Malawi vs Uruguay: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Malawi

0.922

in 2025

Uruguay

0.917

in 2025

Malawi rank

19th

Uruguay rank

22nd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Malawi
Uruguay

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.

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

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Malawi
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Uruguay
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.