Mexico vs Spain: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Mexico
0.995
in 2025
Spain
0.995
in 2025
Mexico rank
3rd
Spain rank
3rd

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Mexico
  • Spain
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 0.995 against 0.995 in Spain, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 190 shared years of data; in 1836 it was Spain ahead.

Mexico ranks 3rd and Spain ranks 3rd 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.