El Salvador vs South Sudan: Respect for Counterarguments Score

El Salvador
-0.925
in 2025
South Sudan
-1.22
in 2025
El Salvador rank
151st
South Sudan rank
154th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • El Salvador
  • South Sudan
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports -0.925 against -1.22 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.295.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Sudan ahead.

El Salvador ranks 151st and South Sudan ranks 154th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and South Sudan in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador South Sudan Difference Ahead
1900s -1.69 -0.529 1.16 South Sudan
1910s -1.69 -0.529 1.16 South Sudan
1920s -1.69 -0.529 1.16 South Sudan
1930s -2.11 -0.529 1.59 South Sudan
1940s -1.98 -0.529 1.45 South Sudan
1950s -1.35 -0.7156 0.6324 South Sudan
1960s -1.32 -1.3 0.0186 South Sudan
1970s -1.52 -1.28 0.2372 South Sudan
1980s -0.8445 -0.9516 0.1071 El Salvador
1990s 0.1531 -1.41 1.56 El Salvador
2000s 0.3298 -1.24 1.57 El Salvador
2010s 0.2482 -0.9696 1.22 El Salvador
2020s -1.11 -0.9957 0.1137 South Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, El Salvador or South Sudan?
El Salvador, at -0.925 against -1.22 in South Sudan as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between El Salvador and South Sudan?
0.295, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and South Sudan?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and South Sudan rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
El Salvador ranks 151st and South Sudan ranks 154th 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.