Strong Elected Regional Governments Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which elected regional governments exist, and they operate without interference from regional unelected bodies.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.996
Germany
Lowest
0
Vatican
Median
0.192
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,575
What the numbers show
Strong Elected Regional Governments Index is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.996 in Germany; the lowest is 0 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.192, and the mean is 0.3908.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 917.6%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 100.0%).
Strong Elected Regional Governments Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 0.996 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0.995 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 0.992 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 0.99 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Spain | 0.988 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 0.988 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 7 | Denmark | 0.987 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 0.986 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.985 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Slovakia | 0.982 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Austria | 0.976 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 0.975 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.975 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Canada | 0.972 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Czechia | 0.97 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 0.967 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 0.964 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Ecuador | 0.956 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 18 | South Korea | 0.956 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 0.955 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Paraguay | 0.955 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.95 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Solomon Islands | 0.944 | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Peru | 0.942 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 0.94 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 26 | United States | 0.939 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 0.938 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0.933 | 2025 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Vietnam | 0.931 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 30 | India | 0.927 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands | 0.927 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 32 | Suriname | 0.924 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 0.916 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Nigeria | 0.915 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Greece | 0.912 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 0.912 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Sweden | 0.901 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.898 | 2025 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Romania | 0.892 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Bolivia | 0.887 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Philippines | 0.881 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | Comoros | 0.871 | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 43 | South Africa | 0.864 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 44 | Moldova | 0.862 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 0.856 | 2025 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.85 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 0.845 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Belgium | 0.843 | 2025 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 0.837 | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Finland | 0.828 | 2025 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 51 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.822 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Mauritania | 0.821 | 2025 | up 433.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.811 | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.761 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Kenya | 0.751 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 0.706 | 2025 | up 320.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.677 | 2025 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Niger | 0.677 | 2025 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 0.673 | 2025 | up 225.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Russia | 0.673 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Venezuela | 0.63 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Hungary | 0.53 | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 0.523 | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Zambia | 0.457 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 65 | Morocco | 0.436 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Albania | 0.432 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 67 | Gabon | 0.421 | 2025 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Yemen | 0.421 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.414 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | 0.398 | 2025 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Mozambique | 0.383 | 2025 | up 367.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Togo | 0.365 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Guyana | 0.345 | 2025 | down 59.3% | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 0.341 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Panama | 0.333 | 2025 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 76 | Liberia | 0.33 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 0.327 | 2025 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 0.319 | 2025 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 0.282 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 0.277 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 81 | Lesotho | 0.274 | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Haiti | 0.261 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Djibouti | 0.237 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Myanmar | 0.214 | 2025 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Central African Republic | 0.213 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0.204 | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Laos | 0.178 | 2025 | up 836.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 0.173 | 2025 | up 917.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.171 | 2025 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 0.163 | 2025 | up 462.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Maldives | 0.161 | 2025 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Tanzania | 0.155 | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 0.151 | 2025 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 95 | North Korea | 0.15 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.134 | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | 0.134 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Fiji | 0.13 | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0.124 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Somalia | 0.121 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 0.114 | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 0.114 | 2025 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 103 | South Sudan | 0.109 | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Mali | 0.107 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.093 | 2025 | up 365.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Georgia | 0.091 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Turkey | 0.082 | 2025 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 109 | East Timor | 0.079 | 2025 | up 97.5% | falling |
| 110 | Cameroon | 0.078 | 2025 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0.076 | 2025 | up 347.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Egypt | 0.07 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.069 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Chad | 0.057 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.054 | 2025 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.052 | 2025 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0.042 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Ghana | 0.04 | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Madagascar | 0.04 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 120 | China | 0.032 | 2025 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Guinea | 0.032 | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Syria | 0.03 | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Angola | 0.029 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.029 | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.024 | 2025 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Benin | 0.023 | 2025 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Cambodia | 0.023 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Burundi | 0.016 | 2025 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 128 | Iran | 0.016 | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 0.012 | 2025 | up 71.4% | falling |
| 131 | Sudan | 0.01 | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 0.009 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 0.006 | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.005 | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 0.004 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.003 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Eritrea | 0.002 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Barbados | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Botswana | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 138 | Cyprus | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Estonia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Iceland | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Israel | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Jamaica | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Lithuania | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Latvia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Montenegro | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Mauritius | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Malawi | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | New Zealand | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Oman | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Portugal | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Qatar | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Serbia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Slovenia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Seychelles | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Uganda | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 138 | Taiwan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Vatican | 0 | 1870 | — | falling |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which elected regional governments exist, and they operate without interference from regional unelected bodies.