China vs Saudi Arabia: Equal Access to Power Index

China
0.172
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
0.195
in 2025
China rank
163rd
Saudi Arabia rank
160th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

  • China
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.195 against 0.172 in China, a difference of 0.023.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

China ranks 163rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 160th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Equal Access to Power Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.