What is political centralization index in Ethiopia?

Political centralization index in Ethiopia was 0.791 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Ethiopia?

The highest recorded value was 0.954 in 1975.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Ethiopia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.697 in 2020.

How does Ethiopia rank for political centralization index?

Ethiopia ranks 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Ethiopia?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ethiopia data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Ethiopia

Name: Political centralization index in Ethiopia
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ethiopia: Political centralization index was 0.791 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.791

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

38th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.954

in 1975

All-time low

0.697

in 2020

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Ethiopia, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Ethiopia recorded 0.791 for political centralization index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.954 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.697, in 2020.

Ethiopia ranks 38th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Ethiopia, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Ethiopia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.938	—
1790	0.938	+0.0%
1791	0.938	+0.0%
1792	0.938	+0.0%
1793	0.938	+0.0%
1794	0.938	+0.0%
1795	0.938	+0.0%
1796	0.938	+0.0%
1797	0.938	+0.0%
1798	0.938	+0.0%
1799	0.938	+0.0%
1800	0.938	+0.0%
1801	0.938	+0.0%
1802	0.938	+0.0%
1803	0.938	+0.0%
1804	0.938	+0.0%
1805	0.938	+0.0%
1806	0.938	+0.0%
1807	0.938	+0.0%
1808	0.938	+0.0%
1809	0.938	+0.0%
1810	0.938	+0.0%
1811	0.938	+0.0%
1812	0.938	+0.0%
1813	0.938	+0.0%
1814	0.938	+0.0%
1815	0.938	+0.0%
1816	0.938	+0.0%
1817	0.938	+0.0%
1818	0.938	+0.0%
1819	0.938	+0.0%
1820	0.938	+0.0%
1821	0.938	+0.0%
1822	0.938	+0.0%
1823	0.938	+0.0%
1824	0.938	+0.0%
1825	0.938	+0.0%
1826	0.938	+0.0%
1827	0.938	+0.0%
1828	0.938	+0.0%
1829	0.938	+0.0%
1830	0.938	+0.0%
1831	0.938	+0.0%
1832	0.938	+0.0%
1833	0.938	+0.0%
1834	0.938	+0.0%
1835	0.938	+0.0%
1836	0.938	+0.0%
1837	0.938	+0.0%
1838	0.938	+0.0%
1839	0.938	+0.0%
1840	0.938	+0.0%
1841	0.938	+0.0%
1842	0.938	+0.0%
1843	0.938	+0.0%
1844	0.938	+0.0%
1845	0.938	+0.0%
1846	0.938	+0.0%
1847	0.938	+0.0%
1848	0.938	+0.0%
1849	0.938	+0.0%
1850	0.938	+0.0%
1851	0.938	+0.0%
1852	0.938	+0.0%
1853	0.938	+0.0%
1854	0.938	+0.0%
1855	0.938	+0.0%
1856	0.938	+0.0%
1857	0.938	+0.0%
1858	0.938	+0.0%
1859	0.938	+0.0%
1860	0.938	+0.0%
1861	0.938	+0.0%
1862	0.938	+0.0%
1863	0.938	+0.0%
1864	0.938	+0.0%
1865	0.938	+0.0%
1866	0.938	+0.0%
1867	0.938	+0.0%
1868	0.938	+0.0%
1869	0.938	+0.0%
1870	0.938	+0.0%
1871	0.938	+0.0%
1872	0.938	+0.0%
1873	0.938	+0.0%
1874	0.938	+0.0%
1875	0.938	+0.0%
1876	0.938	+0.0%
1877	0.938	+0.0%
1878	0.938	+0.0%
1879	0.938	+0.0%
1880	0.938	+0.0%
1881	0.938	+0.0%
1882	0.938	+0.0%
1883	0.938	+0.0%
1884	0.938	+0.0%
1885	0.938	+0.0%
1886	0.938	+0.0%
1887	0.938	+0.0%
1888	0.938	+0.0%
1889	0.938	+0.0%
1890	0.938	+0.0%
1891	0.938	+0.0%
1892	0.938	+0.0%
1893	0.938	+0.0%
1894	0.938	+0.0%
1895	0.938	+0.0%
1896	0.938	+0.0%
1897	0.938	+0.0%
1898	0.938	+0.0%
1899	0.938	+0.0%
1900	0.948	+1.1%
1901	0.948	+0.0%
1902	0.948	+0.0%
1903	0.948	+0.0%
1904	0.948	+0.0%
1905	0.948	+0.0%
1906	0.948	+0.0%
1907	0.948	+0.0%
1908	0.948	+0.0%
1909	0.948	+0.0%
1910	0.948	+0.0%
1911	0.948	+0.0%
1912	0.948	+0.0%
1913	0.948	+0.0%
1914	0.948	+0.0%
1915	0.948	+0.0%
1916	0.948	+0.0%
1917	0.948	+0.0%
1918	0.948	+0.0%
1919	0.948	+0.0%
1920	0.948	+0.0%
1921	0.948	+0.0%
1922	0.948	+0.0%
1923	0.948	+0.0%
1924	0.948	+0.0%
1925	0.948	+0.0%
1926	0.948	+0.0%
1927	0.948	+0.0%
1928	0.948	+0.0%
1929	0.948	+0.0%
1930	0.948	+0.0%
1931	0.921	-2.8%
1932	0.921	+0.0%
1933	0.921	+0.0%
1934	0.921	+0.0%
1935	0.921	+0.0%
1936	0.95	+3.1%
1937	0.95	+0.0%
1938	0.95	+0.0%
1939	0.95	+0.0%
1940	0.95	+0.0%
1941	0.925	-2.6%
1942	0.921	-0.4%
1943	0.921	+0.0%
1944	0.921	+0.0%
1945	0.921	+0.0%
1946	0.921	+0.0%
1947	0.921	+0.0%
1948	0.921	+0.0%
1949	0.921	+0.0%
1950	0.921	+0.0%
1951	0.921	+0.0%
1952	0.921	+0.0%
1953	0.921	+0.0%
1954	0.921	+0.0%
1955	0.924	+0.3%
1956	0.924	+0.0%
1957	0.924	+0.0%
1958	0.924	+0.0%
1959	0.924	+0.0%
1960	0.924	+0.0%
1961	0.924	+0.0%
1962	0.924	+0.0%
1963	0.924	+0.0%
1964	0.924	+0.0%
1965	0.924	+0.0%
1966	0.924	+0.0%
1967	0.924	+0.0%
1968	0.924	+0.0%
1969	0.924	+0.0%
1970	0.924	+0.0%
1971	0.924	+0.0%
1972	0.924	+0.0%
1973	0.924	+0.0%
1974	0.934	+1.1%
1975	0.954	+2.1%
1976	0.954	+0.0%
1977	0.954	+0.0%
1978	0.954	+0.0%
1979	0.954	+0.0%
1980	0.954	+0.0%
1981	0.954	+0.0%
1982	0.954	+0.0%
1983	0.954	+0.0%
1984	0.954	+0.0%
1985	0.954	+0.0%
1986	0.954	+0.0%
1987	0.954	+0.0%
1988	0.927	-2.8%
1989	0.927	+0.0%
1990	0.927	+0.0%
1991	0.89	-4.0%
1992	0.869	-2.4%
1993	0.845	-2.8%
1994	0.829	-1.9%
1995	0.88	+6.2%
1996	0.823	-6.5%
1997	0.823	+0.0%
1998	0.823	+0.0%
1999	0.823	+0.0%
2000	0.826	+0.4%
2001	0.826	+0.0%
2002	0.826	+0.0%
2003	0.826	+0.0%
2004	0.826	+0.0%
2005	0.818	-1.0%
2006	0.815	-0.4%
2007	0.814	-0.1%
2008	0.814	+0.0%
2009	0.814	+0.0%
2010	0.814	+0.0%
2011	0.808	-0.7%
2012	0.806	-0.2%
2013	0.795	-1.4%
2014	0.795	+0.0%
2015	0.807	+1.5%
2016	0.812	+0.6%
2017	0.826	+1.7%
2018	0.791	-4.2%
2019	0.735	-7.1%
2020	0.697	-5.2%
2021	0.704	+1.0%
2022	0.724	+2.8%
2023	0.778	+7.5%
2024	0.792	+1.8%
2025	0.791	-0.1%

