Canada vs Jamaica: Centralization of Political Power Index

Canada
0.085
in 2025
Jamaica
0.087
in 2025
Canada rank
146th
Jamaica rank
144th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Canada
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.087 against 0.085 in Canada, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Jamaica ahead.

Canada ranks 146th and Jamaica ranks 144th 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.