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Elected local governments

Name: Elected local governments by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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167 countries · 2025

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Elected local governments league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Switzerland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Australia	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Spain	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Iceland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Italy	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Mexico	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Sweden	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Indonesia	0.99	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Israel	0.99	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
10	North Macedonia	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
11	Japan	0.99	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	Sri Lanka	0.99	South Asia	Upper middle income
13	Colombia	0.99	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	France	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Korea, Rep.	0.99	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Latvia	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Slovak Republic	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Croatia	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Belgium	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Viet Nam	0.99	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
21	Germany	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Austria	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Lithuania	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Paraguay	0.98	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Jamaica	0.98	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
26	Estonia	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	United States	0.98	North America	High income
28	Denmark	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Costa Rica	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
30	Brazil	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	Poland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Peru	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Zambia	0.97	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	New Zealand	0.97	East Asia & Pacific	High income
35	Lao PDR	0.97	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Ecuador	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Finland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Montenegro	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Panama	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
40	Taiwan	0.97	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	Portugal	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Nepal	0.97	South Asia	Lower middle income
43	Uruguay	0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
44	Canada	0.96	North America	High income
45	Philippines	0.96	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
46	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.96	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Norway	0.96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Togo	0.96	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Chile	0.96	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
50	Czechia	0.96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Bolivia	0.95	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
52	Gabon	0.95	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
53	Guatemala	0.95	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Slovenia	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Bhutan	0.95	South Asia	Lower middle income
56	Mauritius	0.94	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
57	Timor-Leste	0.94	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
58	Dominican Republic	0.94	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Gambia, The	0.94	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Hungary	0.94	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Congo, Rep.	0.93	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Honduras	0.93	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
63	Greece	0.93	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Tunisia	0.92	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Serbia	0.92	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Argentina	0.92	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Albania	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Sao Tome and Principe	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Lesotho	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Burundi	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Netherlands	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Tanzania	0.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Nigeria	0.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Malawi	0.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	Cyprus	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Cabo Verde	0.88	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
78	South Africa	0.88	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
79	Ukraine	0.88	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	United Kingdom	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Cote d'Ivoire	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Sierra Leone	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Moldova	0.86	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Mozambique	0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Malta	0.86	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
86	Georgia	0.85	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Bulgaria	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Papua New Guinea	0.83	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
89	Trinidad and Tobago	0.83	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	India	0.81	South Asia	Lower middle income
91	Oman	0.81	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
92	Comoros	0.81	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Benin	0.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Zimbabwe	0.79	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Maldives	0.77	South Asia	Upper middle income
96	Senegal	0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Ireland	0.76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Eswatini	0.73	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Kenya	0.73	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Nicaragua	0.73	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
101	Romania	0.72	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Turkiye	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Namibia	0.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Iraq	0.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
105	Mali	0.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Niger	0.69	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
107	Madagascar	0.68	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Venezuela, RB	0.68	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
109	Russian Federation	0.67	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Rwanda	0.66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Luxembourg	0.65	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Djibouti	0.65	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
113	El Salvador	0.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Guyana	0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Botswana	0.57	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
116	Pakistan	0.52	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
117	Mongolia	0.52	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
118	Armenia	0.51	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Afghanistan	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
120	Uganda	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Fiji	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Lebanon	0.46	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
123	Haiti	0.46	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Chad	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Liberia	0.42	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Guinea	0.42	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.41	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
128	Kyrgyz Republic	0.41	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
129	Burkina Faso	0.38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Malaysia	0.29	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
131	Ghana	0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Mauritania	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Jordan	0.26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
134	Central African Republic	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Ethiopia	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Sudan	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Morocco	0.18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
138	Cambodia	0.17	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
139	Bahrain	0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
140	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
141	Belarus	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	China	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
143	Cuba	0.13	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
144	Bangladesh	0.13	South Asia	Lower middle income
145	Seychelles	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
146	Thailand	0.09	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.08	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
149	Equatorial Guinea	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
150	Cameroon	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Algeria	0.05	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
152	Libya	0.04	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
153	Kazakhstan	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Yemen, Rep.	0.03	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
155	Azerbaijan	0.02	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
156	Uzbekistan	0.02	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
157	Saudi Arabia	0.02	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Turkmenistan	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Syrian Arab Republic	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
160	Tajikistan	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
161	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
164	Solomon Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	Singapore	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
167	Hong Kong SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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