Ecuador vs Lesotho: Democracy
Ecuador
6
in 2025
Lesotho
6
in 2025
Ecuador rank
42nd
Lesotho rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Ecuador
- Lesotho
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 6 against 6 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 42nd and Lesotho ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 11 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 6 | 0 | 6 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 6 | 1.2 | 4.8 | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 6 | 4.6 | 1.4 | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 5.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 6 | 6.17 | 0.1667 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Ecuador or Lesotho?
- Ecuador, at 6 against 6 in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Ecuador and Lesotho?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Lesotho?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Lesotho rank globally for democracy?
- Ecuador ranks 42nd and Lesotho 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.