Madagascar vs Malaysia: Political Polarization Score

Madagascar
2.38
in 2025
Malaysia
2.45
in 2025
Madagascar rank
13th
Malaysia rank
12th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 2.45 against 2.38 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.078.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 13th and Malaysia ranks 12th 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.