Malawi vs Tanzania: Key media freedoms, annual growth rate
Malawi
-49.88 % change on previous year
in 2025
Tanzania
-54.06 % change on previous year
in 2025
Malawi rank
160th
Tanzania rank
161st
Key media freedoms, annual growth rate over time
- Malawi
- Tanzania
How they compare
Malawi currently reports -49.88 % change on previous year against -54.06 % change on previous year in Tanzania, a difference of 4.18 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1915 it was Tanzania ahead.
Malawi ranks 160th and Tanzania ranks 161st of 175 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Tanzania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 % change on previous year | -5.26 % change on previous year | 5.26 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1920s | 0 % change on previous year | -1.32 % change on previous year | 1.32 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1930s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1940s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1950s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1960s | -0.3937 % change on previous year | 4.85 % change on previous year | 5.24 % change on previous year | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0 % change on previous year | -1.73 % change on previous year | 1.73 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0 % change on previous year | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2.99 % change on previous year | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 12.76 % change on previous year | 11.91 % change on previous year | 0.8548 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2010s | 2.07 % change on previous year | -24.97 % change on previous year | 27.03 % change on previous year | Malawi |
| 2020s | 7.56 % change on previous year | -7.68 % change on previous year | 15.24 % change on previous year | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher key media freedoms, annual growth rate, Malawi or Tanzania?
- Malawi, at -49.88 % change on previous year against -54.06 % change on previous year in Tanzania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in key media freedoms, annual growth rate between Malawi and Tanzania?
- 4.18 % change on previous year, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Tanzania?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Tanzania rank globally for key media freedoms, annual growth rate?
- Malawi ranks 160th and Tanzania ranks 161st of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Key media freedoms, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Key media freedoms. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.