South Sudan vs Vatican: Equal Access to Power Index

South Sudan
0.05
in 2025
Vatican
0.034
in 1870
South Sudan rank
174th
Vatican rank
175th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

  • South Sudan
  • Vatican
0.050.10.150.20.25178919072025

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 0.05 against 0.034 in Vatican, a difference of 0.016.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.5 times Vatican's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1821 it was South Sudan ahead.

South Sudan ranks 174th and Vatican ranks 175th 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
Last refreshed

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