Botswana vs Uganda: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Botswana

0.706

in 2025

Uganda

0.67

in 2025

Botswana rank

70th

Uganda rank

73rd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Botswana
Uganda

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.706 against 0.67 in Uganda, a difference of 0.036.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

Botswana ranks 70th and Uganda ranks 73rd of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Botswana
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Legislative Checks on Government Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 23,601 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.