Armenia vs Botswana: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Armenia
0.507
in 2025
Botswana
0.565
in 2025
Armenia rank
120th
Botswana rank
117th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Armenia
  • Botswana
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.565 against 0.507 in Armenia, a difference of 0.058.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Armenia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Botswana ahead.

Armenia ranks 120th and Botswana ranks 117th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Strong Elected Local Governments Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 25,933 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.