Statizoid

Laos vs Saudi Arabia: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Laos
-1.45
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
-1.4
in 2025
Laos rank
160th
Saudi Arabia rank
158th

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Laos
  • Saudi Arabia
-3-2-10190019622025

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports -1.4 against -1.45 in Laos, a difference of 0.053.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 160th and Saudi Arabia ranks 158th 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.