Lithuania vs Papua New Guinea: Political Polarization Score

Lithuania
-0.869
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
-0.884
in 2025
Lithuania rank
126th
Papua New Guinea rank
128th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Lithuania
  • Papua New Guinea
-4-202190019622025

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports -0.869 against -0.884 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Lithuania ahead.

Lithuania ranks 126th and Papua New Guinea ranks 128th of 174 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 9 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lithuania Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1900s 1.21 -3.1 4.3 Lithuania
1910s 0.6533 -3.1 3.75 Lithuania
1920s -0.8698 -3.1 2.23 Lithuania
1930s -0.4466 -3.1 2.65 Lithuania
1940s 0.9357 -3.1 4.03 Lithuania
1950s 0.929 -3.1 4.02 Lithuania
1960s 0.4231 -3.1 3.52 Lithuania
1970s 0.37 -1.92 2.29 Lithuania
1980s 0.241 -0.895 1.14 Lithuania
1990s -1.36 -0.895 0.4615 Papua New Guinea
2000s -2.9 -2.08 0.8126 Papua New Guinea
2010s -2.83 -1.52 1.32 Papua New Guinea
2020s -1.24 -1.04 0.2065 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political polarization score, Lithuania or Papua New Guinea?
Lithuania, at -0.869 against -0.884 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in political polarization score between Lithuania and Papua New Guinea?
0.015, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Papua New Guinea?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Lithuania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for political polarization score?
Lithuania ranks 126th and Papua New Guinea ranks 128th 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.