Botswana vs Uganda: Citizen support for democracy

Botswana
0.9445
in 2020
Uganda
0.8817
in 2020
Botswana rank
16th
Uganda rank
18th

Citizen support for democracy over time

  • Botswana
  • Uganda
00.20.40.60.81199920092020

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.9445 against 0.8817 in Uganda, a difference of 0.0628.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 18th of 144 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Uganda Difference Ahead
2000s 0.4779 0.2025 0.2754 Botswana
2010s 0.9213 0.8303 0.091 Botswana
2020s 0.9445 0.8817 0.0627 Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citizen support for democracy, Botswana or Uganda?
Botswana, at 0.9445 against 0.8817 in Uganda as of 2020.
What is the difference in citizen support for democracy between Botswana and Uganda?
0.0628, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Uganda?
21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Botswana and Uganda rank globally for citizen support for democracy?
Botswana ranks 16th and Uganda ranks 18th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen support for democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Citizen support for democracy
Source
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
144 places, 3,104 data points, 1988–2020
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.