Maldives vs Zimbabwe: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Maldives
0.77
in 2025
Zimbabwe
0.793
in 2025
Maldives rank
95th
Zimbabwe rank
94th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Maldives
  • Zimbabwe
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.793 against 0.77 in Maldives, a difference of 0.023.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Maldives ranks 95th and Zimbabwe ranks 94th 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.