Botswana vs Nepal: Justified Political Positions Score

Botswana
-0.246
in 2025
Nepal
-0.203
in 2025
Botswana rank
135th
Nepal rank
133rd

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Botswana
  • Nepal
-4-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Nepal currently reports -0.203 against -0.246 in Botswana, a difference of 0.043.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 135th and Nepal ranks 133rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 9 and Nepal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Nepal Difference Ahead
1900s -1.96 -3.61 1.65 Botswana
1910s -1.96 -3.61 1.65 Botswana
1920s -1.96 -3.61 1.65 Botswana
1930s -1.96 -3.61 1.65 Botswana
1940s -1.96 -3.61 1.65 Botswana
1950s -1.96 0.2076 2.16 Nepal
1960s -0.963 -0.4091 0.5539 Nepal
1970s 0.525 -0.673 1.2 Botswana
1980s 0.525 -0.3418 0.8668 Botswana
1990s 0.6152 1.21 0.5942 Nepal
2000s 0.9272 0.9102 0.017 Botswana
2010s 0.8026 0.8128 0.0102 Nepal
2020s 0.4282 -0.1332 0.5613 Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Botswana or Nepal?
Nepal, at -0.203 against -0.246 in Botswana as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Botswana and Nepal?
0.043, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Nepal?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Botswana and Nepal rank globally for justified political positions score?
Botswana ranks 135th and Nepal ranks 133rd 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.