Kenya vs Malawi: Democracy
Kenya
5
in 2025
Malawi
5
in 2025
Kenya rank
74th
Malawi rank
74th
Democracy over time
- Kenya
- Malawi
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 5 against 5 in Malawi, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malawi ahead.
Kenya ranks 74th and Malawi ranks 74th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | Kenya |
| 1980s | 2.7 | 2 | 0.7 | Kenya |
| 1990s | 3 | 4 | 1 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.2 | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4.1 | 4.9 | 0.8 | Malawi |
| 2020s | 4.83 | 6 | 1.17 | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Kenya or Malawi?
- Kenya, at 5 against 5 in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Kenya and Malawi?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malawi?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Malawi rank globally for democracy?
- Kenya ranks 74th and Malawi ranks 74th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.