Which has higher equal access to power index, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.571 against 0.566 in Nigeria as of 2025.

What is the difference in equal access to power index between Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?

0.005, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?

112 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Equal Access to Power Index

Nigeria

0.566

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.571

in 2025

Nigeria rank

110th

Papua New Guinea rank

108th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

Nigeria
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.571 against 0.566 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 108th of 176 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.243	0.038	0.205	Nigeria
1920s	0.243	0.038	0.205	Nigeria
1930s	0.243	0.038	0.205	Nigeria
1940s	0.243	0.092	0.151	Nigeria
1950s	0.263	0.128	0.135	Nigeria
1960s	0.3458	0.1448	0.201	Nigeria
1970s	0.3084	0.4245	0.1161	Papua New Guinea
1980s	0.3552	0.572	0.2168	Papua New Guinea
1990s	0.3852	0.572	0.1868	Papua New Guinea
2000s	0.54	0.609	0.069	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.5475	0.6086	0.0611	Papua New Guinea
2020s	0.5577	0.589	0.0313	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal access to power index, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.571 against 0.566 in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal access to power index between Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?: 0.005, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?: 112 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 2025.
How do Nigeria and Papua New Guinea rank globally for equal access to power index?: Nigeria ranks 110th and Papua New Guinea ranks 108th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.