Canada vs Lesotho: Respect for Counterarguments Score
Canada
0.603
in 2025
Lesotho
0.653
in 2025
Canada rank
77th
Lesotho rank
74th
Respect for Counterarguments Score over time
- Canada
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.653 against 0.603 in Canada, a difference of 0.05.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 77th and Lesotho ranks 74th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 12 and Lesotho in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.31 | -0.293 | 1.61 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1.05 | -0.293 | 1.34 | Canada |
| 1920s | 1.45 | -0.293 | 1.74 | Canada |
| 1930s | 1.38 | -0.293 | 1.68 | Canada |
| 1940s | 1.18 | -0.293 | 1.47 | Canada |
| 1950s | 1.72 | -0.293 | 2.01 | Canada |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.4169 | 1.58 | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.71 | -1.62 | 3.33 | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.52 | -1.37 | 2.89 | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.35 | -0.1329 | 1.49 | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.09 | 0.0674 | 1.02 | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.15 | 0.7325 | 0.4134 | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.7202 | 0.9148 | 0.1947 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Canada or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.653 against 0.603 in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Canada and Lesotho?
- 0.05, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Lesotho?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Lesotho rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
- Canada ranks 77th and Lesotho ranks 74th 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.