Malawi vs Poland: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Malawi

0.922

in 2025

Poland

0.917

in 2025

Malawi rank

19th

Poland rank

22nd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Malawi
Poland

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.922 against 0.917 in Poland, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Poland ahead.

Malawi ranks 19th and Poland ranks 22nd of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Malawi
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Poland
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Legislative Checks on Government Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 23,601 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.