Congo vs Iran: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Congo
-0.213
in 2025
Iran
-0.221
in 2025
Congo rank
128th
Iran rank
129th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Congo
  • Iran
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Congo currently reports -0.213 against -0.221 in Iran, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 128th and Iran ranks 129th 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.