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social2025

Elected local governments

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•175 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7value
Median: 0.8value
Countries Covered
175
with available data
Highest
Switzerland
1.0value
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Switzerland1.0value
2Australia1.0value
3Iceland1.0value
4Italy1.0value
5Mexico1.0value
By Region
Oceania1.0value(2 countries)
North America1.0value(4 countries)
South America1.0value(7 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
Other0.6value(94 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7value)

Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Other (94)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Switzerland1.0value
2Australia1.0value
3Iceland1.0value
4Italy1.0value
5Mexico1.0value
6Spain1.0value
7Sweden1.0value
8Indonesia1.0value
9Israel1.0value
10The Republic of North Macedonia1.0value
11Japan1.0value
12Sri Lanka1.0value
13Colombia1.0value
14Croatia1.0value
15France1.0value
16South Korea1.0value
17Latvia1.0value
18Slovakia1.0value
19Belgium1.0value
20Vietnam1.0value
21Germany1.0value
22Lithuania1.0value
23Paraguay1.0value
24Austria1.0value
25Jamaica1.0value
26Estonia1.0value
27United States of America1.0value
28Denmark1.0value
29Costa Rica1.0value
30Poland1.0value
31Brazil1.0value
32Peru1.0value
33Zambia1.0value
34New Zealand1.0value
35Ecuador1.0value
36Lao People's Democratic Republic1.0value
37Taiwan, Province of China1.0value
38Finland1.0value
39Montenegro1.0value
40Panama1.0value
41Nepal1.0value
42Portugal1.0value
43Uruguay1.0value
44Canada1.0value
45Philippines1.0value
46Democratic Republic of the Congo1.0value
47Norway1.0value
48Togo1.0value
49Chile1.0value
50Czech Republic1.0value
51Gabon1.0value
52Guatemala1.0value
53Bolivia1.0value
54Slovenia1.0value
55Bhutan0.9value
56Mauritius0.9value
57Dominican Republic0.9value
58Republic of The Gambia0.9value
59Timor-Leste0.9value
60Hungary0.9value
61Republic of the Congo0.9value
62Honduras0.9value
63Greece0.9value
64Serbia0.9value
65Tunisia0.9value
66Argentina0.9value
67Albania0.9value
68Sao Tome and Principe0.9value
69Burundi0.9value
70Lesotho0.9value
71Malawi0.9value
72Netherlands0.9value
73Nigeria0.9value
74United Republic of Tanzania0.9value
75Bosnia and Herzegovina0.9value
76Cyprus0.9value
77Cape Verde0.9value
78South Africa0.9value
79Ukraine0.9value
80United Kingdom0.9value
81Cote d'Ivoire0.9value
82Sierra Leone0.9value
83Moldova, Republic of0.9value
84Mozambique0.9value
85Malta0.9value
86Georgia0.8value
87Bulgaria0.8value
88Papua New Guinea0.8value
89Trinidad and Tobago0.8value
90India0.8value
91Oman0.8value
92Comoros0.8value
93Benin0.8value
94Zimbabwe0.8value
95Maldives0.8value
96Vanuatu0.8value
97Senegal0.8value
98Ireland0.8value
99Eswatini0.7value
100Kenya0.7value
101Suriname0.7value
102Nicaragua0.7value
103Romania0.7value
104Türkiye0.7value
105Namibia0.7value
106Iraq0.7value
107Mali0.7value
108Niger0.7value
109Madagascar0.7value
110Venezuela0.7value
111Russian Federation0.7value
112Rwanda0.7value
113Luxembourg0.7value
114Djibouti0.6value
115El Salvador0.6value
116Guyana0.6value
117Botswana0.6value
118Pakistan0.5value
119Mongolia0.5value
120Armenia0.5value
121Afghanistan0.5value
122Uganda0.5value
123South Sudan0.5value
124Fiji0.5value
125Lebanon0.5value
126Haiti0.5value
127Chad0.4value
128Guinea0.4value
129Liberia0.4value
130North Korea0.4value
131Kyrgyzstan0.4value
132Burkina Faso0.4value
133Malaysia0.3value
134Ghana0.3value
135Mauritania0.3value
136Jordan0.3value
137State of Palestine0.3value
138Myanmar0.2value
139Central African Republic0.2value
140Ethiopia0.2value
141Sudan0.2value
142Morocco0.2value
143Cambodia0.2value
144Bahrain0.2value
145Guinea-Bissau0.2value
146Egypt0.2value
147Belarus0.1value
148People's Republic of China0.1value
149Cuba0.1value
150Bangladesh0.1value
151Seychelles0.1value
152Thailand0.1value
153Islamic Republic of Iran0.1value
154Somalia0.1value
155Equatorial Guinea0.1value
156Cameroon0.1value
157Algeria0.0value
158Libya0.0value
159Kazakhstan0.0value
160Yemen0.0value
161Azerbaijan0.0value
162Uzbekistan0.0value
163Saudi Arabia0.0value
164Turkmenistan0.0value
165Syrian Arab Republic0.0value
166Tajikistan0.0value
167United Arab Emirates0.0value
168Angola0.0value
169Eritrea0.0value
170Hong Kong0.0value
171Kuwait0.0value
172Qatar0.0value
173Singapore0.0value
174Barbados0.0value
175Solomon Islands0.0value
Showing 175 of 175 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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