Canada vs Netherlands: Justified Political Positions Score
Canada
2.23
in 2025
Netherlands
2.35
in 2025
Canada rank
13th
Netherlands rank
11th
Justified Political Positions Score over time
- Canada
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 2.35 against 2.23 in Canada, a difference of 0.12.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 13th and Netherlands ranks 11th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 10 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.86 | 1.51 | 0.356 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1.49 | 1.32 | 0.1729 | Canada |
| 1920s | 2.49 | 1.09 | 1.4 | Canada |
| 1930s | 2.61 | 1.26 | 1.34 | Canada |
| 1940s | 1.99 | 1.21 | 0.7822 | Canada |
| 1950s | 2.55 | 1.94 | 0.617 | Canada |
| 1960s | 2.66 | 1.94 | 0.7241 | Canada |
| 1970s | 2.14 | 2.56 | 0.417 | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 2.18 | 2.04 | 0.134 | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.18 | 2.04 | 0.134 | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.08 | 1.89 | 0.1869 | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.95 | 1.99 | 0.039 | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 1.53 | 2.55 | 1.02 | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher justified political positions score, Canada or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 2.35 against 2.23 in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in justified political positions score between Canada and Netherlands?
- 0.12, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Netherlands?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Netherlands rank globally for justified political positions score?
- Canada ranks 13th and Netherlands ranks 11th 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.