Democratic Republic of Congo vs Zimbabwe: Electoral democracy

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Zimbabwe

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

87th

Zimbabwe rank

87th

Electoral democracy over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.

Across all 122 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 87th and Zimbabwe ranks 87th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Electoral democracy in Democratic Republic of Congo
Electoral democracy in Zimbabwe
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Electoral democracy
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.