Benin vs Gabon: Political Polarization Score

Benin
-0.273
in 2025
Gabon
-0.347
in 2025
Benin rank
106th
Gabon rank
109th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Benin
  • Gabon
-2-10190019622025

How they compare

Benin currently reports -0.273 against -0.347 in Gabon, a difference of 0.074.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 106th and Gabon ranks 109th 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.