Azerbaijan vs Laos: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Azerbaijan
-1.29
in 2025
Laos
-1.45
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
157th
Laos rank
160th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Laos
-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports -1.29 against -1.45 in Laos, a difference of 0.155.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Laos ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 157th and Laos ranks 160th 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which political elites acknowledge and respect counterarguments when considering important policy changes.