Belarus vs China: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Belarus
0.148
in 2025
China
0.135
in 2025
Belarus rank
147th
China rank
148th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Belarus
  • China
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How they compare

Belarus currently reports 0.148 against 0.135 in China, a difference of 0.013.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 147th and China ranks 148th 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.