Which has higher equal access to power index, Bangladesh or Maldives?

Maldives, at 0.462 against 0.44 in Bangladesh as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Maldives?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Maldives: Equal Access to Power Index

Bangladesh

0.44

in 2025

Maldives

0.462

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

126th

Maldives rank

125th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

Bangladesh
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.462 against 0.44 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.022.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 126th and Maldives ranks 125th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 11 and Maldives in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Maldives	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.5154	0.071	0.4444	Bangladesh
1910s	0.537	0.071	0.466	Bangladesh
1920s	0.549	0.071	0.478	Bangladesh
1930s	0.5935	0.071	0.5225	Bangladesh
1940s	0.518	0.071	0.447	Bangladesh
1950s	0.294	0.12	0.174	Bangladesh
1960s	0.334	0.12	0.214	Bangladesh
1970s	0.5644	0.2548	0.3096	Bangladesh
1980s	0.6026	0.3452	0.2574	Bangladesh
1990s	0.5372	0.347	0.1902	Bangladesh
2000s	0.5197	0.5119	0.0078	Bangladesh
2010s	0.4526	0.5832	0.1306	Maldives
2020s	0.3313	0.5128	0.1815	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal access to power index, Bangladesh or Maldives?: Maldives, at 0.462 against 0.44 in Bangladesh as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal access to power index between Bangladesh and Maldives?: 0.022, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Maldives?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and Maldives rank globally for equal access to power index?: Bangladesh ranks 126th and Maldives ranks 125th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Equal Access to Power Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.