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Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

šŸ‡²šŸ‡¾Malaysia

Rank #205
Score: 54
About Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim (b.1947) is Prime Minister of Malaysia (since November 24, 2022). A longtime opposition leader and reformist, Anwar has focused his government on economic recovery, institutional reforms and regional diplomacy while managing a broad coalition. His political career includes long periods as reform advocate, periods of imprisonment in highly contested prosecutions, and later rehabilitation into government leadership.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Malaysia HDI ā‰ˆ 0.819 (country context)6/10
Source: UNDP Human Development ā€” Malaysia country insights (2022)
GDP per capita
Malaysia GDP per capita (PPP) ā€” World Bank country profile6/10
Source: World Bank ā€” Malaysia country data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Malaysia Gini (country-level inequality proxy)3/10
Source: World Bank / TheGlobalEconomy ā€” Gini index (Malaysia) (2019)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILO/World Bank country data)3/5
Source: World Bank / ILO ā€” labour indicators for Malaysia (2023)
Freedom index
Freedom House ā€” Malaysia: Partly Free (score 53/100)3/10
Source: Freedom House ā€” Malaysia country report (2024)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l ā€” Malaysia CPI context (CPI 2023/2024 series)2/5
Source: Transparency International ā€” CPI (country overview) (2023)

Derived Criminal Score
Notable politically charged prosecutions in 1990sā€“2000s; convictions later overturned or pardoned in subsequent legal/political processes (counted as notable cases, no current final convictions recorded)18/20
Source: Biographical / legal reporting (historical cases) (1999)