Statizoid

Malaysia vs Malta: Media Corruption Score

Malaysia
1.04
in 2025
Malta
1.09
in 2025
Malaysia rank
63rd
Malta rank
61st

Media Corruption Score over time

  • Malaysia
  • Malta
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Malta currently reports 1.09 against 1.04 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.047.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Malta ahead.

Malaysia ranks 63rd and Malta ranks 61st of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Media Corruption Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 18,887 data points, 1900–2025
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Gauges the frequency with which journalists, publishers, or broadcasters accept payments to modify news content, indicating the integrity (or corruption) of the media sphere.