Which has higher equal access to power index, Madagascar or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.571 against 0.563 in Madagascar as of 2025.

What is the difference in equal access to power index between Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?

0.008, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?

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.

Madagascar vs Papua New Guinea: Equal Access to Power Index

Madagascar

0.563

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.571

in 2025

Madagascar rank

111th

Papua New Guinea rank

108th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

Madagascar
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.571 against 0.563 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 111th and Papua New Guinea ranks 108th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.07	0.038	0.032	Madagascar
1910s	0.07	0.038	0.032	Madagascar
1920s	0.07	0.038	0.032	Madagascar
1930s	0.07	0.038	0.032	Madagascar
1940s	0.07	0.092	0.022	Papua New Guinea
1950s	0.07	0.128	0.058	Papua New Guinea
1960s	0.528	0.1448	0.3832	Madagascar
1970s	0.5446	0.4245	0.1201	Madagascar
1980s	0.5635	0.572	0.0085	Papua New Guinea
1990s	0.5971	0.572	0.0251	Madagascar
2000s	0.5589	0.609	0.0501	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.5883	0.6086	0.0203	Papua New Guinea
2020s	0.5013	0.589	0.0877	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal access to power index, Madagascar or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.571 against 0.563 in Madagascar as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal access to power index between Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?: 0.008, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Madagascar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for equal access to power index?: Madagascar ranks 111th and Papua New Guinea ranks 108th 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.