Statizoid

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guatemala: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.465
in 2025
Guatemala
0.489
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
91st
Guatemala rank
88th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Guatemala
-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 0.489 against 0.465 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.024.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 91st and Guatemala ranks 88th 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
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political elites acknowledge and respect counterarguments when considering important policy changes.