Botswana vs Peru: Justified Political Positions Score

Botswana
-0.246
in 2025
Peru
-0.267
in 2025
Botswana rank
135th
Peru rank
136th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Botswana
  • Peru
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports -0.246 against -0.267 in Peru, a difference of 0.021.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Peru ahead.

Botswana ranks 135th and Peru ranks 136th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Peru Difference Ahead
1900s -1.96 -0.816 1.14 Peru
1910s -1.96 -0.816 1.14 Peru
1920s -1.96 -1.33 0.622 Peru
1930s -1.96 -0.9258 1.03 Peru
1940s -1.96 -1.25 0.7026 Peru
1950s -1.96 -1.26 0.6934 Peru
1960s -0.963 -0.2724 0.6906 Peru
1970s 0.525 -0.905 1.43 Botswana
1980s 0.525 0.874 0.349 Peru
1990s 0.6152 -0.0058 0.621 Botswana
2000s 0.9272 1.07 0.1425 Peru
2010s 0.8026 0.8356 0.033 Peru
2020s 0.4282 -0.2235 0.6517 Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Botswana or Peru?
Botswana, at -0.246 against -0.267 in Peru as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Botswana and Peru?
0.021, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Peru?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Botswana and Peru rank globally for justified political positions score?
Botswana ranks 135th and Peru ranks 136th 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.