Lesotho vs Mauritius: Democracy

Lesotho

in 2025

Mauritius

in 2025

Lesotho rank

16th

Mauritius rank

16th

Democracy over time

Lesotho
Mauritius

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 4 against 4 in Mauritius, a difference of 0.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Mauritius has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 16th and Mauritius ranks 16th of 128 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Lesotho
Democracy in Mauritius
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).