Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.42 of 1 in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.81 of 1 in Malawi, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0.39 of 1, or 1.92 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Malawi has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 135 and Malawi ranked 73 of 175 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

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Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Malawi	World
2025	0.42	0.81	0.65
2024	0.4	0.8	0.65
2023	0.46	0.79	0.66
2022	0.51	0.82	0.66
2021	0.51	0.87	0.67
2020	0.49	0.87	0.67
2019	0.53	0.83	0.68
2018	0.4	0.83	0.68
2017	0.37	0.8	0.68
2016	0.4	0.78	0.68
2015	0.42	0.82	0.69
2014	0.43	0.77	0.69
2013	0.42	0.78	0.7
2012	0.42	0.74	0.7
2011	0.42	0.72	0.7
2010	0.43	0.73	0.7
2009	0.41	0.72	0.69
2008	0.38	0.72	0.69
2007	0.38	0.73	0.69
2006	0.38	0.73	0.69
2005	0.38	0.73	0.69
2004	0.37	0.68	0.69
2003	0.34	0.65	0.69
2002	0.32	0.65	0.68
2001	0.31	0.65	0.68
2000	0.3	0.61	0.67
1999	0.29	0.6	0.66
1998	0.27	0.6	0.65
1997	0.18	0.6	0.65
1996	0.23	0.6	0.65
1995	0.22	0.58	0.65
1994	0.21	0.35	0.64
1993	0.21	0.16	0.63
1992	0.21	0.09	0.62
1991	0.21	0.09	0.6
1990	0.18	0.09	0.57
1989	0.12	0.09	0.51
1988	0.12	0.09	0.5
1987	0.11	0.09	0.5
1986	0.11	0.09	0.49
1985	0.11	0.09	0.48
1984	0.11	0.09	0.47
1983	0.11	0.09	0.47
1982	0.11	0.09	0.46
1981	0.11	0.09	0.46
1980	0.11	0.09	0.46
1979	0.11	0.09	0.45
1978	0.11	0.09	0.44
1977	0.11	0.09	0.44
1976	0.11	0.09	0.44
1975	0.11	0.09	0.44
1974	0.11	0.09	0.43
1973	0.11	0.09	0.43
1972	0.11	0.09	0.44
1971	0.11	0.09	0.44
1970	0.1	0.08	0.44
1969	0.11	0.08	0.44
1968	0.11	0.08	0.45
1967	0.11	0.08	0.45
1966	0.14	0.08	0.46
1965	0.2	0.12	0.46
1964	0.23	0.13	0.46
1963	0.23	0.15	0.46
1962	0.23	0.15	0.46
1961	0.23	0.15	0.46
1960	0.21	0.12	0.46
1959	0.07	0.08	0.44
1958	0.06	0.08	0.44
1957	0.05	0.08	0.43
1956	0.05	0.08	0.43
1955	0.05	0.08	0.43
1954	0.03	0.07	0.43
1953	0.03	0.07	0.43
1952	0.03	0.07	0.43
1951	0.03	0.07	0.43
1950	0.03	0.07	0.42
1949	0.04	0.07	0.42
1948	0.04	0.07	0.42
1947	0.04	0.07	0.42
1946	0.04	0.07	0.42
1945	0.03	0.07	0.38
1944	0.03	0.07	0.35
1943	0.03	0.07	0.35
1942	0.03	0.07	0.35
1941	0.03	0.07	0.35
1940	0.03	0.07	0.36
1939	0.03	0.07	0.38
1938	0.03	0.07	0.39
1937	0.03	0.07	0.39
1936	0.03	0.07	0.39
1935	0.03	0.07	0.4
1934	0.03	0.07	0.4
1933	0.03	0.07	0.4
1932	0.03	0.07	0.41
1931	0.03	0.07	0.41
1930	0.03	0.07	0.41
1929	0.03	0.07	0.41
1928	0.03	0.07	0.41
1927	0.03	0.06	0.41
1926	0.03	0.06	0.41
1925	0.03	0.06	0.41
1924	0.03	0.06	0.42
1923	0.03	0.06	0.41
