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Finland vs Panama: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Finland
0.967
in 2025
Panama
0.967
in 2025
Finland rank
37th
Panama rank
37th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Finland
  • Panama
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Finland currently reports 0.967 against 0.967 in Panama, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 37th and Panama 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.