What is political centralization index in Syria?

Political centralization index in Syria was 0.914 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Syria?

The highest recorded value was 0.965 in 1987.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Syria?

The lowest recorded value was 0.399 in 1919.

How does Syria rank for political centralization index?

Syria ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Syria?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Syria 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 Syria

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

Syria: Political centralization index was 0.914 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.914

Change on year

up 4.3%

World rank

18th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.965

in 1987

All-time low

0.399

in 1919

Years of data

235

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Syria, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, political centralization index in Syria stood at 0.914.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Syria peaked at 0.965 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.399, in 1919.

Syria ranks 18th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 235 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Syria, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Syria, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.925	—
1790	0.925	+0.0%
1791	0.925	+0.0%
1792	0.925	+0.0%
1793	0.925	+0.0%
1794	0.925	+0.0%
1795	0.925	+0.0%
1796	0.925	+0.0%
1797	0.925	+0.0%
1798	0.925	+0.0%
1799	0.925	+0.0%
1800	0.925	+0.0%
1801	0.925	+0.0%
1802	0.925	+0.0%
1803	0.925	+0.0%
1804	0.925	+0.0%
1805	0.925	+0.0%
1806	0.925	+0.0%
1807	0.925	+0.0%
1808	0.925	+0.0%
1809	0.925	+0.0%
1810	0.925	+0.0%
1811	0.925	+0.0%
1812	0.925	+0.0%
1813	0.925	+0.0%
1814	0.925	+0.0%
1815	0.925	+0.0%
1816	0.925	+0.0%
1817	0.925	+0.0%
1818	0.925	+0.0%
1819	0.925	+0.0%
1820	0.925	+0.0%
1821	0.925	+0.0%
1822	0.925	+0.0%
1823	0.925	+0.0%
1824	0.925	+0.0%
1825	0.925	+0.0%
1826	0.925	+0.0%
1827	0.925	+0.0%
1828	0.925	+0.0%
1829	0.925	+0.0%
1830	0.925	+0.0%
1831	0.877	-5.2%
1832	0.877	+0.0%
1833	0.877	+0.0%
1834	0.877	+0.0%
1835	0.877	+0.0%
1836	0.877	+0.0%
1837	0.827	-5.7%
1838	0.827	+0.0%
1839	0.827	+0.0%
1840	0.925	+11.9%
1841	0.925	+0.0%
1842	0.925	+0.0%
1843	0.925	+0.0%
1844	0.925	+0.0%
1845	0.925	+0.0%
1846	0.925	+0.0%
1847	0.925	+0.0%
1848	0.925	+0.0%
1849	0.925	+0.0%
1850	0.925	+0.0%
1851	0.925	+0.0%
1852	0.925	+0.0%
1853	0.925	+0.0%
1854	0.925	+0.0%
1855	0.925	+0.0%
1856	0.925	+0.0%
1857	0.925	+0.0%
1858	0.925	+0.0%
1859	0.925	+0.0%
1860	0.925	+0.0%
1861	0.925	+0.0%
1862	0.925	+0.0%
1863	0.925	+0.0%
1864	0.925	+0.0%
1865	0.925	+0.0%
1866	0.925	+0.0%
1867	0.925	+0.0%
1868	0.851	-8.0%
1869	0.851	+0.0%
1870	0.851	+0.0%
1871	0.851	+0.0%
1872	0.851	+0.0%
1873	0.851	+0.0%
1874	0.851	+0.0%
1875	0.851	+0.0%
1876	0.802	-5.8%
1877	0.802	+0.0%
1878	0.806	+0.5%
1879	0.857	+6.3%
1880	0.857	+0.0%
1881	0.857	+0.0%
1882	0.857	+0.0%
1883	0.857	+0.0%
1884	0.857	+0.0%
1885	0.857	+0.0%
1886	0.857	+0.0%
1887	0.857	+0.0%
1888	0.857	+0.0%
1889	0.857	+0.0%
1890	0.857	+0.0%
1891	0.857	+0.0%
1892	0.857	+0.0%
1893	0.857	+0.0%
1894	0.857	+0.0%
1895	0.857	+0.0%
1896	0.857	+0.0%
1897	0.857	+0.0%
1898	0.857	+0.0%
1899	0.857	+0.0%
1900	0.857	+0.0%
1901	0.857	+0.0%
1902	0.857	+0.0%
1903	0.857	+0.0%
1904	0.857	+0.0%
1905	0.857	+0.0%
1906	0.857	+0.0%
1907	0.88	+2.7%
1908	0.72	-18.2%
1909	0.524	-27.2%
1910	0.524	+0.0%
1911	0.527	+0.6%
1912	0.552	+4.7%
1913	0.709	+28.4%
1914	0.737	+3.9%
1915	0.763	+3.5%
1916	0.763	+0.0%
1917	0.763	+0.0%
1918	0.414	-45.7%
1919	0.399	-3.6%
1922	0.791	+98.2%
1923	0.791	+0.0%
1924	0.791	+0.0%
1925	0.791	+0.0%
1926	0.791	+0.0%
1927	0.791	+0.0%
1928	0.738	-6.7%
1929	0.706	-4.3%
1930	0.706	+0.0%
1931	0.706	+0.0%
1932	0.711	+0.7%
1933	0.697	-2.0%
1934	0.697	+0.0%
1935	0.697	+0.0%
1936	0.698	+0.1%
1937	0.711	+1.9%
1938	0.713	+0.3%
1939	0.788	+10.5%
1940	0.788	+0.0%
1941	0.788	+0.0%
1942	0.788	+0.0%
1943	0.788	+0.0%
1944	0.713	-9.5%
1945	0.645	-9.5%
1946	0.645	+0.0%
1947	0.491	-23.9%
1948	0.453	-7.7%
1949	0.453	+0.0%
1950	0.453	+0.0%
1951	0.528	+16.6%
1952	0.735	+39.2%
1953	0.735	+0.0%
1954	0.735	+0.0%
1955	0.465	-36.7%
1956	0.465	+0.0%
1957	0.445	-4.3%
1958	0.621	+39.6%
1959	0.793	+27.7%
1960	0.809	+2.0%
1961	0.751	-7.2%
1962	0.529	-29.6%
1963	0.57	+7.8%
1964	0.844	+48.1%
1965	0.844	+0.0%
1966	0.848	+0.5%
1967	0.889	+4.8%
1968	0.889	+0.0%
1969	0.889	+0.0%
1970	0.957	+7.6%
1971	0.947	-1.0%
1972	0.947	+0.0%
1973	0.947	+0.0%
1974	0.947	+0.0%
1975	0.947	+0.0%
1976	0.947	+0.0%
1977	0.944	-0.3%
1978	0.944	+0.0%
1979	0.944	+0.0%
1980	0.952	+0.8%
1981	0.952	+0.0%
1982	0.952	+0.0%
1983	0.952	+0.0%
1984	0.952	+0.0%
1985	0.952	+0.0%
1986	0.952	+0.0%
1987	0.965	+1.4%
1988	0.965	+0.0%
1989	0.965	+0.0%
1990	0.954	-1.1%
1991	0.954	+0.0%
1992	0.954	+0.0%
1993	0.954	+0.0%
1994	0.954	+0.0%
1995	0.954	+0.0%
1996	0.954	+0.0%
1997	0.954	+0.0%
1998	0.954	+0.0%
1999	0.954	+0.0%
2000	0.922	-3.4%
2001	0.922	+0.0%
2002	0.922	+0.0%
2003	0.922	+0.0%
2004	0.922	+0.0%
2005	0.922	+0.0%
2006	0.922	+0.0%
2007	0.922	+0.0%
2008	0.922	+0.0%
2009	0.922	+0.0%
2010	0.922	+0.0%
2011	0.925	+0.3%
2012	0.947	+2.4%
2013	0.959	+1.3%
2014	0.958	-0.1%
2015	0.958	+0.0%
2016	0.957	-0.1%
2017	0.954	-0.3%
2018	0.958	+0.4%
2019	0.954	-0.4%
2020	0.947	-0.7%
2021	0.945	-0.2%
2022	0.927	-1.9%
2023	0.922	-0.5%
2024	0.876	-5.0%
2025	0.914	+4.3%

