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Ghana vs Malaysia: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Ghana
0.292
in 2025
Malaysia
0.293
in 2025
Ghana rank
134th
Malaysia rank
133rd

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Ghana
  • Malaysia
00.20.40.6190019622025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.293 against 0.292 in Ghana, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 133rd 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.