China vs Russia: Centralization of Political Power Index

China
0.931
in 2025
Russia
0.945
in 2025
China rank
15th
Russia rank
13th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • China
  • Russia
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Russia currently reports 0.945 against 0.931 in China, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was China ahead.

China ranks 15th and Russia ranks 13th 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.