France vs South Korea: Political Polarization Score

France
1.43
in 2025
South Korea
1.44
in 2025
France rank
41st
South Korea rank
40th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • France
  • South Korea
-0.500.511.52190019622025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.44 against 1.43 in France, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Korea ahead.

France ranks 41st and South Korea ranks 40th 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.