Age of electoral democracy by country
Number of consecutive years in electoral democracy.
Countries reporting
144
Highest
133 years
New Zealand
Lowest
2 years
Niger
Median
35.5 years
Years covered
133
1893–2025
Data points
6,588
What the numbers show
Age of electoral democracy is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 133 years in New Zealand; the lowest is 2 years in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.5 years, and the mean is 40.08 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 82.4%).
Age of electoral democracy (Lexical Index): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 133 years | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 125 years | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 108 years | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 107 years | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Sweden | 107 years | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 106 years | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Ireland | 105 years | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 98 years | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Austria | 81 years | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Denmark | 81 years | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 81 years | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 81 years | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 80 years | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 80 years | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 80 years | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Malta | 79 years | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 77 years | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 77 years | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Israel | 77 years | 2025 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 76 years | 2025 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 74 years | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 22 | San Marino | 69 years | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 68 years | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Barbados | 65 years | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 64 years | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64 years | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Bahamas | 62 years | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Belize | 62 years | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 29 | United States | 61 years | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Botswana | 60 years | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Nauru | 60 years | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominica | 59 years | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 59 years | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 59 years | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritius | 58 years | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57 years | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Switzerland | 55 years | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 52 years | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 51 years | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Portugal | 50 years | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela | 50 years | 2007 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 49 years | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 49 years | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Kiribati | 48 years | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 48 years | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 48 years | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Ecuador | 47 years | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Micronesia (country) | 47 years | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Marshall Islands | 47 years | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 46 years | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Palau | 45 years | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Argentina | 43 years | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Grenada | 42 years | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Uruguay | 42 years | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Brazil | 41 years | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 41 years | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 40 years | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 39 years | 2025 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 59 | South Korea | 38 years | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Chile | 37 years | 2025 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Poland | 37 years | 2025 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 37 years | 2025 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Germany | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Namibia | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Slovenia | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Samoa | 36 years | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Estonia | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Latvia | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Suriname | 35 years | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkey | 35 years | 2017 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 34 years | 2025 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Romania | 34 years | 2025 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Andorra | 33 years | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Czechia | 33 years | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 33 years | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Seychelles | 33 years | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 32 years | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Malawi | 32 years | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Ukraine | 32 years | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 86 | South Africa | 32 years | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 years | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 30 years | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 30 years | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Taiwan | 30 years | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 29 years | 2025 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Benin | 28 years | 2018 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Indonesia | 27 years | 2025 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Lebanon | 26 years | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 26 years | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 26 years | 2015 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 26 years | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Peru | 25 years | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 25 years | 2022 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 101 | East Timor | 25 years | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Lesotho | 24 years | 2025 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22 years | 2025 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 21 years | 2025 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Liberia | 21 years | 2025 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Montenegro | 20 years | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 20 years | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bhutan | 18 years | 2025 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Pakistan | 16 years | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Tonga | 16 years | 2025 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Mozambique | 15 years | 2008 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 14 years | 2019 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Comoros | 13 years | 2018 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Kenya | 13 years | 2025 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | 12 years | 1951 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Fiji | 12 years | 2025 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | 11 years | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 11 years | 2025 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Russia | 11 years | 2003 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 10 years | 2002 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Madagascar | 10 years | 2022 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Tunisia | 10 years | 2020 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9 years | 2019 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 9 years | 2025 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 years | 2022 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Somalia | 9 years | 1968 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 8 years | 2025 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 8 years | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Malaysia | 8 years | 2025 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Nigeria | 8 years | 2018 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 7 years | 2021 | up 600.0% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 7 years | 2019 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 6 years | 2013 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Bolivia | 6 years | 2025 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Myanmar | 6 years | 2020 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Burundi | 5 years | 2009 | — | rising |
| 138 | Honduras | 5 years | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Zambia | 5 years | 2025 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Haiti | 4 years | 2009 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Sudan | 3 years | 1988 | — | falling |
| 142 | Thailand | 3 years | 2013 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 2 years | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
About this data
Number of consecutive years in electoral democracy.