1922	0.03	0.06	0.42
1921	0.03	0.06	0.42
1920	0.03	0.06	0.42
1919	0.04	0.06	0.41
1918	0.04	0.06	0.4
1917	0.04	0.06	0.39
1916	0.04	0.06	0.39
1915	0.04	0.06	0.4
1914	0.04	0.06	0.4
1913	0.04	0.06	0.41
1912	0.04	0.06	0.41
1911	0.04	0.06	0.41
1910	0.04	0.06	0.41
1909	0.04	0.06	0.41
1908	0.06	0.06	0.41
1907	0.06	0.06	0.41
1906	0.06	0.06	0.41
1905	0.06	0.06	0.41
1904	0.06	0.06	0.41
1903	0.06	0.06	0.41
1902	0.06	0.06	0.41
1901	0.06	0.06	0.41
1900	0.06	0.06	0.41
1899	–	–	0.47
1898	–	–	0.47
1897	–	–	0.46
1896	–	–	0.47
1895	–	–	0.46
1894	–	–	0.46
1893	–	–	0.46
1892	–	–	0.45
1891	–	–	0.45
1890	–	–	0.45
1889	–	–	0.45
1888	–	–	0.45
1887	–	–	0.45
1886	–	–	0.44
1885	–	–	0.44
1884	–	–	0.44
1883	–	–	0.44
1882	–	–	0.44
1881	–	–	0.44
1880	–	–	0.44
1879	–	–	0.45
1878	–	–	0.45
1877	–	–	0.44
1876	–	–	0.45
1875	–	–	0.45
1874	–	–	0.45
1873	–	–	0.45
1872	–	–	0.44
1871	–	–	0.45
1870	–	–	0.44
1869	–	–	0.44
1868	–	–	0.43
1867	–	–	0.44
1866	–	–	0.43
1865	–	–	0.43
1864	–	–	0.42
1863	–	–	0.43
1862	–	–	0.43
1861	–	–	0.42
1860	–	–	0.41
1859	–	–	0.4
1858	–	–	0.4
1857	–	–	0.4
1856	–	–	0.4
1855	–	–	0.4
1854	–	–	0.4
1853	–	–	0.4
1852	–	–	0.39
1851	–	–	0.39
1850	–	–	0.39
1849	–	–	0.41
1848	–	–	0.4
1847	–	–	0.38
1846	–	–	0.38
1845	–	–	0.37
1844	–	–	0.37
1843	–	–	0.37
1842	–	–	0.37
1841	–	–	0.37
1840	–	–	0.36
1839	–	–	0.36
1838	–	–	0.36
1837	–	–	0.36
1836	–	–	0.36
1835	–	–	0.36
1834	–	–	0.35
1833	–	–	0.35
1832	–	–	0.35
1831	–	–	0.35
1830	–	–	0.35
1829	–	–	0.35
1828	–	–	0.35
1827	–	–	0.35
1826	–	–	0.35
1825	–	–	0.35
1824	–	–	0.34
1823	–	–	0.35
1822	–	–	0.34
1821	–	–	0.34
1820	–	–	0.33
1819	–	–	0.32
1818	–	–	0.31
1817	–	–	0.31
1816	–	–	0.32
1815	–	–	0.32
1814	–	–	0.3
1813	–	–	0.29
1812	–	–	0.28
1811	–	–	0.28
1810	–	–	0.29
1809	–	–	0.29
1808	–	–	0.28
1807	–	–	0.28
1806	–	–	0.27
1805	–	–	0.27
1804	–	–	0.27
1803	–	–	0.27
1802	–	–	0.27
1801	–	–	0.27
1800	–	–	0.27
1799	–	–	0.28
1798	–	–	0.27
1797	–	–	0.27
1796	–	–	0.27
1795	–	–	0.27
1794	–	–	0.27
1793	–	–	0.27
1792	–	–	0.27
1791	–	–	0.27
1790	–	–	0.27
1789	–	–	0.27

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Good to know

V-Dem’s civil liberties index: how free people are from government violence and how far they hold private and political liberties, from 0 to 1.
Source: V-Dem (2026), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 175 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Congo - Kinshasa vs Malawi

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Politics

Electoral democracyCongo - Kinshasa: 0.31 of 1 in 2025Malawi: 0.56 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Malawi: 0 deaths in 2022