Kenya vs Senegal: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Kenya
0.73
in 2025
Senegal
0.765
in 2025
Kenya rank
100th
Senegal rank
97th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Senegal
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 0.765 against 0.73 in Kenya, a difference of 0.035.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Senegal ahead.

Kenya ranks 100th and Senegal ranks 97th 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.