Commonwealth Local Government Handbook
and individual country profiles 

CLGF publishes the Commonwealth Local Government Handbook every two years in collaboration with our ministry members and publishers Publications UK. The Handbook profiles the local government systems in the countries of the Commonwealth. The most recent 2017/18 edition was launched in April 2018 with a debate on inclusive democracy and available for purchase from CLGF.

The PDFs of the individual country profiles can be downloaded by clicking on the country links below. The profiles are arranged alphabetically, by country. If the profiles are used for training or other purposes, please acknowledge that the information is copyright of CLGF and use the citation CLGF 2018 Commonwealth Local Government Handbook 2017/18

For this edition, we have included a ranking of the propotion of councillors that are women by latest known year.

Whilst we take every effort to ensure the information in the profiles is up-to-date at the time of publication, there may be some errors as well as updates since. Please send any additional information to update the profile for the next edition, to gareth.wall@clgf.org.uk

The local government system in Antigua and Barbuda or visit the country page

The local government system in Australia or visit the country page
The local government system in the Bahamas or visit the country page

The local government system in Bangladesh or visit the country page

The local government system in Barbados or visit the country page

The local government system in Belize or visit the country page

The local government system in Botswana or visit the country page

The local government system in Brunei Darussalem or visit the country page

The local government system in Cameroon or visit the country page

The local government system in Canada or visit the country page

The local government system in Cyprus or visit the country page

The local government system in Dominica or visit the country page

The local government system in Fiji or visit the country page

The local government system in Ghana or visit the country page

The local government system in Grenada or visit the country page

The local government system in Guyana or visit the country page

The local government system in India or visit the country page

The local government system in Jamaica or visit the country page

The local government system in Kenya or visit the country page

The local government system in Kiribati or visit the country page

The local government system in Lesotho or visit the country page

The local government system in Malawi or visit the country page

The local government system in Malaysia or visit the country page

The local government system in Malta or visit the country page

The local government system in Mauritius or visit the country page

The local government system in Mozambique or visit the country page

The local government system in Namibia or visit the country page

The local government system in Nauru or visit the country page

The local government system in New Zealand or visit the country page

The local government system in Nigeria or visit the country page

The local government system in Pakistan or visit the country page

The local government system in Papua New Guinea or visit the country page

The local government system in Rwanda or visit the country page

The local government system in Saint Kitts and Nevis or visit the country page

The local government system in Saint Lucia or visit the country page

The local government system in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines or visit the country page

The local government system in Samoa or visit the country page

The local government system in Seychelles or visit the country page

The local government system in Sierra Leone or visit the country page

The local government system in Singapore or visit the country page

The local government system in Solomon Islands or visit the country page

The local government system in South Africa or visit the country page

The local government system in Sri Lanka or visit the country page

The local government system in Swaziland or visit the country page

The local government system in Tanzania or visit the country page

The local government system in Tonga or visit the country page

The local government system in Trinidad and Tobago or visit the country page

The local government system in Tuvalu or visit the country page

The local government system in Uganda or visit the country page

The local government system in the United Kingdom or visit the country page

The local government system in Vanuati or visit the country page

The local government system in Zambia or visit the country page