Bolivia vs Botswana: Democracy
Bolivia
5
in 2025
Botswana
5
in 2025
Bolivia rank
1st
Botswana rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Bolivia
- Botswana
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 5 against 5 in Botswana, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Botswana ahead.
Bolivia ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 3 and Botswana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Botswana |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 3 | 4 | 1 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 4.6 | 4 | 0.6 | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 3.6 | 4 | 0.4 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2.7 | 3.5 | 0.8 | Botswana |
| 2020s | 4.17 | 3.83 | 0.3333 | Bolivia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bolivia or Botswana?
- Bolivia, at 5 against 5 in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bolivia and Botswana?
- 0, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Botswana?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Botswana rank globally for democracy?
- Bolivia ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 1st of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (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 classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).