Brazil vs Uruguay: Respect for Counterarguments Score
Brazil
0.962
in 2025
Uruguay
0.975
in 2025
Brazil rank
57th
Uruguay rank
56th
Respect for Counterarguments Score over time
- Brazil
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.975 against 0.962 in Brazil, a difference of 0.013.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.
Brazil ranks 57th and Uruguay ranks 56th of 175 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.08 | 0.6405 | 1.72 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | -1.08 | 1.01 | 2.09 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | -1.08 | 1.41 | 2.5 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | -1.14 | 1.03 | 2.17 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | -1.07 | 1.7 | 2.77 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0.399 | 2.47 | 2.07 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | -1.14 | 2.02 | 3.16 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | -1.9 | -1.08 | 0.8263 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | -0.2042 | 0.2354 | 0.4396 | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.34 | 1.98 | 0.6414 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.43 | 1.86 | 0.4254 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.25 | 1.69 | 0.4389 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.8763 | 1.19 | 0.3138 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Brazil or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.975 against 0.962 in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Brazil and Uruguay?
- 0.013, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Uruguay rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
- Brazil ranks 57th and Uruguay ranks 56th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Respect for Counterarguments Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.