Ethiopia vs Sudan: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Ethiopia
0.181
in 2025
Sudan
0.178
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
140th
Sudan rank
141st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Sudan
00.10.20.30.4182119232025

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.181 against 0.178 in Sudan, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sudan ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 140th and Sudan ranks 141st 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.