Democracy in Belarus
Belarus: Democracy was 1 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Democracy in Belarus, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 1 for democracy in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Belarus peaked at 2 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2005.
Belarus ranks 80th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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More reference data data for Belarus
- Spring temperature anomalies 4.96 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.14 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -6.27 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 2.19 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.92 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 801.16 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in Belarus?
- Democracy in Belarus was 1 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2009.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- How does Belarus rank for democracy?
- Belarus ranks 80th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).