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Elected Government Index (IDEA)
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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League table
2021
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East Asia & Pacific
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Value
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1
Guatemala
100
2
Japan
100
3
Belgium
100
4
Chile
100
5
Panama
100
6
Canada
100
7
Norway
100
8
Netherlands
100
9
Indonesia
100
10
Ireland
100
11
Niger
100
12
Peru
100
13
Albania
100
14
Trinidad and Tobago
100
15
Cabo Verde
100
16
Slovak Republic
100
17
Malaysia
100
18
Costa Rica
100
19
Philippines
100
20
Slovenia
100
21
Senegal
100
22
Cyprus
100
23
Mauritius
100
24
Czechia
100
25
Mongolia
100
26
Poland
100
27
Germany
100
28
El Salvador
100
29
Denmark
100
30
United States
100
31
Brazil
100
32
Sweden
100
33
Dominican Republic
100
34
North Macedonia
100
35
Hungary
100
36
New Zealand
100
37
Ecuador
100
38
Portugal
100
39
Mexico
100
40
Uruguay
100
41
Moldova
100
42
Pakistan
100
43
Spain
100
44
Paraguay
100
45
Estonia
100
46
Luxembourg
100
47
Lithuania
100
48
Finland
100
49
Austria
100
50
Argentina
100
51
Sri Lanka
100
52
Switzerland
100
53
France
100
54
Australia
100
55
Liberia
100
56
United Kingdom
100
57
Romania
100
58
Bulgaria
100
59
Georgia
100
60
Croatia
100
61
Serbia
100
62
Ghana
100
63
Korea, Rep.
100
64
Jamaica
100
65
Timor-Leste
100
66
Nepal
100
67
Solomon Islands
100
68
Taiwan
100
69
Greece
100
70
Maldives
93.2
71
Vanuatu
93.2
72
Iceland
93.2
73
Malta
93.2
74
Barbados
93.2
75
Guyana
88.9
76
Italy
88.9
77
India
88.9
78
Sierra Leone
88.9
79
Zambia
88.9
80
Lesotho
88.9
81
Colombia
88.9
82
Montenegro
79.2
83
Bolivia
79.2
84
Honduras
79.2
85
South Africa
79.2
86
Armenia
75.8
87
Latvia
75.8
88
Papua New Guinea
75.8
89
Guinea-Bissau
75.8
90
Ukraine
75.8
91
Nigeria
75.8
92
Suriname
75.8
93
Kyrgyz Republic
75.8
94
Benin
75.8
95
Malawi
75.8
96
Israel
75.8
97
Kenya
75
98
Botswana
71.2
99
Gambia, The
71.2
100
Bhutan
70
101
Russian Federation
59.7
102
Tajikistan
59.7
103
Gabon
59.7
104
Burkina Faso
59.7
105
Cote d'Ivoire
59.7
106
Madagascar
59.7
107
Cameroon
59.7
108
Nicaragua
59.7
109
Central African Republic
59.7
110
Congo, Dem. Rep.
59.7
111
Togo
59.7
112
Namibia
59.7
113
Tunisia
59.7
114
Syrian Arab Republic
59.7
115
Iraq
59.7
116
Belarus
59.7
117
Lebanon
59.7
118
Turkmenistan
59.7
119
Angola
59.7
120
Ethiopia
59.7
121
Uzbekistan
59.7
122
Mozambique
59.7
123
Djibouti
59.7
124
Azerbaijan
59.7
125
Singapore
59.7
126
Libya
59.3
127
Bosnia and Herzegovina
59.3
128
Kazakhstan
50.8
129
Burundi
50.8
130
Haiti
50.8
131
Zimbabwe
50.8
132
Tanzania
50.8
133
Bangladesh
50.8
134
Cambodia
48.7
135
Turkiye
48.7
136
Fiji
48.7
137
Algeria
48.7
138
Mauritania
48.7
139
Congo, Rep.
48.7
140
Egypt, Arab Rep.
40.4
141
Oman
40.4
142
Comoros
40.4
143
Eswatini
40.4
144
Morocco
40.4
145
Uganda
40.4
146
Bahrain
40.4
147
Kuwait
40.4
148
Rwanda
40.4
149
Jordan
40.4
150
Sudan
40.4
151
Venezuela, RB
37
152
Cuba
37
153
Viet Nam
37
154
Lao PDR
30.6
155
Iran, Islamic Rep.
30.6
156
Equatorial Guinea
29.2
157
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
23.1
158
West Bank and Gaza
14.9
159
Thailand
13
160
Eritrea
13
161
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
13
162
China
13
163
Yemen, Rep.
4.2
164
South Sudan
4.2
165
Chad
0
166
Myanmar
0
167
Afghanistan
0
168
Mali
0
169
Qatar
0
170
Guinea
0
171
Saudi Arabia
0
172
United Arab Emirates
0
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