Justified Political Positions Score by country
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
3.74
Germany
Lowest
-2.76
Cameroon
Median
0.5525
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,802
What the numbers show
Justified Political Positions Score is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 3.74 in Germany; the lowest is -2.76 in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5525, and the mean is 0.5466.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 8,320.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 1,422.5%).
Justified Political Positions Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3.74 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Norway | 3.35 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3.06 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | South Korea | 2.92 | 2025 | up 301.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 2.91 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Uruguay | 2.73 | 2025 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 2.47 | 2025 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 2.46 | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Finland | 2.41 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Netherlands | 2.35 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 2.23 | 2025 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 14 | Denmark | 2.2 | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 2.18 | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 2.14 | 2025 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Singapore | 2.13 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 2.12 | 2025 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 2.06 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 2.05 | 2025 | up 149.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.05 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Seychelles | 2.05 | 2025 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 2.02 | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Kenya | 2 | 2025 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovenia | 1.92 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Sweden | 1.9 | 2025 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 1.88 | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Barbados | 1.81 | 2025 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 1.78 | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 1.77 | 2025 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Kuwait | 1.75 | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 1.7 | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Jamaica | 1.69 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Suriname | 1.66 | 2025 | up 406.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Togo | 1.64 | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 1.62 | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Moldova | 1.6 | 2025 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 1.6 | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Liberia | 1.57 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.56 | 2025 | up 426.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Taiwan | 1.55 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 1.49 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 1.48 | 2025 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Latvia | 1.44 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Bhutan | 1.4 | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Iceland | 1.36 | 2025 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 48 | Iraq | 1.36 | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Niger | 1.36 | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Croatia | 1.29 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Gambia | 1.28 | 2025 | up 421.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 1.26 | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Greece | 1.25 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Austria | 1.24 | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Fiji | 1.23 | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.17 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 1.16 | 2025 | up 1,060.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 1.16 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Spain | 1.15 | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Benin | 1.15 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 1.15 | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Georgia | 1.1 | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Senegal | 1.08 | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Maldives | 1.07 | 2025 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Morocco | 1.06 | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Rwanda | 1.04 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Nigeria | 1.04 | 2025 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Libya | 1.04 | 2025 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Lebanon | 0.978 | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.951 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Lithuania | 0.913 | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 72 | East Timor | 0.909 | 2025 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 0.908 | 2025 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 73 | New Zealand | 0.908 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 75 | Indonesia | 0.866 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 0.864 | 2025 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 0.855 | 2025 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0.83 | 2025 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Haiti | 0.79 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 0.785 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.774 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 0.773 | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 0.74 | 2025 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.705 | 2025 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 0.691 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 86 | India | 0.67 | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Vietnam | 0.58 | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.56 | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 0.554 | 2025 | up 338.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Namibia | 0.551 | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Colombia | 0.546 | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 0.523 | 2025 | up 2,373.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Somalia | 0.518 | 2025 | up 1,002.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 0.514 | 2025 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.492 | 2025 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 96 | Mali | 0.469 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0.439 | 2025 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Qatar | 0.424 | 2025 | up 193.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Guyana | 0.421 | 2025 | up 8,320.0% | volatile |
| 99 | United States | 0.421 | 2025 | down 85.0% | rising |
| 101 | Lesotho | 0.418 | 2025 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 0.418 | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Uganda | 0.394 | 2025 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.389 | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Syria | 0.354 | 2025 | up 116.1% | falling |
| 106 | Panama | 0.348 | 2025 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Thailand | 0.307 | 2025 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Argentina | 0.257 | 2025 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.231 | 2025 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 110 | China | 0.225 | 2025 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 0.212 | 2025 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Tanzania | 0.184 | 2025 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 0.175 | 2025 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 0.167 | 2025 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Ecuador | 0.148 | 2025 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Mozambique | 0.083 | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 0.074 | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Iran | 0.038 | 2025 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 0.036 | 2025 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Congo | 0.01 | 2025 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Gabon | 0.004 | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Madagascar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | -0.026 | 2025 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Mexico | -0.052 | 2025 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Djibouti | -0.087 | 2025 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Algeria | -0.093 | 2025 | down 117.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Honduras | -0.107 | 2025 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritania | -0.136 | 2025 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | -0.141 | 2025 | down 119.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Romania | -0.161 | 2025 | down 111.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | -0.17 | 2025 | down 116.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Chad | -0.186 | 2025 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Nepal | -0.203 | 2025 | down 127.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Angola | -0.236 | 2025 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Botswana | -0.246 | 2025 | down 132.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Peru | -0.267 | 2025 | down 131.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.278 | 2025 | down 127.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Laos | -0.329 | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Cambodia | -0.499 | 2025 | down 945.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Egypt | -0.513 | 2025 | down 757.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Hungary | -0.519 | 2025 | down 383.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Russia | -0.534 | 2025 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Central African Republic | -0.571 | 2025 | down 226.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovakia | -0.575 | 2025 | down 178.3% | volatile |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | -0.579 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Tajikistan | -0.598 | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Myanmar | -0.631 | 2025 | down 160.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | -0.65 | 2025 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 149 | Hong Kong | -0.677 | 2025 | down 158.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | -0.689 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Pakistan | -0.691 | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Albania | -0.767 | 2025 | down 965.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Oman | -0.823 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | -0.84 | 2025 | down 300.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | -0.871 | 2025 | down 924.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Turkey | -0.93 | 2025 | down 252.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Paraguay | -0.945 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 158 | Eritrea | -0.999 | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Sudan | -1.1 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 160 | Bolivia | -1.12 | 2025 | down 228.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | -1.13 | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | -1.16 | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Guinea | -1.37 | 2025 | down 199.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | -1.42 | 2025 | down 879.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Afghanistan | -1.52 | 2025 | down 211.2% | rising |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.82 | 2025 | down 64.3% | rising |
| 167 | Eswatini | -1.83 | 2025 | down 105.6% | falling |
| 168 | Palestine | -1.95 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Nicaragua | -1.96 | 2025 | down 1,422.5% | volatile |
| 170 | North Korea | -2 | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Belarus | -2.04 | 2025 | down 110.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Yemen | -2.09 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 173 | South Sudan | -2.41 | 2025 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 174 | Venezuela | -2.5 | 2025 | down 117.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Cameroon | -2.76 | 2025 | down 95.8% | falling |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.