Belgium vs Kuwait: Justified Political Positions Score

Belgium
1.7
in 2025
Kuwait
1.75
in 2025
Belgium rank
33rd
Kuwait rank
31st

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Belgium
  • Kuwait
-1012190019622025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 1.75 against 1.7 in Belgium, a difference of 0.05.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 33rd and Kuwait ranks 31st of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 12 and Kuwait in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Kuwait Difference Ahead
1900s 0.009 -0.141 0.15 Belgium
1910s -0.1564 -0.129 0.0274 Kuwait
1920s 0.495 -0.117 0.612 Belgium
1930s 0.495 -0.0247 0.5197 Belgium
1940s 0.6788 0.405 0.2738 Belgium
1950s 2.14 0.405 1.74 Belgium
1960s 1.81 1.24 0.5707 Belgium
1970s 1.78 1.13 0.6452 Belgium
1980s 1.78 1.11 0.6674 Belgium
1990s 1.95 0.9206 1.03 Belgium
2000s 2.2 1.01 1.19 Belgium
2010s 2.2 1.37 0.8374 Belgium
2020s 2.14 1.4 0.7352 Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Belgium or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 1.75 against 1.7 in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Belgium and Kuwait?
0.05, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Kuwait?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Kuwait rank globally for justified political positions score?
Belgium ranks 33rd 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.