Malaysia vs Panama: Free and fair elections

Malaysia
1
in 2025
Panama
1
in 2025
Malaysia rank
1st
Panama rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Malaysia
  • Panama
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 1st and Panama 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
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.