Guyana vs Lesotho: Justified Political Positions Score

Guyana
0.421
in 2025
Lesotho
0.418
in 2025
Guyana rank
99th
Lesotho rank
101st

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Guyana
  • Lesotho
-1012190019622025

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.421 against 0.418 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 99th and Lesotho ranks 101st of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 10 and Lesotho in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Lesotho Difference Ahead
1900s 0.572 -1.13 1.7 Guyana
1910s 0.572 -1.13 1.7 Guyana
1920s 0.572 -1.13 1.7 Guyana
1930s 1.6 -1.13 2.73 Guyana
1940s 1.6 -1.13 2.73 Guyana
1950s 1.93 -1.13 3.05 Guyana
1960s 1.21 -0.596 1.8 Guyana
1970s 0.75 -0.6151 1.37 Guyana
1980s 0.5016 -0.745 1.25 Guyana
1990s 0.2097 -0.1038 0.3135 Guyana
2000s 0.005 0.5816 0.5766 Lesotho
2010s 0.2072 0.8897 0.6825 Lesotho
2020s 0.4448 1.03 0.5818 Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Guyana or Lesotho?
Guyana, at 0.421 against 0.418 in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Guyana and Lesotho?
0.003, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Lesotho?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Guyana and Lesotho rank globally for justified political positions score?
Guyana ranks 99th and Lesotho ranks 101st 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.