Electoral democracy index during each president's tenure

Every president 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.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	LP Benigno Aquino III	30 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2016	+6.2 points 2009 → 2015	+1.0 points/yr
2	LAMMP Joseph Estrada	30 Jun 1998 – 20 Jan 2001	+3.0 points 1997 → 2000	+1.0 points/yr
3	Lakas Fidel Ramos	30 Jun 1992 – 30 Jun 1998	−1.0 points 1991 → 1997	−0.2 points/yr
4	PFP Bongbong Marcos	30 Jun 2022 – now	−1.9 points 2021 → 2025	−0.5 points/yr
5	Rodrigo Duterte	30 Jun 2016 – 30 Jun 2022	−11.1 points 2015 → 2021	−1.9 points/yr
6	Lakas Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	20 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2010	−12.5 points 2000 → 2009	−1.4 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 · Philippines data · as of Oct 2026.