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China vs Cuba: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

China
0.135
in 2025
Cuba
0.132
in 2025
China rank
148th
Cuba rank
149th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • China
  • Cuba
00.20.40.60.8181219182025

How they compare

China currently reports 0.135 against 0.132 in Cuba, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Cuba ahead.

China ranks 148th and Cuba ranks 149th 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.