Eswatini vs Italy: Respect for Counterarguments Score
Eswatini
0.242
in 2025
Italy
0.292
in 2025
Eswatini rank
100th
Italy rank
99th
Respect for Counterarguments Score over time
- Eswatini
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.292 against 0.242 in Eswatini, a difference of 0.05.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Italy ahead.
Eswatini ranks 100th and Italy ranks 99th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.21 | 0.528 | 1.74 | Italy |
| 1910s | -0.569 | 0.649 | 1.22 | Italy |
| 1920s | -0.569 | -2.16 | 1.59 | Eswatini |
| 1930s | -0.569 | -3.52 | 2.95 | Eswatini |
| 1940s | -0.569 | -0.8149 | 0.2459 | Eswatini |
| 1950s | -0.569 | 1.89 | 2.46 | Italy |
| 1960s | -0.5012 | 1.99 | 2.49 | Italy |
| 1970s | -0.21 | 1.91 | 2.12 | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.1658 | 1.91 | 1.75 | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.413 | 2.07 | 1.66 | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.413 | 2.23 | 1.81 | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.3388 | 1.98 | 1.64 | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.0855 | 0.8283 | 0.7428 | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Eswatini or Italy?
- Italy, at 0.292 against 0.242 in Eswatini as of 2025.
- What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Eswatini and Italy?
- 0.05, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Italy?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and Italy rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
- Eswatini ranks 100th and Italy ranks 99th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β 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.