Barbados vs South Korea: Centralization of Political Power Index

Barbados
0.076
in 2025
South Korea
0.086
in 2025
Barbados rank
148th
South Korea rank
145th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Barbados
  • South Korea
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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 148th and South Korea ranks 145th 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.