Political rights score fh in Malawi
Malawi: Political rights score fh was 30 in 2025. β² Rising
Latest (2025)
30
Change on year
up 7.1%
World rank
81st
of 197 countries
All-time high
30
in 2025
All-time low
23
in 2002
Years of data
24
2002β2025
Political rights score fh in Malawi, 2002β2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 30 for political rights score fh in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score fh in Malawi peaked at 30 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23, in 2002.
That places Malawi 81st 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.62 | 23 | 26 | 8 |
| 2010s | 26.1 | 25 | 27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29 | 28 | 30 | 6 |
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More social development data for Malawi
- 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)
- Political rights rating fh 2 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate -33.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.806 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.462 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.557 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.767 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score fh in Malawi?
- Political rights score fh in Malawi was 30 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score fh recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 30 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political rights score fh recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for political rights score fh?
- Malawi ranks 81st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score fh rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political rights score fh. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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