Kenya vs Malaysia: Competitive elections

Kenya
1
in 2025
Malaysia
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
Malaysia rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was Malaysia ahead.

Kenya ranks 1st and Malaysia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Competitive elections
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Whether the outcomes of elections are uncertain because their timing is not violated, voters are not systematically coerced, and election fraud is not consequential.