Jamaica vs Vanuatu: Centralization of Political Power Index

Jamaica
0.087
in 2025
Vanuatu
0.093
in 2025
Jamaica rank
144th
Vanuatu rank
143rd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Jamaica
  • Vanuatu
0.10.20.30.4190019622025

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.093 against 0.087 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.006.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Jamaica ranks 144th and Vanuatu ranks 143rd 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.