Sweden vs Switzerland: Centralization of Political Power Index

Sweden
0.023
in 2025
Switzerland
0.019
in 2025
Sweden rank
169th
Switzerland rank
171st

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.023 against 0.019 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.004.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 228 shared years of data; in 1798 it was Switzerland ahead.

Sweden ranks 169th and Switzerland ranks 171st 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.