Argentina vs Congo: Chief executive of the government is elected

Argentina
1
in 2025
Congo
1
in 2025
Argentina rank
1st
Congo rank
1st

Chief executive of the government is elected over time

  • Argentina
  • Congo
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 1 against 1 in Congo, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1882 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 1st and Congo ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Chief executive of the government is elected
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

The variable indicates whether some citizens directly or indirectly elect the chief executive. It considers political system which do not govern themselves — such as due to external interventions, occupations, or colonization — as not holding executive elections.