Barbados vs Luxembourg: Political Polarization Score

Barbados
-1.78
in 2024
Luxembourg
-1.85
in 2025
Barbados rank
163rd
Luxembourg rank
165th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Barbados
  • Luxembourg
-4-202190019622025

How they compare

Barbados currently reports -1.78 against -1.85 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.07.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Barbados ranks 163rd and Luxembourg ranks 165th of 174 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Luxembourg in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Luxembourg Difference Ahead
1900s -1.11 -0.571 0.543 Luxembourg
1910s -1.11 -0.5947 0.5193 Luxembourg
1920s -1.11 -0.808 0.306 Luxembourg
1930s -1.11 -0.6494 0.4629 Luxembourg
1940s -1.36 -0.1592 1.2 Luxembourg
1950s -1.75 -2.26 0.5096 Barbados
1960s -2.46 -2.3 0.162 Luxembourg
1970s -3.15 -2.3 0.849 Luxembourg
1980s -3.46 -2.3 1.16 Luxembourg
1990s -3.31 -2.3 1.01 Luxembourg
2000s -3.54 -2.3 1.24 Luxembourg
2010s -3.37 -2.3 1.07 Luxembourg
2020s -2.06 -2.11 0.0468 Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political polarization score, Barbados or Luxembourg?
Barbados, at -1.78 against -1.85 in Luxembourg as of 2024.
What is the difference in political polarization score between Barbados and Luxembourg?
0.07, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Luxembourg?
125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Luxembourg rank globally for political polarization score?
Barbados ranks 163rd and Luxembourg ranks 165th 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.