Botswana vs Maldives: Democracy
Botswana
5
in 2025
Maldives
5
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Botswana
- Maldives
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 5 against 5 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Maldives ahead.
Botswana ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 7 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Maldives |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Botswana |
| 1960s | 2.9 | 1 | 1.9 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 4.1 | 1 | 3.1 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | Botswana |
| 2020s | 3.83 | 5 | 1.17 | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Botswana or Maldives?
- Botswana, at 5 against 5 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Botswana and Maldives?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Maldives?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Maldives rank globally for democracy?
- Botswana ranks 1st and Maldives 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).