Malawi vs Maldives: Judicial Checks on Government Index
Malawi
0.732
in 2025
Maldives
0.722
in 2025
Malawi rank
74th
Maldives rank
76th
Judicial Checks on Government Index over time
- Malawi
- Maldives
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.732 against 0.722 in Maldives, a difference of 0.01.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 74th and Maldives ranks 76th of 176 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.311 | 0.053 | 0.258 | Malawi |
| 1910s | 0.311 | 0.053 | 0.258 | Malawi |
| 1920s | 0.311 | 0.053 | 0.258 | Malawi |
| 1930s | 0.311 | 0.0762 | 0.2348 | Malawi |
| 1940s | 0.311 | 0.082 | 0.229 | Malawi |
| 1950s | 0.311 | 0.082 | 0.229 | Malawi |
| 1960s | 0.3561 | 0.0832 | 0.2729 | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.409 | 0.0795 | 0.3295 | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.409 | 0.043 | 0.366 | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.6015 | 0.043 | 0.5585 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.7626 | 0.1248 | 0.6378 | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.7441 | 0.3527 | 0.3914 | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.7823 | 0.7722 | 0.0102 | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Malawi or Maldives?
- Malawi, at 0.732 against 0.722 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Malawi and Maldives?
- 0.01, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Maldives?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Maldives rank globally for judicial checks on government index?
- Malawi ranks 74th and Maldives ranks 76th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Judicial Checks on Government Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive respects the constitution, complies with the judiciary and high courts, and higher and lower courts are independent.