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.

Across the 13 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 9 and Panama in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Panama Difference Ahead
1900s -0.293 -0.949 0.656 Lesotho
1910s -0.293 -0.9268 0.6338 Lesotho
1920s -0.293 -0.727 0.434 Lesotho
1930s -0.293 -0.7505 0.4575 Lesotho
1940s -0.293 -0.6667 0.3737 Lesotho
1950s -0.293 -0.315 0.022 Lesotho
1960s 0.4169 -0.128 0.5449 Lesotho
1970s -1.62 -0.087 1.53 Panama
1980s -1.37 -1.64 0.2675 Lesotho
1990s -0.1329 1.33 1.46 Panama
2000s 0.0674 1.62 1.55 Panama
2010s 0.7325 1.13 0.3986 Panama
2020s 0.9148 0.667 0.2478 Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Lesotho or Panama?
Panama, at 0.667 against 0.653 in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Lesotho and Panama?
0.014, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Panama?
123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Panama rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
Lesotho ranks 74th and Panama ranks 73rd 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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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.