What is political centralization index in Russia?

Political centralization index in Russia was 0.945 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Russia?

The highest recorded value was 0.976 in 1918.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Russia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.373 in 1866.

How does Russia rank for political centralization index?

Russia ranks 13th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Russia?

Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Russia 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 Russia

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

Russia: Political centralization index was 0.945 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)

0.945

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

13th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.976

in 1918

All-time low

0.373

in 1866

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Russia, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for political centralization index in Russia is 0.945, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Russia peaked at 0.976 in 1918 and was at its lowest, 0.373, in 1866.

Russia ranks 13th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Political centralization index in Russia, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Russia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.93	—
1790	0.93	+0.0%
1791	0.93	+0.0%
1792	0.93	+0.0%
1793	0.93	+0.0%
1794	0.93	+0.0%
1795	0.93	+0.0%
1796	0.93	+0.0%
1797	0.93	+0.0%
1798	0.93	+0.0%
1799	0.93	+0.0%
1800	0.93	+0.0%
1801	0.93	+0.0%
1802	0.93	+0.0%
1803	0.93	+0.0%
1804	0.93	+0.0%
1805	0.93	+0.0%
1806	0.93	+0.0%
1807	0.93	+0.0%
1808	0.93	+0.0%
1809	0.93	+0.0%
1810	0.93	+0.0%
1811	0.93	+0.0%
1812	0.93	+0.0%
1813	0.93	+0.0%
1814	0.93	+0.0%
1815	0.93	+0.0%
1816	0.93	+0.0%
1817	0.93	+0.0%
1818	0.93	+0.0%
1819	0.93	+0.0%
1820	0.93	+0.0%
1821	0.93	+0.0%
1822	0.93	+0.0%
1823	0.93	+0.0%
1824	0.93	+0.0%
1825	0.93	+0.0%
1826	0.93	+0.0%
1827	0.93	+0.0%
1828	0.93	+0.0%
1829	0.93	+0.0%
1830	0.93	+0.0%
1831	0.93	+0.0%
1832	0.93	+0.0%
1833	0.93	+0.0%
1834	0.93	+0.0%
1835	0.93	+0.0%
1836	0.93	+0.0%
1837	0.93	+0.0%
1838	0.93	+0.0%
1839	0.93	+0.0%
1840	0.93	+0.0%
1841	0.93	+0.0%
1842	0.93	+0.0%
1843	0.93	+0.0%
1844	0.93	+0.0%
1845	0.93	+0.0%
1846	0.93	+0.0%
1847	0.93	+0.0%
1848	0.93	+0.0%
1849	0.93	+0.0%
1850	0.93	+0.0%
1851	0.93	+0.0%
1852	0.93	+0.0%
1853	0.93	+0.0%
1854	0.93	+0.0%
1855	0.881	-5.3%
1856	0.881	+0.0%
1857	0.881	+0.0%
1858	0.881	+0.0%
1859	0.881	+0.0%
1860	0.881	+0.0%
1861	0.881	+0.0%
1862	0.881	+0.0%
1863	0.881	+0.0%
1864	0.597	-32.2%
1865	0.508	-14.9%
1866	0.373	-26.6%
1867	0.373	+0.0%
1868	0.373	+0.0%
1869	0.373	+0.0%
1870	0.373	+0.0%
1871	0.373	+0.0%
1872	0.373	+0.0%
1873	0.373	+0.0%
1874	0.373	+0.0%
1875	0.373	+0.0%
1876	0.373	+0.0%
1877	0.373	+0.0%
1878	0.77	+106.4%
1879	0.77	+0.0%
1880	0.77	+0.0%
1881	0.876	+13.8%
1882	0.876	+0.0%
1883	0.876	+0.0%
1884	0.876	+0.0%
1885	0.852	-2.7%
1886	0.852	+0.0%
1887	0.852	+0.0%
1888	0.852	+0.0%
1889	0.852	+0.0%
1890	0.852	+0.0%
1891	0.852	+0.0%
1892	0.852	+0.0%
1893	0.852	+0.0%
1894	0.852	+0.0%
1895	0.852	+0.0%
1896	0.852	+0.0%
1897	0.852	+0.0%
1898	0.852	+0.0%
1899	0.852	+0.0%
1900	0.892	+4.7%
1901	0.892	+0.0%
1902	0.892	+0.0%
1903	0.892	+0.0%
1904	0.892	+0.0%
1905	0.892	+0.0%
1906	0.884	-0.9%
1907	0.818	-7.5%
1908	0.807	-1.3%
1909	0.798	-1.1%
1910	0.805	+0.9%
1911	0.805	+0.0%
1912	0.805	+0.0%
1913	0.805	+0.0%
1914	0.807	+0.2%
1915	0.809	+0.2%
1916	0.814	+0.6%
1917	0.802	-1.5%
1918	0.976	+21.7%
1919	0.969	-0.7%
1920	0.969	+0.0%
1921	0.969	+0.0%
1922	0.969	+0.0%
1923	0.969	+0.0%
1924	0.97	+0.1%
1925	0.97	+0.0%
1926	0.97	+0.0%
1927	0.97	+0.0%
1928	0.97	+0.0%
1929	0.97	+0.0%
1930	0.971	+0.1%
1931	0.971	+0.0%
1932	0.971	+0.0%
1933	0.971	+0.0%
1934	0.971	+0.0%
1935	0.971	+0.0%
1936	0.971	+0.0%
1937	0.971	+0.0%
1938	0.971	+0.0%
1939	0.971	+0.0%
1940	0.971	+0.0%
1941	0.971	+0.0%
1942	0.971	+0.0%
1943	0.971	+0.0%
1944	0.971	+0.0%
1945	0.971	+0.0%
1946	0.971	+0.0%
1947	0.971	+0.0%
1948	0.971	+0.0%
1949	0.971	+0.0%
1950	0.971	+0.0%
1951	0.971	+0.0%
1952	0.971	+0.0%
1953	0.971	+0.0%
1954	0.964	-0.7%
1955	0.964	+0.0%
1956	0.964	+0.0%
1957	0.964	+0.0%
1958	0.964	+0.0%
1959	0.964	+0.0%
1960	0.964	+0.0%
1961	0.964	+0.0%
1962	0.964	+0.0%
1963	0.964	+0.0%
1964	0.964	+0.0%
1965	0.964	+0.0%
1966	0.964	+0.0%
1967	0.964	+0.0%
1968	0.964	+0.0%
1969	0.964	+0.0%
1970	0.964	+0.0%
1971	0.964	+0.0%
1972	0.964	+0.0%
1973	0.964	+0.0%
1974	0.964	+0.0%
1975	0.964	+0.0%
1976	0.964	+0.0%
1977	0.964	+0.0%
1978	0.964	+0.0%
1979	0.964	+0.0%
1980	0.963	-0.1%
1981	0.963	+0.0%
1982	0.963	+0.0%
1983	0.963	+0.0%
1984	0.963	+0.0%
1985	0.963	+0.0%
1986	0.96	-0.3%
1987	0.943	-1.8%
1988	0.942	-0.1%
1989	0.922	-2.1%
1990	0.896	-2.8%
1991	0.74	-17.4%
1992	0.553	-25.3%
1993	0.543	-1.8%
1994	0.69	+27.1%
1995	0.574	-16.8%
1996	0.574	+0.0%
1997	0.584	+1.7%
1998	0.597	+2.2%
1999	0.597	+0.0%
2000	0.707	+18.4%
2001	0.756	+6.9%
2002	0.778	+2.9%
2003	0.778	+0.0%
2004	0.774	-0.5%
2005	0.778	+0.5%
2006	0.779	+0.1%
2007	0.779	+0.0%
2008	0.787	+1.0%
2009	0.788	+0.1%
2010	0.825	+4.7%
2011	0.825	+0.0%
2012	0.849	+2.9%
2013	0.881	+3.8%
2014	0.885	+0.5%
2015	0.878	-0.8%
2016	0.881	+0.3%
2017	0.894	+1.5%
2018	0.894	+0.0%
2019	0.893	-0.1%
2020	0.904	+1.2%
2021	0.908	+0.4%
2022	0.91	+0.2%
2023	0.929	+2.1%
2024	0.942	+1.4%
2025	0.945	+0.3%

