Jamaica vs Lesotho: Democracy
Jamaica
6
in 2025
Lesotho
6
in 2025
Jamaica rank
42nd
Lesotho rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Jamaica
- Lesotho
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 6 against 6 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.
Jamaica ranks 42nd and Lesotho ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 5 | 1.1 | 3.9 | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 4.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 4.6 | 0 | 4.6 | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 6 | 1.2 | 4.8 | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 6 | 4.6 | 1.4 | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 6.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 6.83 | 6.17 | 0.6667 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Jamaica or Lesotho?
- Jamaica, at 6 against 6 in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Jamaica and Lesotho?
- 0, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lesotho?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Lesotho rank globally for democracy?
- Jamaica 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.