Egypt vs New Zealand: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Egypt
-0.205
in 2025
New Zealand
-0.181
in 2025
Egypt rank
126th
New Zealand rank
123rd

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Egypt
  • New Zealand
-1-0.500.511.5190019622025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports -0.181 against -0.205 in Egypt, a difference of 0.024.

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

Egypt ranks 126th and New Zealand ranks 123rd of 175 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt New Zealand Difference Ahead
1900s -0.233 0.703 0.936 New Zealand
1910s -0.233 0.3033 0.5363 New Zealand
1920s -0.233 0.791 1.02 New Zealand
1930s -0.233 0.9215 1.15 New Zealand
1940s -0.233 0.6652 0.8982 New Zealand
1950s -0.8306 0.8709 1.7 New Zealand
1960s -0.98 1.05 2.04 New Zealand
1970s -0.08 1.04 1.12 New Zealand
1980s -0.08 0.8995 0.9795 New Zealand
1990s -0.1047 1.03 1.14 New Zealand
2000s -0.3472 1.06 1.41 New Zealand
2010s -0.5248 1.06 1.58 New Zealand
2020s -0.6858 0.7545 1.44 New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Egypt or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at -0.181 against -0.205 in Egypt as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Egypt and New Zealand?
0.024, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and New Zealand?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Egypt and New Zealand rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
Egypt ranks 126th 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.