China vs Jordan: Justified Political Positions Score

China
0.225
in 2025
Jordan
0.212
in 2025
China rank
110th
Jordan rank
111th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • China
  • Jordan
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

China currently reports 0.225 against 0.212 in Jordan, a difference of 0.013.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was China ahead.

China ranks 110th and Jordan ranks 111th of 175 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, China averaged higher in 8 and Jordan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Jordan Difference Ahead
1920s -0.4512 -1.58 1.13 China
1930s -0.3988 -1.11 0.7112 China
1940s -0.5535 -1.11 0.5565 China
1950s -0.8085 -0.606 0.2025 Jordan
1960s -1.03 -0.48 0.5542 Jordan
1970s -0.9359 -0.48 0.4559 Jordan
1980s 0.5719 -0.48 1.05 China
1990s 0.4905 -0.1872 0.6777 China
2000s 1.25 0.288 0.9571 China
2010s 1.09 0.3443 0.7437 China
2020s 0.5235 0.2833 0.2402 China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, China or Jordan?
China, at 0.225 against 0.212 in Jordan as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between China and Jordan?
0.013, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Jordan?
104 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 2025.
How do China and Jordan rank globally for justified political positions score?
China ranks 110th and Jordan ranks 111th 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.