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
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
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.