Kenya vs Seychelles: Justified Political Positions Score

Kenya
2
in 2025
Seychelles
2.05
in 2025
Kenya rank
24th
Seychelles rank
22nd

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Kenya
  • Seychelles
-1012190019622025

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 2.05 against 2 in Kenya, a difference of 0.05.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 24th and Seychelles ranks 22nd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 10 and Seychelles in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Seychelles Difference Ahead
1900s -0.864 -1.05 0.187 Kenya
1910s -0.864 -1.05 0.187 Kenya
1920s -0.864 -1.05 0.187 Kenya
1930s -0.864 -1.05 0.187 Kenya
1940s -0.864 -0.9052 0.0412 Kenya
1950s -0.5513 -0.322 0.2293 Seychelles
1960s 0.0976 -0.2245 0.3221 Kenya
1970s 0.144 0.3216 0.1776 Seychelles
1980s 0.2994 0.217 0.0824 Kenya
1990s 1.07 0.3898 0.684 Kenya
2000s 1.22 0.7704 0.4518 Kenya
2010s 1.12 1.14 0.0161 Seychelles
2020s 1.96 1.92 0.0365 Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Kenya or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 2.05 against 2 in Kenya as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Kenya and Seychelles?
0.05, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Seychelles?
123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Seychelles rank globally for justified political positions score?
Kenya ranks 24th and Seychelles ranks 22nd 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.