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Malawi vs Namibia: Centralization of Political Power Index

Malawi
0.193
in 2025
Namibia
0.184
in 2025
Malawi rank
116th
Namibia rank
118th

Centralization of Political Power Index over time

  • Malawi
  • Namibia
0.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.193 against 0.184 in Namibia, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Namibia ahead.

Malawi ranks 116th and Namibia ranks 118th 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.