Democratic Republic of Congo vs Rwanda: Democracy

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Rwanda

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

80th

Rwanda rank

80th

Democracy over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwanda

How they compare

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

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

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

Individual pages

Democracy in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democracy in Rwanda
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).