Laos vs Peru: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Laos
0.969
in 2025
Peru
0.971
in 2025
Laos rank
35th
Peru rank
32nd

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Laos
  • Peru
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.971 against 0.969 in Laos, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Peru ahead.

Laos ranks 35th and Peru ranks 32nd 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.