El Salvador vs Turkey: Respect for Counterarguments Score

El Salvador
-0.925
in 2025
Turkey
-0.969
in 2025
El Salvador rank
151st
Turkey rank
152nd

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • El Salvador
  • Turkey
-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports -0.925 against -0.969 in Turkey, a difference of 0.044.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 151st and Turkey ranks 152nd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Turkey in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Turkey Difference Ahead
1900s -1.69 -2.71 1.02 El Salvador
1910s -1.69 -2.21 0.5198 El Salvador
1920s -1.69 -2.05 0.3633 El Salvador
1930s -2.11 -1.95 0.1601 Turkey
1940s -1.98 -1.4 0.5796 Turkey
1950s -1.35 -0.4994 0.8486 Turkey
1960s -1.32 -0.1778 1.14 Turkey
1970s -1.52 -0.1332 1.39 Turkey
1980s -0.8445 -0.2961 0.5484 Turkey
1990s 0.1531 0.253 0.0999 Turkey
2000s 0.3298 0.3067 0.0231 El Salvador
2010s 0.2482 -0.501 0.7492 El Salvador
2020s -1.11 -0.8902 0.2192 Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, El Salvador or Turkey?
El Salvador, at -0.925 against -0.969 in Turkey as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between El Salvador and Turkey?
0.044, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Turkey?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Turkey rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
El Salvador ranks 151st and Turkey ranks 152nd 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.