Bulgaria vs Lithuania: Justified Political Positions Score

Bulgaria
0.908
in 2025
Lithuania
0.913
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
73rd
Lithuania rank
71st

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Lithuania
-2-10123190019622025

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.913 against 0.908 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.005.

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

Bulgaria ranks 73rd and Lithuania ranks 71st of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Lithuania in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Lithuania Difference Ahead
1900s 1.17 -1.41 2.59 Bulgaria
1910s 1.21 -0.3873 1.6 Bulgaria
1920s 1.46 -0.0145 1.48 Bulgaria
1930s 1.2 -1.96 3.16 Bulgaria
1940s 0.0493 0.2658 0.2165 Lithuania
1950s -2.05 0.2656 2.32 Lithuania
1960s -2.09 0.292 2.38 Lithuania
1970s -2.09 0.292 2.38 Lithuania
1980s -2.09 0.7613 2.85 Lithuania
1990s 1.86 1.77 0.0903 Bulgaria
2000s 1.48 1.58 0.0943 Lithuania
2010s 0.4409 1.14 0.6955 Lithuania
2020s 1.04 1.31 0.2782 Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Bulgaria or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 0.913 against 0.908 in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Bulgaria and Lithuania?
0.005, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Lithuania?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Lithuania rank globally for justified political positions score?
Bulgaria ranks 73rd and Lithuania ranks 71st 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.