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Botswana vs Iraq: Direct Democracy Index

Botswana
0.013
in 2025
Iraq
0.013
in 2025
Botswana rank
128th
Iraq rank
128th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Botswana
  • Iraq
00.050.10.15190019622025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.013 against 0.013 in Iraq, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Iraq ahead.

Botswana ranks 128th and Iraq ranks 128th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.