Which has higher equal access to power index, Botswana or East Timor?

East Timor, at 0.686 against 0.683 in Botswana as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and East Timor?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs East Timor: Equal Access to Power Index

Botswana

0.683

in 2025

East Timor

0.686

in 2025

Botswana rank

83rd

East Timor rank

82nd

Equal Access to Power Index over time

Botswana
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.686 against 0.683 in Botswana, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 83rd and East Timor ranks 82nd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 9 and East Timor in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1910s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1920s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1930s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1940s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1950s	0.153	0.026	0.127	Botswana
1960s	0.2798	0.026	0.2538	Botswana
1970s	0.4831	0.2926	0.1905	Botswana
1980s	0.4784	0.513	0.0346	East Timor
1990s	0.5622	0.513	0.0492	Botswana
2000s	0.6199	0.6519	0.032	East Timor
2010s	0.626	0.6721	0.0461	East Timor
2020s	0.6558	0.686	0.0302	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal access to power index, Botswana or East Timor?: East Timor, at 0.686 against 0.683 in Botswana as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal access to power index between Botswana and East Timor?: 0.003, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and East Timor?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Botswana and East Timor rank globally for equal access to power index?: Botswana ranks 83rd and East Timor ranks 82nd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Botswana vs East Timor: Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/equal-access-to-power-index/botswana/timor-leste/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/equal-access-to-power-index/botswana/timor-leste/">Botswana vs East Timor: Equal Access to Power Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Equal Access to Power Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.