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