Afghanistan vs China: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Afghanistan
-2.57
in 2025
China
-2.07
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
173rd
China rank
170th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Afghanistan
  • China
-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

China currently reports -2.07 against -2.57 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.502.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was China ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 173rd and China ranks 170th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Respect for Counterarguments Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political elites acknowledge and respect counterarguments when considering important policy changes.