Lesotho vs Suriname: Democracy
Lesotho
6
in 2025
Suriname
6
in 2025
Lesotho rank
42nd
Suriname rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Lesotho
- Suriname
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 6 against 6 in Suriname, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Suriname ahead.
Lesotho ranks 42nd and Suriname ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Suriname |
| 1950s | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Suriname |
| 1960s | 1.1 | 5 | 3.9 | Suriname |
| 1970s | 0.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Suriname |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 6.5 | 5.3 | Suriname |
| 2000s | 4.6 | 7 | 2.4 | Suriname |
| 2010s | 5.9 | 6.9 | 1 | Suriname |
| 2020s | 6.17 | 6.33 | 0.1667 | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Lesotho or Suriname?
- Lesotho, at 6 against 6 in Suriname as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Lesotho and Suriname?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Suriname?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Suriname rank globally for democracy?
- Lesotho ranks 42nd and Suriname 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.