Lesotho vs Montenegro: Democracy
Lesotho
5
in 2025
Montenegro
5
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
Montenegro rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Lesotho
- Montenegro
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 5 against 5 in Montenegro, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Montenegro ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Montenegro ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Montenegro in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Montenegro |
| 2000s | 3.3 | 4 | 0.7 | Montenegro |
| 2010s | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Lesotho or Montenegro?
- Lesotho, at 5 against 5 in Montenegro as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Lesotho and Montenegro?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Montenegro?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Montenegro rank globally for democracy?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Montenegro 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).