Democratic change in Maldives
Maldives: Democratic change was 2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 175 countries
All-time high
2
in 1933
All-time low
0
in 2010
Years of data
126
1900–2025
Democratic change in Maldives, 1900–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2 for democratic change in 2025. That is the highest value across all 126 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, democratic change in Maldives peaked at 2 in 1933 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2010.
Maldives ranks 1st of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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More reference data data for Maldives
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 150.41 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Democracy 6 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 5 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democratic change in Maldives?
- Democratic change in Maldives was 2 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democratic change recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1933.
- What is the lowest democratic change recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2010.
- How does Maldives rank for democratic change?
- Maldives ranks 1st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democratic change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.