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Niger vs Russia: Strong Elected Local Governments Index

Niger
0.692
in 2025
Russia
0.674
in 2025
Niger rank
108th
Russia rank
111th

Strong Elected Local Governments Index over time

  • Niger
  • Russia
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.692 against 0.674 in Russia, a difference of 0.018.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Russia ahead.

Niger ranks 108th and Russia ranks 111th 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.