Austria vs Portugal: Centralization of Political Power Index

Austria
0.075
in 2025
Portugal
0.06
in 2025
Austria rank
149th
Portugal rank
150th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Austria
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Austria currently reports 0.075 against 0.06 in Portugal, a difference of 0.015.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 193 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 149th and Portugal ranks 150th 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.