Botswana vs Cape Verde: Democracy
Botswana
6
in 2025
Cape Verde
6
in 2025
Botswana rank
42nd
Cape Verde rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Botswana
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 6 against 6 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Botswana ranks 42nd and Cape Verde ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 7 | 0.3 | 6.7 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 7 | 3 | 4 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 7.1 | 6.6 | 0.5 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 8 | 7 | 1 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 8.7 | 6.8 | 1.9 | Botswana |
| 2020s | 6.33 | 6 | 0.3333 | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Botswana or Cape Verde?
- Botswana, at 6 against 6 in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Botswana and Cape Verde?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Cape Verde?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Cape Verde rank globally for democracy?
- Botswana ranks 42nd and Cape Verde ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.