Lesotho vs Namibia: Political Polarization Score

Lesotho
-0.518
in 2025
Namibia
-0.466
in 2025
Lesotho rank
114th
Namibia rank
113th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
-10123190019622025

How they compare

Namibia currently reports -0.466 against -0.518 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.052.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Namibia ahead.

Lesotho ranks 114th and Namibia ranks 113th 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.