Electoral democracy index during each head of government's tenure

Every head of government since 1991, ranked by how the electoral democracy index changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Head of government	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Fatos Nano	31 Jul 2002 – 11 Sep 2005	+3.8 points 2002 → 2005	+1.3 points/yr
2	Sali Berisha	9 Apr 1992 – 13 Mar 1997	+2.0 points 1991 → 1996	+0.4 points/yr
3	Sali Berisha	11 Sep 2005 – 15 Sep 2013	+0.5 points 2005 → 2013	+0.1 points/yr
4	Edi Rama	15 Sep 2013 – now	−3.9 points 2013 → 2025	−0.3 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, V-Dem's 0 to 1 index times 100 · V-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100 · Albania data · as of Sep 2026.