Argentina vs Malawi: Electoral democracy
Argentina
2
in 2025
Malawi
2
in 2025
Argentina rank
1st
Malawi rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Argentina
- Malawi
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 2 against 2 in Malawi, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 11 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Argentina |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Argentina |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Argentina |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | Argentina |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Argentina |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Argentina |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Argentina or Malawi?
- Argentina, at 2 against 2 in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Argentina and Malawi?
- 0, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Malawi?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Malawi rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Argentina ranks 1st and Malawi 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.