Kenya vs Malaysia: Human rights index vdem

Kenya
0.74
in 2025
Malaysia
0.739
in 2025
Kenya rank
90th
Malaysia rank
91st

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.74 against 0.739 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.

Kenya ranks 90th and Malaysia ranks 91st of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Malaysia Difference Ahead
1900s 0.0939 0.524 0.4301 Malaysia
1910s 0.104 0.5235 0.4195 Malaysia
1920s 0.1035 0.525 0.4215 Malaysia
1930s 0.11 0.525 0.415 Malaysia
1940s 0.1119 0.3851 0.2732 Malaysia
1950s 0.0712 0.5074 0.4362 Malaysia
1960s 0.2523 0.5615 0.3092 Malaysia
1970s 0.2957 0.5512 0.2555 Malaysia
1980s 0.2479 0.5596 0.3117 Malaysia
1990s 0.4019 0.5656 0.1637 Malaysia
2000s 0.6078 0.6132 0.0054 Malaysia
2010s 0.6835 0.6417 0.0418 Kenya
2020s 0.7425 0.7338 0.0087 Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Kenya or Malaysia?
Kenya, at 0.74 against 0.739 in Malaysia as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Kenya and Malaysia?
0.001, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malaysia?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Malaysia rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Kenya ranks 90th and Malaysia ranks 91st of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Human rights index vdem. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Human rights index vdem
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed