Kenya vs Malawi: Liberal Democracy Index

Kenya
0.446
in 2025
Malawi
0.462
in 2025
Kenya rank
73rd
Malawi rank
70th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Malawi
00.10.20.30.40.5190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.462 against 0.446 in Kenya, a difference of 0.016.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malawi ahead.

Kenya ranks 73rd and Malawi ranks 70th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Liberal Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 28,671 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.