Ghana vs Lesotho: Democracy
Ghana
6
in 2025
Lesotho
6
in 2025
Ghana rank
42nd
Lesotho rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Ghana
- Lesotho
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 6 against 6 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Lesotho ahead.
Ghana ranks 42nd and Lesotho ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Ghana |
| 1960s | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Ghana |
| 1990s | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 7.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 7.4 | 5.9 | 1.5 | Ghana |
| 2020s | 6.17 | 6.17 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Ghana or Lesotho?
- Ghana, at 6 against 6 in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Ghana and Lesotho?
- 0, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Lesotho?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Lesotho rank globally for democracy?
- Ghana 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.