Lithuania vs Sierra Leone: Justified Political Positions Score

Lithuania
0.913
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.951
in 2025
Lithuania rank
71st
Sierra Leone rank
70th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Lithuania
  • Sierra Leone
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.951 against 0.913 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.038.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Lithuania ranks 71st and Sierra Leone ranks 70th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 6 and Sierra Leone in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lithuania Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1900s -1.41 -0.216 1.2 Sierra Leone
1910s -0.3873 -0.216 0.1713 Sierra Leone
1920s -0.0145 -0.216 0.2015 Lithuania
1930s -1.96 -0.216 1.74 Sierra Leone
1940s 0.2658 -0.216 0.4818 Lithuania
1950s 0.2656 0.1416 0.124 Lithuania
1960s 0.292 1.07 0.782 Sierra Leone
1970s 0.292 0.854 0.562 Sierra Leone
1980s 0.7613 0.854 0.0927 Sierra Leone
1990s 1.77 0.6615 1.11 Lithuania
2000s 1.58 0.7867 0.7903 Lithuania
2010s 1.14 1.14 0.0011 Lithuania
2020s 1.31 1.4 0.0817 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Lithuania or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.951 against 0.913 in Lithuania as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Lithuania and Sierra Leone?
0.038, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Sierra Leone?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Lithuania and Sierra Leone rank globally for justified political positions score?
Lithuania ranks 71st and Sierra Leone ranks 70th 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.