Barbados vs Kuwait: Justified Political Positions Score

Barbados
1.81
in 2025
Kuwait
1.75
in 2025
Barbados rank
28th
Kuwait rank
31st

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Barbados
  • Kuwait
-10123190019622025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1.81 against 1.75 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.06.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kuwait ahead.

Barbados ranks 28th and Kuwait ranks 31st of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Kuwait in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Kuwait Difference Ahead
1900s -1.35 -0.141 1.21 Kuwait
1910s -1.35 -0.129 1.22 Kuwait
1920s -1.35 -0.117 1.24 Kuwait
1930s -1.35 -0.0247 1.33 Kuwait
1940s -0.788 0.405 1.19 Kuwait
1950s -0.1064 0.405 0.5114 Kuwait
1960s 0.4676 1.24 0.776 Kuwait
1970s 0.592 1.13 0.5408 Kuwait
1980s 0.592 1.11 0.5186 Kuwait
1990s 1.26 0.9206 0.3439 Barbados
2000s 2.24 1.01 1.24 Barbados
2010s 2.02 1.37 0.6583 Barbados
2020s 1.81 1.4 0.4103 Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Barbados or Kuwait?
Barbados, at 1.81 against 1.75 in Kuwait as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Barbados and Kuwait?
0.06, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Kuwait?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Kuwait rank globally for justified political positions score?
Barbados ranks 28th and Kuwait ranks 31st of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Justified Political Positions Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Justified Political Positions Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.