Bhutan vs Japan: Respect for Counterarguments Score
Bhutan
2.48
in 2025
Japan
2.7
in 2025
Bhutan rank
4th
Japan rank
3rd
Respect for Counterarguments Score over time
- Bhutan
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.7 against 2.48 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.215.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 4th and Japan ranks 3rd of 175 countries.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites acknowledge and respect counterarguments when considering important policy changes.