Malawi vs Malaysia: Free and Fair Elections Index

Malawi
0.596
in 2025
Malaysia
0.598
in 2025
Malawi rank
84th
Malaysia rank
82nd

Free and Fair Elections Index over time

  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.598 against 0.596 in Malawi, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malawi ranks 84th and Malaysia ranks 82nd of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Free and Fair Elections Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,402 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.