Lesotho vs Uganda: Justified Political Positions Score
Lesotho
0.418
in 2025
Uganda
0.394
in 2025
Lesotho rank
101st
Uganda rank
103rd
Justified Political Positions Score over time
- Lesotho
- Uganda
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.418 against 0.394 in Uganda, a difference of 0.024.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 101st and Uganda ranks 103rd of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 10 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.13 | -2.36 | 1.23 | Lesotho |
| 1910s | -1.13 | -2.36 | 1.23 | Lesotho |
| 1920s | -1.13 | -2.36 | 1.23 | Lesotho |
| 1930s | -1.13 | -2.36 | 1.23 | Lesotho |
| 1940s | -1.13 | -2.12 | 0.9966 | Lesotho |
| 1950s | -1.13 | -1.65 | 0.528 | Lesotho |
| 1960s | -0.596 | -0.4964 | 0.0996 | Uganda |
| 1970s | -0.6151 | -2.1 | 1.49 | Lesotho |
| 1980s | -0.745 | -0.3378 | 0.4072 | Uganda |
| 1990s | -0.1038 | 0.4769 | 0.5807 | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.5816 | 0.4896 | 0.092 | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.8897 | 0.6823 | 0.2074 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1.03 | 0.813 | 0.2137 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher justified political positions score, Lesotho or Uganda?
- Lesotho, at 0.418 against 0.394 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in justified political positions score between Lesotho and Uganda?
- 0.024, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Uganda?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Uganda rank globally for justified political positions score?
- Lesotho ranks 101st and Uganda ranks 103rd 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
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.