Syria compared with similar countries

Syria's 0.914 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.791, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Syria's 0.914 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.597, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.925	0.925	0.925	1
1790s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1800s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1810s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1820s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1830s	0.8668	0.827	0.925	10
1840s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1850s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1860s	0.9102	0.851	0.925	10
1870s	0.8373	0.802	0.857	10
1880s	0.857	0.857	0.857	10
1890s	0.857	0.857	0.857	10
1900s	0.8123	0.524	0.88	10
1910s	0.6151	0.399	0.763	10
1920s	0.7738	0.706	0.791	8
1930s	0.7124	0.697	0.788	10
1940s	0.6552	0.453	0.788	10
1950s	0.5975	0.445	0.793	10
1960s	0.7862	0.529	0.889	10
1970s	0.9471	0.944	0.957	10
1980s	0.9559	0.952	0.965	10
1990s	0.954	0.954	0.954	10
2000s	0.922	0.922	0.922	10
2010s	0.9492	0.922	0.959	10
2020s	0.9218	0.876	0.947	6

Countries ranked near Syria

15 China 0.931 compare
16 Cambodia 0.93 compare
17 Afghanistan 0.927 compare
19 Vatican 0.906 compare
20 Uzbekistan 0.901 compare
21 Cuba 0.899 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Syria?: Political centralization index in Syria was 0.914 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Syria?: The highest recorded value was 0.965 in 1987.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Syria?: The lowest recorded value was 0.399 in 1919.
How does Syria rank for political centralization index?: Syria ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Syria?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Syria 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