Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Human rights index vdem

Malawi
0.806
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.805
in 2025
Malawi rank
72nd
Papua New Guinea rank
73rd

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Malawi
  • Papua New Guinea
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.806 against 0.805 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Malawi ranks 72nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 73rd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1900s 0.064 0.317 0.253 Papua New Guinea
1910s 0.0637 0.315 0.2513 Papua New Guinea
1920s 0.065 0.313 0.248 Papua New Guinea
1930s 0.069 0.313 0.244 Papua New Guinea
1940s 0.0714 0.3954 0.324 Papua New Guinea
1950s 0.0762 0.519 0.4428 Papua New Guinea
1960s 0.114 0.5754 0.4614 Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.0877 0.7137 0.626 Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.09 0.8183 0.7283 Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.3751 0.821 0.4459 Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.6876 0.821 0.1334 Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.7802 0.8064 0.0262 Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.8257 0.8122 0.0135 Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
Malawi, at 0.806 against 0.805 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
0.001, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Malawi ranks 72nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 73rd 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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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