Guyana vs Mali: Justified Political Positions Score

Guyana
0.421
in 2025
Mali
0.469
in 2025
Guyana rank
99th
Mali rank
96th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Guyana
  • Mali
-202190019622025

How they compare

Mali currently reports 0.469 against 0.421 in Guyana, a difference of 0.048.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 99th and Mali ranks 96th of 175 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Mali Difference Ahead
1900s 0.572 -2.88 3.45 Guyana
1910s 0.572 -2.88 3.45 Guyana
1920s 0.572 -2.88 3.45 Guyana
1930s 1.6 -2.88 4.48 Guyana
1940s 1.6 -2.38 3.98 Guyana
1950s 1.93 -1.64 3.57 Guyana
1960s 1.21 -0.211 1.42 Guyana
1970s 0.75 -0.746 1.5 Guyana
1980s 0.5016 -0.746 1.25 Guyana
1990s 0.2097 1.05 0.8378 Mali
2000s 0.005 0.9614 0.9564 Mali
2010s 0.2072 0.5677 0.3605 Mali
2020s 0.4448 0.1928 0.252 Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Guyana or Mali?
Mali, at 0.469 against 0.421 in Guyana as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Guyana and Mali?
0.048, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Mali?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Guyana and Mali rank globally for justified political positions score?
Guyana ranks 99th and Mali ranks 96th 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.