Mali vs Sierra Leone: Centralization of Political Power Index

Mali
0.401
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.366
in 2025
Mali rank
81st
Sierra Leone rank
83rd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Mali
  • Sierra Leone
0.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Mali currently reports 0.401 against 0.366 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.035.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Mali ranks 81st and Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 173 countries.

Individual pages

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.