Afghanistan vs China: Centralization of Political Power Index

Afghanistan
0.927
in 2025
China
0.931
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
17th
China rank
15th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Afghanistan
  • China
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

China currently reports 0.931 against 0.927 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was China ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 17th and China ranks 15th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Centralization of Political Power Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.