Malawi

Human rights in Malawi

Human rights in Malawi: 0.06 of 1 in 1900 and 0.81 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.81 of 1
Since 1900
+0.74 of 1
Rank, 2025
73 of 175
counting from the highest
World, 2025
0.65 of 1
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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Human rights in MalawiHuman rights in Malawi: 0.06 of 1 in 1900 and 0.81 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates. The highest was 0.87 of 1 in 2021, the lowest 0.06 of 1 in 1915.
Estimates, V-DemWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.87 of 1 in 2021, the lowest 0.06 of 1 in 1915.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

YearMalawiWorld
20250.810.65
20240.80.65
20230.790.66
20220.820.66
20210.870.67
20200.870.67
20190.830.68
20180.830.68
20170.80.68
20160.780.68
20150.820.69
20140.770.69
20130.780.7
20120.740.7
20110.720.7
20100.730.7
20090.720.69
20080.720.69
20070.730.69
20060.730.69
20050.730.69
20040.680.69
20030.650.69
20020.650.68
20010.650.68
20000.610.67
19990.60.66
19980.60.65
19970.60.65
19960.60.65
19950.580.65
19940.350.64
19930.160.63
19920.090.62
19910.090.6
19900.090.57
19890.090.51
19880.090.5
19870.090.5
19860.090.49
19850.090.48
19840.090.47
19830.090.47
19820.090.46
19810.090.46
19800.090.46
19790.090.45
19780.090.44
19770.090.44
19760.090.44
19750.090.44
19740.090.43
19730.090.43
19720.090.44
19710.090.44
19700.080.44
19690.080.44
19680.080.45
19670.080.45
19660.080.46
19650.120.46
19640.130.46
19630.150.46
19620.150.46
19610.150.46
19600.120.46
19590.080.44
19580.080.44
19570.080.43
19560.080.43
19550.080.43
19540.070.43
19530.070.43
19520.070.43
19510.070.43
19500.070.42
19490.070.42
19480.070.42
19470.070.42
19460.070.42
19450.070.38
19440.070.35
19430.070.35
19420.070.35
19410.070.35
19400.070.36
19390.070.38
19380.070.39
19370.070.39
19360.070.39
19350.070.4
19340.070.4
19330.070.4
19320.070.41
19310.070.41
19300.070.41
19290.070.41
19280.070.41
19270.060.41
19260.060.41
19250.060.41
19240.060.42
19230.060.41
19220.060.42
19210.060.42
19200.060.42
19190.060.41
19180.060.4
19170.060.39
19160.060.39
19150.060.4
19140.060.4
19130.060.41
19120.060.41
19110.060.41
19100.060.41
19090.060.41
19080.060.41
19070.060.41
19060.060.41
19050.060.41
19040.060.41
19030.060.41
19020.060.41
19010.060.41
19000.060.41
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

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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