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Botswana vs Panama: Direct Democracy Index

Botswana
0.013
in 2025
Panama
0.013
in 2025
Botswana rank
128th
Panama rank
128th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Botswana
  • Panama
00.050.10.15190019622025

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.

Botswana ranks 128th and Panama 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
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Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.