Malawi vs Namibia: LGBT+ Rights Index

Malawi

0.4594

in 2019

Namibia

0.5822

in 2019

Malawi rank

121st

Namibia rank

120th

LGBT+ Rights Index over time

Malawi
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.5822 against 0.4594 in Malawi, a difference of 0.1228.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 121st and Namibia ranks 120th of 192 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: LGBT+ Rights Index
Source: Velasco (2020); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 5,568 data points, 1991–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The LGBT+ Policy Index measures a country’s LGBT+ policy landscape by capturing the implementation of 18 different LGBT+ policies. Policies included in the index are limited to those adopted across at least three countries or are explicitly advocated for by transnational activists.