Mahathir Mohamad
Legacy
🇲🇾Malaysia
Rank #62
Score: 69
About Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir Mohamad (b.1925) served multiple terms as Malaysia’s Prime Minister (1981–2003; 2018–2020). A dominant figure in modern Malaysian politics, he oversaw industrialisation and nation-building policies across decades and later returned to politics as an elder statesman. His long career mixes major development achievements with controversies over centralized power during parts of his rule.
HDI
Malaysia HDI ≈ 0.819 (historical context across Mahathir's terms)8/10
GDP per capita
Malaysia GDP per capita (PPP) — strong growth in Mahathir 1980s–1990s industrialisation era7/10
Gini coefficient
Gini index (historic/modern context)3/10
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (historic/modern context)4/5
Freedom index
Freedom House — Malaysia historical and modern assessments4/10
Corruption index
Transparency Int'l — CPI context for Malaysia (historic/modern)3/5
Derived Criminal Score
No final criminal convictions recorded in public domain20/20