Bahrain vs France: Political Polarization Score

Bahrain
1.36
in 2025
France
1.43
in 2025
Bahrain rank
44th
France rank
41st

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Bahrain
  • France
012190019622025

How they compare

France currently reports 1.43 against 1.36 in Bahrain, a difference of 0.067.

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

Bahrain ranks 44th and France ranks 41st 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.