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Lesotho vs Malawi: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Lesotho
0.909
in 2025
Malawi
0.895
in 2025
Lesotho rank
69th
Malawi rank
71st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
0.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.909 against 0.895 in Malawi, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malawi ahead.

Lesotho ranks 69th and Malawi ranks 71st 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.