Iceland vs Netherlands: Centralization of Political Power Index

Iceland
0.045
in 2025
Netherlands
0.036
in 2025
Iceland rank
157th
Netherlands rank
160th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.045 against 0.036 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.009.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Netherlands ahead.

Iceland ranks 157th and Netherlands ranks 160th 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.