Bhutan vs East Timor: Political Polarization Score

Bhutan
-0.894
in 2025
East Timor
-0.879
in 2025
Bhutan rank
129th
East Timor rank
127th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Bhutan
  • East Timor
-4-202190019622025

How they compare

East Timor currently reports -0.879 against -0.894 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.015.

Across all 126 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 129th and East Timor ranks 127th of 174 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan East Timor Difference Ahead
1900s -1.96 0.654 2.62 East Timor
1910s -2.22 0.2802 2.5 East Timor
1920s -2.22 0.12 2.34 East Timor
1930s -2.22 0.12 2.34 East Timor
1940s -2.22 0.12 2.34 East Timor
1950s -2.65 0.12 2.77 East Timor
1960s -2.63 0.12 2.75 East Timor
1970s -2.63 1.36 3.99 East Timor
1980s -2.17 2.39 4.57 East Timor
1990s -2.62 2.39 5.02 East Timor
2000s -2.19 -0.9705 1.22 East Timor
2010s -1.18 -0.4338 0.7442 East Timor
2020s -1.08 -0.392 0.6903 East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political polarization score, Bhutan or East Timor?
East Timor, at -0.879 against -0.894 in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in political polarization score between Bhutan and East Timor?
0.015, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and East Timor?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and East Timor rank globally for political polarization score?
Bhutan ranks 129th and East Timor ranks 127th 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.