Estonia vs Japan: Political Polarization Score

Estonia
-1.74
in 2025
Japan
-1.74
in 2025
Estonia rank
162nd
Japan rank
161st

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Estonia
  • Japan
-202190019622025

How they compare

Japan currently reports -1.74 against -1.74 in Estonia, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 162nd and Japan ranks 161st 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.