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Bhutan vs East Timor: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Bhutan
0.949
in 2025
East Timor
0.937
in 2025
Bhutan rank
55th
East Timor rank
57th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Bhutan
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.949 against 0.937 in East Timor, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.

Bhutan ranks 55th and East Timor ranks 57th 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.