Political Rights Score in Madagascar
Madagascar: Political Rights Score was 16 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Madagascar, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Madagascar is 16, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 23.8% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Madagascar peaked at 27 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2010.
That places Madagascar 124th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 24 | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23 | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 22 | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 | -59.1% |
| 2010 | 7 | -22.2% |
| 2011 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 | +114.3% |
| 2014 | 22 | +46.7% |
| 2015 | 24 | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 26 | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 27 | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24 | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 21 | -12.5% |
| 2025 | 16 | -23.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 16 is above the median for low income countries, which is 3, 5.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 16 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Rights Score in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +114.3% | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | -59.1% | 22 | 9 |
| 2014 | +46.7% | 15 | 22 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.62 | 9 | 25 | 8 |
| 2010s | 18 | 7 | 26 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.67 | 16 | 27 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More social development data for Madagascar
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 87 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 637 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 637 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Madagascar?
- Political rights score in Madagascar was 16 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 27 in 2020.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2010.
- How does Madagascar rank for political rights score?
- Madagascar ranks 124th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.