Bangladesh vs Madagascar: Political Polarization Score

Bangladesh
2.37
in 2025
Madagascar
2.38
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
14th
Madagascar rank
13th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Madagascar
-2024190019622025

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.38 against 2.37 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Madagascar ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 13th of 174 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Madagascar Difference Ahead
1900s -1.04 -0.044 0.996 Madagascar
1910s -1.06 0.1352 1.19 Madagascar
1920s -0.726 0.1294 0.8554 Madagascar
1930s -0.726 0.516 1.24 Madagascar
1940s 0.1726 0.0375 0.1351 Bangladesh
1950s -1.61 -0.623 0.9832 Madagascar
1960s -1.21 -0.4307 0.78 Madagascar
1970s 0.7539 -0.0565 0.8104 Bangladesh
1980s 1.13 -0.3944 1.53 Bangladesh
1990s 0.8164 0.7958 0.0206 Bangladesh
2000s 0.8741 1.22 0.3441 Madagascar
2010s 1.35 1.1 0.2511 Bangladesh
2020s 2.28 1.86 0.4247 Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political polarization score, Bangladesh or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 2.38 against 2.37 in Bangladesh as of 2025.
What is the difference in political polarization score between Bangladesh and Madagascar?
0.01, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Madagascar?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and Madagascar rank globally for political polarization score?
Bangladesh ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 13th of 174 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Political Polarization Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.