Nigeria vs Pakistan: Centralization of Political Power Index

Nigeria
0.49
in 2025
Pakistan
0.471
in 2025
Nigeria rank
72nd
Pakistan rank
73rd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
0.20.40.60.8183919322025

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.49 against 0.471 in Pakistan, a difference of 0.019.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 72nd and Pakistan ranks 73rd 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.