Police and Politics, Two Leagues Side by Side

League Index now ranks two very different things in the same 27 countries: national police systems, and political parties. Put side by side, they mostly agree.

Ten countries are above the EU median in both leagues, led by Finland, which is first for police and second for the average score of its parties. Ten are below the median in both, including Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia, which are among the bottom four in each. Malta and Cyprus sit exactly on one of the two medians.

Five countries break the pattern. France’s police rank 12th, but its parties average 58.9, 23rd of 27. Latvia (police 11th, parties 22nd) and the Netherlands (9th and 15th) follow the same direction. The reverse holds in Slovenia, where police rank 19th and parties average 75.0, joint third, and in Belgium (17th and 6th).

Two leagues · Police and politics

Police scores against the average party score, by country

Across: each country's Police League score. Up: the average Political Party League score of its parties. Dashed lines mark the EU medians. Choose a country to highlight it.

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Police League, 2026 edition, and Political Party League, April 2026 refresh (203 parties). The average counts every rated party equally, whatever its size.Police ranking

The two leagues measure different things with different sources, and the party average counts every rated party equally, whatever its size or role in government. The chart shows where the two leagues agree, not why. Full details are in the police ranking and the party ranking.