Electoral Management & Integrity — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

electoral integrity score
voter registration coverage
voter turnout
election disputes resolved before inauguration

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 32

Established 39

Transitional 48

Foundational 28

Nascent 34

Inception 12

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
2	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
13	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
18	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
23	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
28	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
29	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
30	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
31	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
33	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
34	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
35	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	15	Advanced	±0.50
36	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
37	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
38	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
39	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
40	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
42	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
43	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
44	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
45	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	14	Established	±0.00
46	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
47	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
48	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
49	🇺🇸United States	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
50	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
51	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
52	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
53	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
54	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
55	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
56	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
57	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
58	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
59	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	13	Established	±0.50
60	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.83
61	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
62	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
63	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
64	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
65	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	12	Established	±0.71
66	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
67	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
68	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
69	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
70	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
71	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
72	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
73	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
74	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
75	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
76	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
78	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
79	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.71
81	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
83	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
89	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
93	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
94	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.50
95	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
96	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
97	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
98	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
100	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
101	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.71
102	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
103	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
104	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
105	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
106	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
107	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
108	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
109	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
110	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.83
111	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
112	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
113	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
114	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
115	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
116	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
117	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
118	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
119	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
120	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
121	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
122	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
123	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.71
124	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.87
127	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
129	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
130	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
133	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
134	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
141	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.87
142	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
143	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
145	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
146	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
148	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
149	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
150	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.83
153	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.87
154	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
155	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.83
156	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
157	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
161	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
164	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	5	Nascent	±1.23
165	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.83
166	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
170	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
176	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.83
181	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
183	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
184	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±1.00
187	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
188	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
189	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
191	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
193	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.71
194	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Political Institutions & Civic Participation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Legislature & Deliberative Institutions	8.7	1–18	Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Citizen Participation & Civic Space	8.6	0–18	Finland, Sweden, Switzerland