Statizoid

Lesotho vs Panama: Respect for Counterarguments Score

Lesotho
0.653
in 2025
Panama
0.667
in 2025
Lesotho rank
74th
Panama rank
73rd

Respect for Counterarguments Score over time

  • Lesotho
  • Panama
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.667 against 0.653 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.014.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 74th and Panama ranks 73rd 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.