Botswana vs North Macedonia: Electoral democracy
Botswana
2
in 2025
North Macedonia
2
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
North Macedonia rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Botswana
- North Macedonia
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 2 against 2 in North Macedonia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1900 it was North Macedonia ahead.
Botswana ranks 1st and North Macedonia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | North Macedonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Botswana |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Botswana or North Macedonia?
- Botswana, at 2 against 2 in North Macedonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Botswana and North Macedonia?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and North Macedonia?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and North Macedonia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Botswana ranks 1st and North Macedonia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral 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 using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.