Iraq vs Niger: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Iraq
0.7
in 2025
Niger
0.692
in 2025
Iraq rank
106th
Niger rank
108th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Iraq
  • Niger
00.20.40.60.8187519502025

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.7 against 0.692 in Niger, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 106th and Niger ranks 108th 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.