Kenya vs Malawi: Electoral Democracy Index

Kenya
0.563
in 2025
Malawi
0.557
in 2025
Kenya rank
76th
Malawi rank
78th

Electoral Democracy Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Malawi
00.20.40.6190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.563 against 0.557 in Malawi, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malawi ahead.

Kenya ranks 76th and Malawi ranks 78th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electoral Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 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.