Democratic Republic of Congo vs Mali: Democracy

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Mali

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

80th

Mali rank

80th

Democracy over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Mali

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in Mali, a difference of 0.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 80th and Mali ranks 80th of 128 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democracy in Mali
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 128 places, 1,394 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).