Canada vs Uruguay: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Canada
0.963
in 2025
Uruguay
0.966
in 2025
Canada rank
44th
Uruguay rank
41st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Canada
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.966 against 0.963 in Canada, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 44th and Uruguay ranks 41st 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
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.