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