Botswana Maintains Good Democracy Ranking

Botswana has been ranked 29th out of 167 in the 2019 Democracy Index with a score of 7.81 out of a possible 10. Economist Intelligence Unit released Democracy Index 2019 last week. The score places Botswana just below Israel with 7.86, Estonia with 7.90 and Malta 7.95, and just above Cabo Verde 7.78.

Botswana is second in Africa behind Mauritius, which has a score of 8.22. Mauritius is the only African country with a full democracy regime. They are 17th in the global rankings.