Kenya vs Malaysia: Liberal democracy

Kenya
2
in 2025
Malaysia
2
in 2025
Kenya rank
32nd
Malaysia rank
32nd

Liberal democracy over time

  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
00.511.52190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 2 against 2 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.

Kenya ranks 32nd and Malaysia ranks 32nd of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Liberal democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.