The World Electoral Freedom Index for 2018, a broad indicator of the electoral freedom available to citizens and to registered political parties, ranked Lebanon in 142nd place among 198 countries globally and in seventh place among 20 Arab countries. Also, Lebanon came in 39th place among 55 upper middle-income countries (UMICs) included in the survey.

The index, published by the Madrid-based Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty, evaluates countries on the basis of 55 indicators that are grouped into four sub-indices, that are Political Development with a weight of 10%, Active Suffrage with a weight of 30%, Passive Suffrage with a weight of 30% and Elector Empowerment with a weight of 30%. A country's score ranges between zero and 100, with 100 reflecting the highest electoral freedom.

Globally, Lebanon has a higher level of electoral freedom than Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Mozambique, and a lower level than Jordan, Côte d’Ivoire and Zambia. It also has a higher level of electoral freedom than Iraq, Turkmenistan and Gabon, and a lower level than Malaysia, Russia and Turkey among UMICs. Lebanon's score of 59.2 points is lower than the global average score of 62.1 points and the UMICs' average of 61.9 points, but it is higher than the Arab average of 49.9 points. Also, Lebanon's score is higher than the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' average score of 30.3 points and that of non-GCC Arab countries of 58.3 points.