Iraq vs Madagascar: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Iraq
0.7
in 2025
Madagascar
0.683
in 2025
Iraq rank
106th
Madagascar rank
109th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Iraq
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.7 against 0.683 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.017.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1875 it was Madagascar ahead.

Iraq ranks 106th and Madagascar ranks 109th 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.