Russia compared with similar countries

Russia's 0.945 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.09, 10.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Russia's 0.945 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1585, 6.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.93	0.93	0.93	1
1790s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1800s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1810s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1820s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1830s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1840s	0.93	0.93	0.93	10
1850s	0.9055	0.881	0.93	10
1860s	0.6121	0.373	0.881	10
1870s	0.4524	0.373	0.77	10
1880s	0.8534	0.77	0.876	10
1890s	0.852	0.852	0.852	10
1900s	0.8659	0.798	0.892	10
1910s	0.8397	0.802	0.976	10
1920s	0.9696	0.969	0.97	10
1930s	0.971	0.971	0.971	10
1940s	0.971	0.971	0.971	10
1950s	0.9668	0.964	0.971	10
1960s	0.964	0.964	0.964	10
1970s	0.964	0.964	0.964	10
1980s	0.9545	0.922	0.963	10
1990s	0.6348	0.543	0.896	10
2000s	0.7704	0.707	0.788	10
2010s	0.8705	0.825	0.894	10
2020s	0.923	0.904	0.945	6

Countries ranked near Russia

10 El Salvador 0.969 compare
11 Tajikistan 0.968 compare
12 Turkmenistan 0.947 compare
14 Burundi 0.936 compare
15 China 0.931 compare
16 Cambodia 0.93 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Russia?: Political centralization index in Russia was 0.945 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Russia?: The highest recorded value was 0.976 in 1918.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Russia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.373 in 1866.
How does Russia rank for political centralization index?: Russia ranks 13th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Russia?: Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Russia 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