Kenya: Clean elections index
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| Kenya |
Clean elections index |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 0.493 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | index points |
| Data availability | 1960 - 2024 |
| Average | 0.293 |
| Min - Max | 0.117 - 0.526 |
| Source | Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 0.493 index points, a decline from 0.499 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.526 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Kenya from 1960 to 2024 is 0.293 index points. The minimum value, 0.117 index points, was reached in 1989 while the maximum of 0.526 index points was recorded in 1963.
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| Recent values | Kenya: Clean elections index |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.493 |
| 2023 | 0.499 |
| 2022 | 0.446 |
| 2021 | 0.390 |
| 2020 | 0.390 |
| 2019 | 0.389 |
| 2018 | 0.379 |
| 2017 | 0.396 |
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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