Lesotho vs Namibia: Strong Civil Society Index

Lesotho

0.921

in 2025

Namibia

0.915

in 2025

Lesotho rank

19th

Namibia rank

22nd

Strong Civil Society Index over time

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.921 against 0.915 in Namibia, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 19th and Namibia ranks 22nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Strong Civil Society Index in Lesotho
Strong Civil Society Index in Namibia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Strong Civil Society Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,138 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which interest groups, labor unions, charities, and other civil society organizations are autonomous from the state and can freely pursue their goals. The index ranges from 0 to 1 (strongest).