Niger vs Sudan: Chief executive of the government is elected

Niger

in 2025

Sudan

in 2025

Niger rank

165th

Sudan rank

165th

Chief executive of the government is elected over time

Niger
Sudan

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0 against 0 in Sudan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Sudan ahead.

Niger ranks 165th and Sudan ranks 165th of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Chief executive of the government is elected in Niger
Chief executive of the government is elected in Sudan
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.