Lesotho vs Malaysia: Free and fair elections

Lesotho
1
in 2025
Malaysia
1
in 2025
Lesotho rank
1st
Malaysia rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malaysia ahead.

Lesotho ranks 1st and Malaysia ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Free and fair elections
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,000 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.