Portugal vs Spain: Centralization of Political Power Index

Portugal
0.06
in 2025
Spain
0.05
in 2025
Portugal rank
150th
Spain rank
153rd

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Portugal
  • Spain
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.06 against 0.05 in Spain, a difference of 0.01.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 200 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 150th and Spain ranks 153rd 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.