Lesotho vs Malta: Democracy
Lesotho
5
in 2025
Malta
4
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Lesotho
- Malta
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5 against 4 in Malta, a difference of 1.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malta ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Malta in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Lesotho |
| 1940s | 1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Malta |
| 1950s | 1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Malta |
| 1960s | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.8 | 4 | 3.2 | Malta |
| 1980s | 1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Malta |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | Malta |
| 2000s | 3.3 | 4 | 0.7 | Malta |
| 2010s | 3.9 | 4 | 0.1 | Malta |
| 2020s | 5 | 4 | 1 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Lesotho or Malta?
- Lesotho, at 5 against 4 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Lesotho and Malta?
- 1, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Malta?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Malta rank globally for democracy?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 172 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).