Guatemala vs Lesotho: Democracy
Guatemala
5
in 2025
Lesotho
5
in 2025
Guatemala rank
1st
Lesotho rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Guatemala
- Lesotho
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 5 against 5 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.
Guatemala ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Lesotho |
| 1960s | 1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 3.8 | 3.9 | 0.1 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 3.83 | 5 | 1.17 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Guatemala or Lesotho?
- Guatemala, at 5 against 5 in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Guatemala and Lesotho?
- 0, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Lesotho?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Guatemala and Lesotho rank globally for democracy?
- Guatemala ranks 1st and Lesotho 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).