Tanzania

Electoral democracy in Tanzania

Electoral democracy in Tanzania: 0.04 of 1 in 1915 and 0.37 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.37 of 1
Since 1915
+0.32 of 1
Rank, 2025
107 of 175
counting from the highest
World, 2025
0.48 of 1
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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Electoral democracy in TanzaniaElectoral democracy in Tanzania: 0.04 of 1 in 1915 and 0.37 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates. The highest was 0.49 of 1 in 1996, the lowest 0.04 of 1 in 1917.
Estimates, V-DemWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.49 of 1 in 1996, the lowest 0.04 of 1 in 1917.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

YearTanzaniaWorld
20250.370.48
20240.410.49
20230.410.49
20220.40.5
20210.370.5
20200.380.51
20190.380.52
20180.390.52
20170.40.52
20160.410.52
20150.450.52
20140.470.52
20130.470.52
20120.480.53
20110.480.53
20100.470.52
20090.470.52
20080.460.52
20070.460.52
20060.470.52
20050.430.52
20040.440.51
20030.440.51
20020.440.5
20010.440.49
20000.480.49
19990.490.49
19980.490.49
19970.490.49
19960.490.48
19950.470.47
19940.410.47
19930.40.46
19920.390.44
19910.290.42
19900.290.41
19890.270.36
19880.270.36
19870.270.35
19860.260.34
19850.260.34
19840.250.33
19830.250.32
19820.250.32
19810.240.32
19800.240.32
19790.240.31
19780.240.3
19770.240.3
19760.240.29
19750.240.29
19740.240.29
19730.240.29
19720.240.29
19710.240.29
19700.240.29
19690.240.29
19680.240.3
19670.250.29
19660.250.29
19650.270.3
19640.320.3
19630.320.3
19620.250.29
19610.210.29
19600.170.28
19590.160.27
19580.110.27
19570.070.27
19560.070.26
19550.070.25
19540.060.25
19530.060.24
19520.060.24
19510.060.24
19500.050.23
19490.050.22
19480.050.22
19470.050.21
19460.050.19
19450.050.16
19440.050.14
19430.050.14
19420.050.14
19410.050.15
19400.050.15
19390.050.17
19380.050.17
19370.050.17
19360.050.17
19350.050.17
19340.050.18
19330.050.18
19320.050.19
19310.050.18
19300.050.18
19290.050.19
19280.050.19
19270.050.19
19260.050.19
19250.050.19
19240.050.19
19230.050.19
19220.050.19
19210.050.19
19200.050.18
19190.040.16
19180.040.15
19170.040.15
19160.040.15
19150.040.15
1914–0.15
1913–0.15
1912–0.15
1911–0.15
1910–0.15
1909–0.15
1908–0.15
1907–0.15
1906–0.15
1905–0.15
1904–0.14
1903–0.14
1902–0.15
1901–0.14
1900–0.14
1899–0.22
1898–0.22
1897–0.22
1896–0.22
1895–0.22
1894–0.21
1893–0.21
1892–0.21
1891–0.2
1890–0.2
1889–0.2
1888–0.2
1887–0.2
1886–0.19
1885–0.19
1884–0.2
1883–0.19
1882–0.19
1881–0.19
1880–0.19
1879–0.19
1878–0.18
1877–0.18
1876–0.19
1875–0.18
1874–0.18
1873–0.18
1872–0.18
1871–0.18
1870–0.18
1869–0.17
1868–0.17
1867–0.17
1866–0.16
1865–0.16
1864–0.16
1863–0.16
1862–0.16
1861–0.15
1860–0.15
1859–0.14
1858–0.14
1857–0.14
1856–0.13
1855–0.13
1854–0.13
1853–0.13
1852–0.13
1851–0.13
1850–0.13
1849–0.15
1848–0.13
1847–0.11
1846–0.11
1845–0.11
1844–0.11
1843–0.1
1842–0.1
1841–0.1
1840–0.1
1839–0.1
1838–0.09
1837–0.09
1836–0.1
1835–0.09
1834–0.09
1833–0.09
1832–0.09
1831–0.09
1830–0.09
1829–0.08
1828–0.08
1827–0.09
1826–0.08
1825–0.08
1824–0.08
1823–0.08
1822–0.08
1821–0.07
1820–0.07
1819–0.06
1818–0.06
1817–0.06
1816–0.06
1815–0.06
1814–0.05
1813–0.05
1812–0.06
1811–0.06
1810–0.06
1809–0.05
1808–0.05
1807–0.05
1806–0.05
1805–0.05
1804–0.05
1803–0.05
1802–0.05
1801–0.05
1800–0.05
1799–0.05
1798–0.06
1797–0.05
1796–0.05
1795–0.05
1794–0.05
1793–0.05
1792–0.05
1791–0.05
1790–0.05
1789–0.05

Good to know

  • V-Dem’s electoral democracy index: how far rulers answer to voters through free and fair elections, with free speech and association, from 0 to 1.
  • Source: V-Dem (2026), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 175 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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