Costa Rica vs Malawi: Transparent laws

Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Malawi
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Malawi rank
1st

Transparent laws over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 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.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and Malawi ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Transparent laws
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,229 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.