Rwanda vs Tanzania: Democracy

Rwanda
1
in 2025
Tanzania
1
in 2025
Rwanda rank
87th
Tanzania rank
87th

Democracy over time

  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1 against 1 in Tanzania, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Tanzania ahead.

Rwanda ranks 87th and Tanzania ranks 87th of 176 countries.

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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

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