Barbados vs South Korea: Centralization of Political Power Index
Barbados
0.076
in 2025
South Korea
0.086
in 2025
Barbados rank
150th
South Korea rank
147th
Centralization of Political Power Index over time
- Barbados
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 0.086 against 0.076 in Barbados, a difference of 0.01.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Korea ahead.
Barbados ranks 150th and South Korea ranks 147th of 176 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.135 | 0.922 | 0.787 | South Korea |
| 1910s | 0.135 | 0.938 | 0.803 | South Korea |
| 1920s | 0.135 | 0.929 | 0.794 | South Korea |
| 1930s | 0.1348 | 0.928 | 0.7932 | South Korea |
| 1940s | 0.133 | 0.8753 | 0.7423 | South Korea |
| 1950s | 0.1282 | 0.67 | 0.5418 | South Korea |
| 1960s | 0.1021 | 0.7188 | 0.6167 | South Korea |
| 1970s | 0.0816 | 0.8429 | 0.7613 | South Korea |
| 1980s | 0.0947 | 0.6526 | 0.5579 | South Korea |
| 1990s | 0.0907 | 0.1486 | 0.0579 | South Korea |
| 2000s | 0.09 | 0.0934 | 0.0034 | South Korea |
| 2010s | 0.0858 | 0.1383 | 0.0525 | South Korea |
| 2020s | 0.0812 | 0.1043 | 0.0232 | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher centralization of political power index, Barbados or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 0.086 against 0.076 in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in centralization of political power index between Barbados and South Korea?
- 0.01, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and South Korea?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and South Korea rank globally for centralization of political power index?
- Barbados ranks 150th and South Korea ranks 147th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Centralization of Political Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.