Botswana vs India: Democracy
Botswana
6
in 2025
India
6
in 2025
Botswana rank
78th
India rank
78th
Democracy over time
- Botswana
- India
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 6 against 6 in India, a difference of 0.
Across all 141 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 78th and India ranks 78th of 198 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | India |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | India |
| 1940s | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | India |
| 1950s | 0 | 7 | 7 | India |
| 1960s | 3.4 | 7 | 3.6 | India |
| 1970s | 6 | 6.7 | 0.7 | India |
| 1980s | 6.2 | 7 | 0.8 | India |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 6.3 | 6.8 | 0.5 | India |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Botswana or India?
- Botswana, at 6 against 6 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Botswana and India?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and India?
- 141 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and India rank globally for democracy?
- Botswana ranks 78th and India ranks 78th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).