Lesotho vs Suriname: Centralization of Political Power Index

Lesotho
0.167
in 2025
Suriname
0.156
in 2025
Lesotho rank
122nd
Suriname rank
125th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Lesotho
  • Suriname
0.10.20.30.40.50.6190019622025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.167 against 0.156 in Suriname, a difference of 0.011.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 122nd and Suriname ranks 125th 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.