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Ecuador vs Finland: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Ecuador
0.969
in 2025
Finland
0.967
in 2025
Ecuador rank
35th
Finland rank
37th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Ecuador
  • Finland
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.969 against 0.967 in Finland, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 136 shared years of data; in 1890 it was Finland ahead.

Ecuador ranks 35th and Finland ranks 37th 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.