Eswatini vs Trinidad and Tobago: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Eswatini
0.242
in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago
0.229
in 2025
Eswatini rank
100th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
103rd

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Eswatini
  • Trinidad and Tobago
-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.242 against 0.229 in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 0.013.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Trinidad and Tobago's.

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

Eswatini ranks 100th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 103rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 6 and Trinidad and Tobago in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1900s -1.21 -1.53 0.3202 Eswatini
1910s -0.569 -1.53 0.965 Eswatini
1920s -0.569 -1.31 0.743 Eswatini
1930s -0.569 -1.09 0.521 Eswatini
1940s -0.569 -1.09 0.521 Eswatini
1950s -0.569 -0.6546 0.0856 Eswatini
1960s -0.5012 -0.0762 0.425 Trinidad and Tobago
1970s -0.21 0.4732 0.6832 Trinidad and Tobago
1980s 0.1658 0.662 0.4962 Trinidad and Tobago
1990s 0.413 0.662 0.249 Trinidad and Tobago
2000s 0.413 1.12 0.708 Trinidad and Tobago
2010s 0.3388 1.17 0.8302 Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 0.0855 1.14 1.06 Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Eswatini or Trinidad and Tobago?
Eswatini, at 0.242 against 0.229 in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Eswatini and Trinidad and Tobago?
0.013, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Trinidad and Tobago?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Eswatini and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
Eswatini ranks 100th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 103rd 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.