Mozambique vs Nigeria: Centralization of Political Power Index

Mozambique
0.523
in 2025
Nigeria
0.49
in 2025
Mozambique rank
70th
Nigeria rank
72nd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
0.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 0.523 against 0.49 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.033.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 70th and Nigeria ranks 72nd 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.