Malawi vs Malaysia: Legislative Corruption Score

Malawi
-0.092
in 2025
Malaysia
-0.015
in 2025
Malawi rank
88th
Malaysia rank
85th

Legislative Corruption Score over time

  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
-1012190719662025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports -0.015 against -0.092 in Malawi, a difference of 0.077.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 88th and Malaysia ranks 85th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Legislative Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 17,541 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Data by V-Dem. Expert estimates of the extent to which members of the legislature abuse their position for financial gain, such as bribes, government contracts, future employment, or stealing from the state. Higher scores mean less corruption. A score of 0 is approximately the average across all countries and years.