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Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Ismail Sabri Yaakob

🇲🇾Malaysia

Rank #259
Score: 50
About Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Ismail Sabri Yaakob (b.1960) was Prime Minister 2021–2022. A senior UMNO figure and former minister, his brief government handled economic recovery and coalition management after the Sheraton Move and pandemic shocks. He is known as a pragmatic party politician with a long ministerial career.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Malaysia HDI ≈ 0.8195/10
Source: UNDP — Malaysia country insights (2022)
GDP per capita
Malaysia GDP per capita (PPP) — World Bank context4/10
Source: World Bank — Malaysia country data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini index (country-level proxy)3/10
Source: World Bank — Gini index (Malaysia) (2019)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILO/World Bank)3/5
Source: World Bank / ILO — Malaysia labour indicators (2022)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Malaysia (Partly Free)3/10
Source: Freedom House — Malaysia profile (2022)
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — CPI context (Malaysia)2/5
Source: Transparency International — CPI 2023 (2023)

Derived Criminal Score
No final criminal convictions recorded in public domain20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)