Sierra Leone: Clean elections index

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 Sierra Leone

Clean elections index

 Latest value 0.254
 Year 2024
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.230
 Min - Max 0.000 - 0.561
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The latest value from 2024 is 0.254 index points, a decline from 0.368 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2024 is 0.23 index points. The minimum value, 0 index points, was reached in 1968 while the maximum of 0.561 index points was recorded in 2003. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Sierra Leone: Clean elections index
 2024 0.254
 2023 0.368
 2022 0.497
 2021 0.508
 2020 0.508
 2019 0.508
 2018 0.499
 2017 0.458




Definition: Measures the extent to which elections are free and fair with absence of registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation, vote buying, and election violence.

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