Cape Verde vs New Zealand: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Cape Verde
-0.193
in 2025
New Zealand
-0.181
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
124th
New Zealand rank
123rd

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Cape Verde
  • New Zealand
-101190019622025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports -0.181 against -0.193 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was New Zealand ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 124th and New Zealand ranks 123rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde New Zealand Difference Ahead
1900s -1.45 0.703 2.16 New Zealand
1910s -1.45 0.3033 1.76 New Zealand
1920s -1.45 0.791 2.25 New Zealand
1930s -1.45 0.9215 2.38 New Zealand
1940s -1.45 0.6652 2.12 New Zealand
1950s -1.45 0.8709 2.32 New Zealand
1960s -1.45 1.05 2.51 New Zealand
1970s -0.7118 1.04 1.75 New Zealand
1980s 0.384 0.8995 0.5155 New Zealand
1990s 1.06 1.03 0.0313 Cape Verde
2000s 1.17 1.06 0.1098 Cape Verde
2010s 0.7136 1.06 0.3464 New Zealand
2020s 0.1625 0.7545 0.592 New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Cape Verde or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at -0.181 against -0.193 in Cape Verde as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Cape Verde and New Zealand?
0.012, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and New Zealand?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and New Zealand rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
Cape Verde ranks 124th and New Zealand ranks 123rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – 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

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.