Fiji vs Madagascar: Key media freedoms

Fiji
0.549
in 2025
Madagascar
0.589
in 2025
Fiji rank
89th
Madagascar rank
86th

Key media freedoms over time

  • Fiji
  • Madagascar
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.589 against 0.549 in Fiji, a difference of 0.04.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Fiji ahead.

Fiji ranks 89th and Madagascar ranks 86th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 10 and Madagascar in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Fiji Madagascar Difference Ahead
1900s 1.2 -2.11 3.31 Fiji
1910s 1.2 -2.14 3.34 Fiji
1920s 1.2 -2.14 3.34 Fiji
1930s 1.2 -1.71 2.91 Fiji
1940s 1.2 -2.09 3.29 Fiji
1950s 1.2 -2.08 3.28 Fiji
1960s 1.2 -1.52 2.72 Fiji
1970s 1.2 -1.36 2.56 Fiji
1980s 0.8735 -1.71 2.59 Fiji
1990s 0.387 -0.4863 0.8733 Fiji
2000s -0.3245 -0.1633 0.1612 Madagascar
2010s -0.8226 0.3139 1.14 Madagascar
2020s 0.2498 0.4157 0.1658 Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher key media freedoms, Fiji or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 0.589 against 0.549 in Fiji as of 2025.
What is the difference in key media freedoms between Fiji and Madagascar?
0.04, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Madagascar?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Fiji and Madagascar rank globally for key media freedoms?
Fiji ranks 89th and Madagascar ranks 86th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Key media freedoms. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Key media freedoms
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 21,793 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which the government directly or indirectly attempts to censor political content in print and broadcast media, through formal restrictions or indirect pressures such as financial control, licensing, or access to distribution channels.