Namibia vs North Macedonia: Justified Political Positions Score

Namibia
0.551
in 2025
North Macedonia
0.56
in 2025
Namibia rank
90th
North Macedonia rank
88th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Namibia
  • North Macedonia
-3-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

North Macedonia currently reports 0.56 against 0.551 in Namibia, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 90th and North Macedonia ranks 88th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 5 and North Macedonia in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia North Macedonia Difference Ahead
1900s -0.889 -2.8 1.92 Namibia
1910s -0.889 -1.3 0.4109 Namibia
1920s -0.889 -0.3747 0.5143 North Macedonia
1930s -0.889 -0.395 0.494 North Macedonia
1940s -0.889 -1.4 0.5063 Namibia
1950s -0.889 -0.5456 0.3434 North Macedonia
1960s -0.7348 0.085 0.8198 North Macedonia
1970s -0.632 0.085 0.717 North Macedonia
1980s -0.146 0.2368 0.3828 North Macedonia
1990s 1.13 -0.1756 1.31 Namibia
2000s 1.13 1.09 0.038 Namibia
2010s 0.9693 1.17 0.1979 North Macedonia
2020s 0.551 0.8192 0.2682 North Macedonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Namibia or North Macedonia?
North Macedonia, at 0.56 against 0.551 in Namibia as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Namibia and North Macedonia?
0.009, with North Macedonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and North Macedonia?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Namibia and North Macedonia rank globally for justified political positions score?
Namibia ranks 90th and North Macedonia ranks 88th 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.