Malawi vs South Sudan: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.81 of 1 in Malawi and 0.23 of 1 in South Sudan, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0.58 of 1, or 3.54 times that in South Sudan.

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What the numbers say

Malawi has been higher since 1990, when it overtook South Sudan.
In 2025, Malawi ranked 73 and South Sudan ranked 159 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	Malawi	South Sudan	World
2025	0.81	0.23	0.65
2024	0.8	0.24	0.65
2023	0.79	0.22	0.66
2022	0.82	0.17	0.66
2021	0.87	0.2	0.67
2020	0.87	0.19	0.67
2019	0.83	0.2	0.68
2018	0.83	0.14	0.68
2017	0.8	0.12	0.68
2016	0.78	0.14	0.68
2015	0.82	0.17	0.69
2014	0.77	0.16	0.69
2013	0.78	0.2	0.7
2012	0.74	0.31	0.7
2011	0.72	0.32	0.7
2010	0.73	0.15	0.7
2009	0.72	0.16	0.69
2008	0.72	0.16	0.69
2007	0.73	0.15	0.69
2006	0.73	0.15	0.69
2005	0.73	0.15	0.69
2004	0.68	0.13	0.69
2003	0.65	0.1	0.69
2002	0.65	0.1	0.68
2001	0.65	0.1	0.68
2000	0.61	0.1	0.67
1999	0.6	0.09	0.66
1998	0.6	0.09	0.65
1997	0.6	0.09	0.65
1996	0.6	0.09	0.65
1995	0.58	0.09	0.65
1994	0.35	0.09	0.64
1993	0.16	0.08	0.63
1992	0.09	0.08	0.62
1991	0.09	0.08	0.6
1990	0.09	0.08	0.57
1989	0.09	0.17	0.51
1988	0.09	0.44	0.5
1987	0.09	0.46	0.5
1986	0.09	0.46	0.49
1985	0.09	0.42	0.48
1984	0.09	0.24	0.47
1983	0.09	0.23	0.47
1982	0.09	0.24	0.46
1981	0.09	0.24	0.46
1980	0.09	0.24	0.46
1979	0.09	0.22	0.45
1978	0.09	0.22	0.44
1977	0.09	0.21	0.44
1976	0.09	0.21	0.44
1975	0.09	0.21	0.44
1974	0.09	0.21	0.43
1973	0.09	0.21	0.43
1972	0.09	0.21	0.44
1971	0.09	0.2	0.44
1970	0.08	0.2	0.44
1969	0.08	0.21	0.44
1968	0.08	0.44	0.45
1967	0.08	0.44	0.45
1966	0.08	0.44	0.46
1965	0.12	0.44	0.46
1964	0.13	0.34	0.46
1963	0.15	0.23	0.46
1962	0.15	0.23	0.46
1961	0.15	0.24	0.46
1960	0.12	0.24	0.46
1959	0.08	0.25	0.44
1958	0.08	0.47	0.44
1957	0.08	0.48	0.43
1956	0.08	0.48	0.43
1955	0.08	0.43	0.43
1954	0.07	0.45	0.43
1953	0.07	0.44	0.43
1952	0.07	0.27	0.43
1951	0.07	0.27	0.43
1950	0.07	0.27	0.42
1949	0.07	0.27	0.42
1948	0.07	0.27	0.42
1947	0.07	0.27	0.42
1946	0.07	0.27	0.42
1945	0.07	0.27	0.38
1944	0.07	0.27	0.35
1943	0.07	0.27	0.35
1942	0.07	0.27	0.35
1941	0.07	0.27	0.35
1940	0.07	0.27	0.36
1939	0.07	0.27	0.38
1938	0.07	0.27	0.39
1937	0.07	0.27	0.39
1936	0.07	0.27	0.39
1935	0.07	0.27	0.4
1934	0.07	0.27	0.4
1933	0.07	0.27	0.4
1932	0.07	0.27	0.41
1931	0.07	0.27	0.41
1930	0.07	0.27	0.41
1929	0.07	0.26	0.41
1928	0.07	0.26	0.41
1927	0.06	0.26	0.41
1926	0.06	0.26	0.41
1925	0.06	0.25	0.41
1924	0.06	0.25	0.42
1923	0.06	0.26	0.41
1922	0.06	0.26	0.42
1921	0.06	0.26	0.42
1920	0.06	0.24	0.42
1919	0.06	0.24	0.41
1918	0.06	0.24	0.4
1917	0.06	0.24	0.39
1916	0.06	0.24	0.39
1915	0.06	0.24	0.4
1914	0.06	0.24	0.4
1913	0.06	0.24	0.41
1912	0.06	0.24	0.41
1911	0.06	0.24	0.41
1910	0.06	0.24	0.41
1909	0.06	0.24	0.41
1908	0.06	0.24	0.41
1907	0.06	0.24	0.41
1906	0.06	0.24	0.41
1905	0.06	0.24	0.41
1904	0.06	0.24	0.41
1903	0.06	0.24	0.41
1902	0.06	0.24	0.41
1901	0.06	0.24	0.41
1900	0.06	0.24	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	–	0.4	0.44
1883	–	0.4	0.44
1882	–	0.4	0.44
1881	–	0.41	0.44
1880	–	0.42	0.44
1879	–	0.42	0.45
1878	–	0.4	0.45
1877	–	0.38	0.44
1876	–	0.37	0.45
1875	–	0.37	0.45
1874	–	0.37	0.45
1873	–	0.37	0.45
1872	–	0.37	0.44
1871	–	0.37	0.45
1870	–	0.37	0.44
1869	–	0.36	0.44
1868	–	0.36	0.43
1867	–	0.36	0.44
1866	–	0.36	0.43
1865	–	0.36	0.43
1864	–	0.36	0.42
1863	–	0.36	0.43
1862	–	0.36	0.43
1861	–	0.36	0.42
1860	–	0.36	0.41
1859	–	0.36	0.4
1858	–	0.36	0.4
1857	–	0.36	0.4
1856	–	0.36	0.4
1855	–	0.36	0.4
1854	–	0.36	0.4
1853	–	0.36	0.4
1852	–	0.36	0.39
1851	–	0.36	0.39
1850	–	0.34	0.39
1849	–	0.35	0.41
1848	–	0.33	0.4
1847	–	0.33	0.38
1846	–	0.33	0.38
1845	–	0.33	0.37
1844	–	0.33	0.37
1843	–	0.33	0.37
1842	–	0.33	0.37
1841	–	0.32	0.37
1840	–	0.32	0.36
1839	–	0.31	0.36
1838	–	0.31	0.36
1837	–	0.31	0.36
1836	–	0.31	0.36
1835	–	0.31	0.36
1834	–	0.31	0.35
1833	–	0.31	0.35
1832	–	0.31	0.35
1831	–	0.31	0.35
1830	–	0.31	0.35
1829	–	0.31	0.35
1828	–	0.31	0.35
1827	–	0.31	0.35
1826	–	0.31	0.35
1825	–	0.31	0.35
1824	–	0.31	0.34
1823	–	0.31	0.35
1822	–	0.31	0.34
1821	–	0.31	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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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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