Niger vs Rwanda: Varieties of democracy

Niger
0.227
in 2025
Rwanda
0.193
in 2025
Niger rank
134th
Rwanda rank
137th

Varieties of democracy over time

  • Niger
  • Rwanda
00.20.40.6191619702025

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.227 against 0.193 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.034.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Rwanda ahead.

Niger ranks 134th and Rwanda ranks 137th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Varieties of democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.