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Maldives vs Vanuatu: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Maldives
0.77
in 2025
Vanuatu
0.769
in 2024
Maldives rank
95th
Vanuatu rank
96th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Maldives
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.77 against 0.769 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 95th and Vanuatu ranks 96th 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.