Lesotho vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy

Lesotho
1
in 2025
Paraguay
1
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Lesotho
  • Paraguay
00.20.40.60.81181119182025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1 against 1 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.

Across all 142 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).