Kuwait vs Niger: Centralization of Political Power Index

Kuwait
0.439
in 2025
Niger
0.465
in 2025
Kuwait rank
78th
Niger rank
76th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Kuwait
  • Niger
0.20.40.60.8178919072025

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.465 against 0.439 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.026.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 78th and Niger ranks 76th 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.