Malawi vs Nigeria: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Malawi
0.895
in 2025
Nigeria
0.895
in 2025
Malawi rank
71st
Nigeria rank
71st

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.895 against 0.895 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 71st and Nigeria 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
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which elected local governments exist, and they operate without interference from local unelected bodies.