Kenya vs Maldives: Liberal Democracy Index

Kenya
0.446
in 2025
Maldives
0.416
in 2025
Kenya rank
73rd
Maldives rank
76th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Maldives
00.10.20.30.40.5190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.446 against 0.416 in Maldives, a difference of 0.03.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Maldives ahead.

Kenya ranks 73rd and Maldives ranks 76th 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.