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
-2-101190019622025

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

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.