Mexico vs Spain: Strong Elected Regional Governments Index

Mexico
0.986
in 2025
Spain
0.988
in 2025
Mexico rank
8th
Spain rank
5th

Strong Elected Regional Governments Index over time

  • Mexico
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.988 against 0.986 in Mexico, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Spain ahead.

Mexico ranks 8th and Spain ranks 5th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Strong Elected Regional Governments Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 29,575 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected regional governments exist, and they operate without interference from regional unelected bodies.