Statizoid

Congo vs Zimbabwe: Centralization of Political Power Index

Congo
0.772
in 2025
Zimbabwe
0.779
in 2025
Congo rank
44th
Zimbabwe rank
43rd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Congo
  • Zimbabwe
0.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.779 against 0.772 in Congo, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 44th and Zimbabwe ranks 43rd 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.