France vs South Korea: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

France
0.988
in 2025
South Korea
0.988
in 2025
France rank
14th
South Korea rank
14th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • France
  • South Korea
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How they compare

France currently reports 0.988 against 0.988 in South Korea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 128 shared years of data; in 1895 it was France ahead.

France ranks 14th and South Korea ranks 14th 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.