Malawi vs Singapore: Transparent laws
Malawi
1
in 2025
Singapore
1
in 2025
Malawi rank
1st
Singapore rank
1st
Transparent laws over time
- Malawi
- Singapore
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1 against 1 in Singapore, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 1st and Singapore ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Singapore | 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 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Singapore |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Singapore |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Singapore |
| 1990s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Singapore |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Singapore |
| 2020s | 0.8333 | 1 | 0.1667 | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher transparent laws, Malawi or Singapore?
- Malawi, at 1 against 1 in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in transparent laws between Malawi and Singapore?
- 0, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Singapore?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Singapore rank globally for transparent laws?
- Malawi ranks 1st and Singapore ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Transparent laws. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether laws are transparent, coherent, and relatively stable, and their enforcement predictable.