Botswana vs Senegal: Centralization of Political Power Index

Botswana
0.251
in 2025
Senegal
0.248
in 2025
Botswana rank
99th
Senegal rank
101st

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Botswana
  • Senegal
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.251 against 0.248 in Senegal, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Senegal ahead.

Botswana ranks 99th and Senegal ranks 101st 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.