Malaysia vs Namibia: Democracy

Malaysia

in 2025

Namibia

in 2025

Malaysia rank

16th

Namibia rank

16th

Democracy over time

Malaysia
Namibia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 4 against 4 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 16th and Namibia ranks 16th of 128 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Malaysia
Democracy in Namibia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 128 places, 1,394 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).