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.

MalawiSouth Sudan

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Change since 1900, index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

All years Since 1950 Since 1990 Since 2010

Values Change

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World

MalawiSouth SudanWorld

Latest figures

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2025
Malawi	0.81 2025	0.82	73 of 175
South Sudan	0.23 2025	0.17	159 of 175
World	0.65 2025	0.69

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

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

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

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time