Mongolia vs USSR: Chief executive of the government is elected

Mongolia

in 2025

USSR

in 1990

Mongolia rank

1st

USSR rank

1st

Chief executive of the government is elected over time

Mongolia
USSR

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 1 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1922 it was USSR ahead.

Mongolia ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Chief executive of the government is elected in Mongolia
Chief executive of the government is elected in USSR
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.