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Benin vs Maldives: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Benin
0.801
in 2025
Maldives
0.77
in 2025
Benin rank
93rd
Maldives rank
95th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Benin
  • Maldives
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.801 against 0.77 in Maldives, a difference of 0.031.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Maldives ahead.

Benin ranks 93rd and Maldives ranks 95th 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.