Spain vs United Kingdom: Centralization of Political Power Index

Spain
0.05
in 2025
United Kingdom
0.06
in 2025
Spain rank
153rd
United Kingdom rank
150th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

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

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 153rd and United Kingdom ranks 150th 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.