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Australia vs Mexico: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Australia
0.996
in 2025
Mexico
0.995
in 2025
Australia rank
2nd
Mexico rank
3rd

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.996 against 0.995 in Mexico, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Mexico ahead.

Australia ranks 2nd and Mexico ranks 3rd 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.