Civil Rights Score in Malawi
Malawi: Civil Rights Score was 6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Malawi, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil rights score in Malawi is 6, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Malawi peaked at 7 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2007.
Malawi ranks 31st of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.33 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
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More social development data for Malawi
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 35,241 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 551 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.462 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.806 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.366 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.806 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Malawi?
- Civil rights score in Malawi was 6 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2005.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2007.
- How does Malawi rank for civil rights score?
- Malawi ranks 31st out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which civil rights are codified in law, and the state prosecutes any violations and works to prevent discrimination.