Germany vs Malawi: Political Polarization Score

Germany
0.191
in 2025
Malawi
0.327
in 2025
Germany rank
89th
Malawi rank
87th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Germany
  • Malawi
-202190019622025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.327 against 0.191 in Germany, a difference of 0.136.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.7 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 89th and Malawi ranks 87th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Political Polarization Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 20,575 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which society is divided into hostile political camps, where political differences undermine social relationships and discourage interaction across ideological lines.