Belarus vs Nicaragua: Centralization of Political Power Index

Belarus
0.99
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.992
in 2025
Belarus rank
2nd
Nicaragua rank
1st

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Belarus
  • Nicaragua
0.20.40.60.81179519102025

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.992 against 0.99 in Belarus, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 2nd and Nicaragua ranks 1st 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.