Lesotho vs Senegal: Democracy

Lesotho
6
in 2025
Senegal
6
in 2025
Lesotho rank
42nd
Senegal rank
42nd

Democracy over time

  • Lesotho
  • Senegal
02468190019622025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 6 against 6 in Senegal, a difference of 0.

Across all 122 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 42nd and Senegal ranks 42nd of 176 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Senegal 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 1.1 3 1.9 Senegal
1970s 0.3 3 2.7 Senegal
1980s 0 3.8 3.8 Senegal
1990s 1.2 5.7 4.5 Senegal
2000s 4.6 6.8 2.2 Senegal
2010s 5.9 6.9 1 Senegal
2020s 6.17 6.5 0.3333 Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Lesotho or Senegal?
Lesotho, at 6 against 6 in Senegal as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Lesotho and Senegal?
0, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Senegal?
122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Senegal rank globally for democracy?
Lesotho ranks 42nd and Senegal 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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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.