Chile vs Latvia: Justified Political Positions Score

Chile
1.48
in 2025
Latvia
1.44
in 2025
Chile rank
44th
Latvia rank
45th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Chile
  • Latvia
-2-10123190019622025

How they compare

Chile currently reports 1.48 against 1.44 in Latvia, a difference of 0.04.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 44th and Latvia ranks 45th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 8 and Latvia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Latvia Difference Ahead
1900s -0.686 -1.41 0.7261 Chile
1910s -0.499 -0.4555 0.0435 Latvia
1920s -0.3903 1.02 1.41 Latvia
1930s -0.6099 0.0463 0.6562 Latvia
1940s 0.538 0.2658 0.2722 Chile
1950s 0.2795 0.2656 0.0139 Chile
1960s 0.9996 0.292 0.7076 Chile
1970s -1.25 0.292 1.55 Latvia
1980s -1.75 0.7613 2.51 Latvia
1990s 1.45 0.8089 0.6447 Chile
2000s 2.09 1.17 0.9219 Chile
2010s 2.17 1.57 0.5974 Chile
2020s 1.55 1.44 0.1163 Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Chile or Latvia?
Chile, at 1.48 against 1.44 in Latvia as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Chile and Latvia?
0.04, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Latvia?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Chile and Latvia rank globally for justified political positions score?
Chile ranks 44th and Latvia ranks 45th 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.