Burundi vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Democracy

Burundi

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Burundi rank

87th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

87th

Democracy over time

Burundi
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 1 against 1 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Burundi ranks 87th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 87th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Burundi
Democracy in Democratic Republic of Congo
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.