Liberia vs Malaysia: Centralization of Political Power Index

Liberia
0.336
in 2025
Malaysia
0.29
in 2025
Liberia rank
89th
Malaysia rank
91st

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Liberia
  • Malaysia
0.20.40.60.81182119232025

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 0.336 against 0.29 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.046.

That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.

Liberia ranks 89th and Malaysia ranks 91st 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.