Ethiopia compared with similar countries

Ethiopia's 0.791 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.791, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Ethiopia's 0.791 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.683, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.938	0.938	0.938	1
1790s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1800s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1810s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1820s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1830s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1840s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1850s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1860s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1870s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1880s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1890s	0.938	0.938	0.938	10
1900s	0.948	0.948	0.948	10
1910s	0.948	0.948	0.948	10
1920s	0.948	0.948	0.948	10
1930s	0.9353	0.921	0.95	10
1940s	0.9243	0.921	0.95	10
1950s	0.9225	0.921	0.924	10
1960s	0.924	0.924	0.924	10
1970s	0.94	0.924	0.954	10
1980s	0.9486	0.927	0.954	10
1990s	0.8532	0.823	0.927	10
2000s	0.8205	0.814	0.826	10
2010s	0.7989	0.735	0.826	10
2020s	0.7477	0.697	0.792	6

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

35 Central African Republic 0.8 compare
36 Turkey 0.798 compare
37 Saudi Arabia 0.793 compare
38 Rwanda 0.791 compare
40 Comoros 0.785 compare
40 Togo 0.785 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 25.11 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.37 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Ethiopia?: Political centralization index in Ethiopia was 0.791 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Ethiopia?: The highest recorded value was 0.954 in 1975.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Ethiopia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.697 in 2020.
How does Ethiopia rank for political centralization index?: Ethiopia ranks 38th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Ethiopia?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026