Rankings

Every office-holder on Politare against every other, worldwide: how one indicator moved from their first day in office, each place measured on its own country's figures. Pick everyone in one table, or one level: countries (a country's states not counted apart), states and provinces, cities. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026.

• Real GDP

  Each place's output after inflation: GDP or gross state product, gross value added for the UK's nations.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Real GDP per person

  Output per resident after inflation; gross value added per person for the UK's nations and cities.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Unemployment rate

  The share of the labour force out of work, as each statistics office surveys it (age bands and survey months differ).EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Employment rate

  The share of working-age people in work: aged 20–64 in the EU, 16–64 in the UK, 15–64 in Japan and South Korea.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Jobs

  Payroll jobs in the United States and Canada, people employed in Australia, registered private jobs in Argentina, employees of firms with ten or more staff in Ukraine.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Real pay

  Average or median pay in today's money, hourly, weekly or monthly as each country measures it.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Inflation

  Consumer prices against a year earlier, where a country publishes the rate.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Consumer prices

  The consumer price index, where a country publishes the index rather than the rate.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leaders

• Population

  Residents, as each statistics office estimates them.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• House prices

  House prices before inflation: a price index, an average price or a typical home value.EveryoneNational leadersState and provincial leadersMayors

• Real house prices

  House price indexes adjusted for inflation, where that is the series a country publishes.EveryoneNational leaders

• Rents

  Rents before inflation: a rents index, an average or a typical rent.EveryoneMayors

• Violent crime

  Violent offences or their victims per 100,000 residents; what counts as violent differs between countries.EveryoneState and provincial leadersMayors

• Government effectiveness

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly, so a tenure's change is between two whole years.EveryoneNational leaders

• Rule of law

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Control of corruption

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Liberal democracy

  V-Dem's liberal democracy index, 0 to 1 shown as 0 to 100, the same country experts' method everywhere; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Freedom of expression

  V-Dem's freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, 0 to 1 shown as 0 to 100; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Corruption perceptions

  Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index score from 0 to 100, comparable from 2012; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Regulatory quality

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Voice and accountability

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Electoral democracy

  V-Dem's electoral democracy index, 0 to 1 shown as 0 to 100, the same country experts' method everywhere; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Political stability

  The World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators score from 0 to 100, one method for every country; yearly.EveryoneNational leaders

• Happiness

  The World Happiness Report's life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll, 0 to 10 on the same ladder in every country; three-year averages, so a short tenure is partly its predecessor's.EveryoneNational leaders

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