Malawi vs Maldives: Electoral democracy
Malawi
2
in 2025
Maldives
2
in 2025
Malawi rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Malawi
- Maldives
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2 against 2 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Maldives ahead.
Malawi ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Malawi |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Malawi |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Malawi or Maldives?
- Malawi, at 2 against 2 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Malawi and Maldives?
- 0, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Maldives?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Malawi ranks 1st and Maldives 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.