Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Justified Political Positions Score

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.492
in 2025
Somalia
0.518
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
95th
Somalia rank
93rd

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Somalia
-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.518 against 0.492 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.026.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 93rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Somalia Difference Ahead
1900s -2.72 -2.82 0.099 Democratic Republic of Congo
1910s -2.72 -2.82 0.099 Democratic Republic of Congo
1920s -2.72 -2.82 0.099 Democratic Republic of Congo
1930s -2.72 -2.82 0.099 Democratic Republic of Congo
1940s -2.56 -2.16 0.398 Somalia
1950s -2.18 -1.3 0.8788 Somalia
1960s -1.76 -0.627 1.13 Somalia
1970s -1.71 -1.14 0.568 Somalia
1980s -1.69 -1.14 0.5493 Somalia
1990s -1.69 -1.14 0.5567 Somalia
2000s -1.17 -1.03 0.1434 Somalia
2010s -0.7025 0.1783 0.8808 Somalia
2020s 0.587 0.4855 0.1015 Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Democratic Republic of Congo or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.518 against 0.492 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia?
0.026, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia rank globally for justified political positions score?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 93rd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Justified Political Positions Score. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/justified-political-positions-score/congo-dem-rep/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/justified-political-positions-score/congo-dem-rep/somalia-fed-rep/">Democratic Republic of Congo vs Somalia: Justified Political Positions Score</a> β€” Statizoid

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.