Statizoid

Germany vs Sri Lanka: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Germany
1.45
in 2025
Sri Lanka
1.51
in 2025
Germany rank
27th
Sri Lanka rank
26th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Germany
  • Sri Lanka
-4-202190019622025

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.51 against 1.45 in Germany, a difference of 0.061.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Germany ranks 27th and Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 175 countries.

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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.