Botswana vs Solomon Islands: Electoral democracy
Botswana
2
in 2025
Solomon Islands
2
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
Solomon Islands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Botswana
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 2 against 2 in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Botswana ranks 1st and Solomon Islands 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 | Solomon Islands | 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 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Botswana or Solomon Islands?
- Botswana, at 2 against 2 in Solomon Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Botswana and Solomon Islands?
- 0, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Solomon Islands?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Solomon Islands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Botswana ranks 1st and Solomon Islands 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.