Benin vs Niger: Centralization of Political Power Index

Benin
0.414
in 2025
Niger
0.465
in 2025
Benin rank
79th
Niger rank
76th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Benin
  • Niger
0.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.465 against 0.414 in Benin, a difference of 0.051.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 79th and Niger ranks 76th 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.