Botswana vs Cape Verde: Meaningful democratic electoral institutions

Botswana
1
in 2025
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
Cape Verde rank
1st

Meaningful democratic electoral institutions over time

  • Botswana
  • Cape Verde
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1 against 1 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Botswana ranks 1st and Cape Verde ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether the country is meaningfully an electoral democracy. This includes the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.