Malawi: Clean elections index
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| Malawi |
Clean elections index |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 0.611 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | index points |
| Data availability | 1960 - 2023 |
| Average | 0.462 |
| Min - Max | 0.000 - 0.700 |
| Source | Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) |
The latest value from 2023 is 0.611 index points, an increase from 0.601 index points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.537 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for Malawi from 1960 to 2023 is 0.462 index points. The minimum value, 0 index points, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 0.7 index points was recorded in 1962.
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Definition: Measures the extent to which elections are free and fair with absence of registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation, vote buying, and election violence.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral democracy index | 0.580 | 2023 | index points |
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| Participatory democracy index | 0.362 | 2023 | index points |
| Deliberative democracy index | 0.445 | 2023 | index points |
| Egalitarian democracy index | 0.324 | 2023 | index points |
| Government accountability | 1.015 | 2023 | index points |
| Freedom of expression | 0.787 | 2023 | index points |
| Political corruption | 0.644 | 2023 | index points |
| Women political empowerment | 0.779 | 2023 | index points |
| Academic freedom | 0.820 | 2023 | index points |
| Clean elections index | 0.611 | 2023 | index points |
| Judicial constraints on executive | 0.823 | 2023 | index points |
| Legislative constraints on executive | 0.876 | 2023 | index points |
| Civil society participation index | 0.832 | 2023 | index points |
| Direct popular vote index | 0.013 | 2023 | index points |
| Equal protection index | 0.725 | 2023 | index points |
| Presidential elections | 0.00 | 2023 | 1 elections, 0 otherwise |
| Parliamentary elections | 0.00 | 2023 | 1 elections, 0 otherwise |