Australia vs Kuwait: Political Polarization Score

Australia
-1.16
in 2025
Kuwait
-1.18
in 2025
Australia rank
141st
Kuwait rank
143rd

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Australia
  • Kuwait
-3-2-1190019622025

How they compare

Australia currently reports -1.16 against -1.18 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.023.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 141st and Kuwait ranks 143rd of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Political Polarization Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 20,575 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which society is divided into hostile political camps, where political differences undermine social relationships and discourage interaction across ideological lines.