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Belgium vs Germany: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Belgium
0.986
in 2025
Germany
0.983
in 2025
Belgium rank
19th
Germany rank
21st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Belgium
  • Germany
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.986 against 0.983 in Germany, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 166 shared years of data; in 1814 it was Germany ahead.

Belgium ranks 19th and Germany ranks 21st 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.