Libya vs Yemen: Political Polarization Score

Libya
2.48
in 2025
Yemen
2.81
in 2025
Libya rank
10th
Yemen rank
7th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Libya
  • Yemen
0123190019622025

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 2.81 against 2.48 in Libya, a difference of 0.334.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 10th and Yemen ranks 7th 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.