Malawi vs Senegal: Electoral democracy
Malawi
2
in 2025
Senegal
2
in 2025
Malawi rank
1st
Senegal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Malawi
- Senegal
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 2 against 2 in Senegal, a difference of 0.
Across all 122 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 1st and Senegal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Senegal | 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 | 1 | 0.3 | Senegal |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 2 | 0.5 | Senegal |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Senegal |
| 2010s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Senegal |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Malawi or Senegal?
- Malawi, at 2 against 2 in Senegal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Malawi and Senegal?
- 0, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Senegal?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Senegal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Malawi ranks 1st and Senegal 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.