Denmark vs Poland: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Denmark
0.974
in 2025
Poland
0.972
in 2025
Denmark rank
28th
Poland rank
30th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Poland
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.974 against 0.972 in Poland, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 138 shared years of data; in 1833 it was Poland ahead.

Denmark ranks 28th and Poland ranks 30th of 175 countries.

Individual pages

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.