Lesotho vs Senegal: Democracy
Lesotho
6
in 2025
Senegal
6
in 2025
Lesotho rank
42nd
Senegal rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Lesotho
- Senegal
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
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.