Centralization of Political Power Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.992
Nicaragua
Lowest
0.01
Australia
Median
0.348
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,802
What the numbers show
Centralization of Political Power Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.992 in Nicaragua; the lowest is 0.01 in Australia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.348, and the mean is 0.433.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 99.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 474.0%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 82.0%).
Centralization of Political Power Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicaragua | 0.992 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 2 | Belarus | 0.99 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | North Korea | 0.988 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0.982 | 2025 | up 62.9% | falling |
| 5 | Eritrea | 0.977 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.977 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 7 | Chad | 0.976 | 2025 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0.974 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 0.972 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | El Salvador | 0.969 | 2025 | up 247.3% | falling |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 0.968 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 0.947 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 13 | Russia | 0.945 | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 14 | Burundi | 0.936 | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 15 | China | 0.931 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cambodia | 0.93 | 2025 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 0.927 | 2025 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 18 | Syria | 0.914 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 19 | Vatican | 0.906 | 1870 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 0.901 | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 21 | Cuba | 0.899 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.883 | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 0.883 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bahrain | 0.871 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 25 | Yemen | 0.848 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 26 | South Sudan | 0.847 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.843 | 2025 | up 80.5% | falling |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0.837 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 29 | Iran | 0.834 | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 0.834 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 31 | Mauritania | 0.826 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 32 | Haiti | 0.809 | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 33 | Algeria | 0.806 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.801 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 0.8 | 2025 | up 52.4% | falling |
| 36 | Turkey | 0.798 | 2025 | up 75.4% | falling |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.793 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 0.791 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 0.791 | 2025 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 40 | Comoros | 0.785 | 2025 | up 34.9% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 0.785 | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 42 | Vietnam | 0.783 | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 0.779 | 2025 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 44 | Congo | 0.772 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Angola | 0.754 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 46 | Djibouti | 0.748 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 0.742 | 2025 | up 186.5% | falling |
| 48 | Somalia | 0.74 | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 49 | Guinea | 0.739 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 50 | Madagascar | 0.733 | 2025 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.721 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 52 | Eswatini | 0.694 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 0.692 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 54 | Uganda | 0.672 | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 55 | Mexico | 0.669 | 2025 | up 174.2% | falling |
| 56 | Armenia | 0.655 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.644 | 2025 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 58 | Qatar | 0.635 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 59 | Libya | 0.63 | 2025 | up 60.7% | falling |
| 60 | Bolivia | 0.625 | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 61 | Palestine | 0.597 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.589 | 2025 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 63 | Oman | 0.568 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 64 | Iraq | 0.567 | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 65 | Laos | 0.557 | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 66 | Serbia | 0.55 | 2025 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 67 | Hong Kong | 0.546 | 2025 | up 166.3% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 0.538 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 69 | Ukraine | 0.531 | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 70 | Mozambique | 0.523 | 2025 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 71 | Lebanon | 0.495 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 0.49 | 2025 | up 69.6% | falling |
| 73 | Pakistan | 0.471 | 2025 | up 47.2% | flat |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 0.469 | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 75 | Georgia | 0.467 | 2025 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 76 | Niger | 0.465 | 2025 | up 76.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.442 | 2025 | up 474.0% | falling |
| 78 | Kuwait | 0.439 | 2025 | up 67.6% | falling |
| 79 | Benin | 0.414 | 2025 | up 56.2% | falling |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0.409 | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 81 | Mali | 0.401 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.385 | 2025 | up 101.6% | falling |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.366 | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 84 | Guyana | 0.364 | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 0.351 | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 86 | India | 0.349 | 2025 | up 114.1% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.348 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.34 | 2025 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 89 | Liberia | 0.336 | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.335 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 91 | Malaysia | 0.29 | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 92 | East Timor | 0.287 | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 93 | Romania | 0.279 | 2025 | up 232.1% | falling |
| 94 | Albania | 0.275 | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 95 | Argentina | 0.265 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 96 | Maldives | 0.262 | 2025 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 96 | Montenegro | 0.262 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 98 | Peru | 0.252 | 2025 | up 110.0% | falling |
| 99 | Botswana | 0.251 | 2025 | up 76.8% | falling |
| 100 | Morocco | 0.25 | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 101 | Senegal | 0.248 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 102 | Mongolia | 0.247 | 2025 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 0.243 | 2025 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 104 | Zambia | 0.242 | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 105 | Tanzania | 0.24 | 2025 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.236 | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 107 | Jordan | 0.227 | 2025 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.227 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 109 | Panama | 0.225 | 2025 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 0.221 | 2025 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 0.21 | 2025 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.203 | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 113 | Greece | 0.202 | 2025 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Singapore | 0.198 | 2025 | down 31.7% | flat |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 0.197 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 116 | Malawi | 0.193 | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 0.19 | 2025 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Namibia | 0.184 | 2025 | up 82.2% | falling |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.18 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 120 | Slovenia | 0.172 | 2025 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0.169 | 2025 | up 113.9% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.167 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0.165 | 2025 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 124 | Italy | 0.162 | 2025 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 0.156 | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 0.155 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 127 | United States | 0.153 | 2025 | up 313.5% | falling |
| 127 | Taiwan | 0.153 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 129 | Ghana | 0.149 | 2025 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 130 | Gambia | 0.134 | 2025 | down 82.0% | rising |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 0.13 | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Moldova | 0.126 | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.125 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 134 | Croatia | 0.117 | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 0.116 | 2025 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 0.11 | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 0.11 | 2025 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 138 | Colombia | 0.109 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 139 | Belgium | 0.103 | 2025 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Israel | 0.103 | 2025 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0.1 | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Japan | 0.094 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 0.093 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 144 | Jamaica | 0.087 | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 145 | South Korea | 0.086 | 2025 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 146 | Canada | 0.085 | 2025 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 147 | South Africa | 0.084 | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 148 | Barbados | 0.076 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 149 | Austria | 0.075 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 0.06 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 150 | Portugal | 0.06 | 2025 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Guatemala | 0.059 | 2025 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 153 | Spain | 0.05 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 154 | France | 0.048 | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Lithuania | 0.046 | 2025 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Uruguay | 0.046 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Iceland | 0.045 | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 0.045 | 2025 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 159 | Latvia | 0.044 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 160 | Czechia | 0.036 | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Netherlands | 0.036 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Brazil | 0.034 | 2025 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 163 | Costa Rica | 0.033 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 164 | Chile | 0.031 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Germany | 0.03 | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Norway | 0.027 | 2025 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Estonia | 0.026 | 2025 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Finland | 0.024 | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Sweden | 0.023 | 2025 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 170 | New Zealand | 0.02 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Switzerland | 0.019 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Denmark | 0.012 | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Australia | 0.01 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.