Burundi vs Rwanda: Participatory Democracy Index

Burundi
0.142
in 2025
Rwanda
0.13
in 2025
Burundi rank
126th
Rwanda rank
129th

Participatory Democracy Index over time

  • Burundi
  • Rwanda
00.10.20.3191619702025

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.142 against 0.13 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.012.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 126th and Rwanda ranks 129th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Participatory Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,363 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.