Rep.
0
179
Morocco
0
180
Burkina Faso
0
181
Guinea
0
182
Liechtenstein
0
183
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
184
Bahrain
0
185
Monaco
0
186
Equatorial Guinea
0
187
Haiti
0
188
Djibouti
0
189
Libya
0
190
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
191
Brunei Darussalam
0
192
Cote d'Ivoire
0
193
Comoros
0
194
Cameroon
0
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