Which has higher centralization of political power index, Chad or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.977 against 0.976 in Chad as of 2025.

What is the difference in centralization of political power index between Chad and Equatorial Guinea?

0.001, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Equatorial Guinea?

106 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Centralization of Political Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Equatorial Guinea: Centralization of Political Power Index

Chad

0.976

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

0.977

in 2025

Chad rank

7th

Equatorial Guinea rank

5th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

Chad
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.977 against 0.976 in Chad, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Chad ranks 7th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th of 176 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1920s	0.919	0.953	0.034	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	0.919	0.953	0.034	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	0.8809	0.953	0.0721	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	0.7959	0.941	0.1451	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	0.6939	0.8989	0.205	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.7761	0.9879	0.2118	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	0.9122	0.9606	0.0484	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.8388	0.931	0.0922	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.821	0.9305	0.1095	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.8602	0.9483	0.0881	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.9258	0.9712	0.0453	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher centralization of political power index, Chad or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.977 against 0.976 in Chad as of 2025.
What is the difference in centralization of political power index between Chad and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.001, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Equatorial Guinea?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
How do Chad and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for centralization of political power index?: Chad ranks 7th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 5th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Centralization of Political Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.