Canada vs Norway: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Canada
0.963
in 2025
Norway
0.96
in 2025
Canada rank
44th
Norway rank
47th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Canada
  • Norway
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.963 against 0.96 in Norway, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 44th and Norway ranks 47th 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.