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Lesotho vs Tanzania: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

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

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 69th and Tanzania 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.