Lesotho vs Portugal: Electoral democracy
Lesotho
2
in 2025
Portugal
2
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Lesotho
- Portugal
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 2 against 2 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Portugal ahead.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.4 | 2 | 1.6 | Portugal |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 2 | 0.5 | Portugal |
| 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, Lesotho or Portugal?
- Lesotho, at 2 against 2 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Lesotho and Portugal?
- 0, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Portugal?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Portugal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Portugal 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.