Kenya vs Malawi: Centralization of Political Power Index

Kenya
0.18
in 2025
Malawi
0.193
in 2025
Kenya rank
119th
Malawi rank
116th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Malawi
0.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.193 against 0.18 in Kenya, a difference of 0.013.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 119th and Malawi ranks 116th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Centralization of Political Power Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which the executive is unconstrained by the legislature, judiciary, electoral management body, and other oversight.