Political Polarization Score by country
Central estimate of the extent to which society is divided into hostile political camps, where political differences undermine social relationships and discourage interaction across ideological lines.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
3.68
Myanmar
Lowest
-2.97
Oman
Median
0.327
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,575
What the numbers show
Political Polarization Score is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 3.68 in Myanmar; the lowest is -2.97 in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.327, and the mean is 0.292.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 28,066.7%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 292.4%).
Political Polarization Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 3.68 | 2025 | up 768.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Turkey | 3.36 | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Poland | 3.35 | 2025 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 3.22 | 2025 | up 459.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Belarus | 3.18 | 2025 | up 218.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 3.14 | 2025 | up 6,783.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Yemen | 2.81 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Romania | 2.55 | 2025 | up 1,280.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Peru | 2.52 | 2025 | up 1,398.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Libya | 2.48 | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Hungary | 2.47 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Malaysia | 2.45 | 2025 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Madagascar | 2.38 | 2025 | up 181.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 2.37 | 2025 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 2.32 | 2025 | up 1,833.3% | volatile |
| 16 | United States | 2.3 | 2025 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 17 | South Sudan | 2.23 | 2025 | up 291.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Venezuela | 2.23 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Armenia | 2.22 | 2025 | up 907.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 2.18 | 2025 | up 282.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 2.13 | 2025 | up 1,104.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.08 | 2025 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 2.08 | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovenia | 2.04 | 2025 | up 421.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Chad | 1.97 | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea | 1.92 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 1.9 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 1.89 | 2025 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1.8 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Georgia | 1.75 | 2025 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Liberia | 1.68 | 2025 | up 828.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Eswatini | 1.64 | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bolivia | 1.62 | 2025 | up 191.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Moldova | 1.6 | 2025 | up 2,701.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 1.59 | 2025 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 1.56 | 2025 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 1.53 | 2025 | up 239.9% | volatile |
| 38 | El Salvador | 1.53 | 2025 | up 99.0% | falling |
| 39 | Somalia | 1.45 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 40 | South Korea | 1.44 | 2025 | up 707.9% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 1.43 | 2025 | up 383.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovakia | 1.42 | 2025 | up 335.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Serbia | 1.37 | 2025 | up 1,618.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 1.36 | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.29 | 2025 | up 230.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 1.27 | 2025 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Mozambique | 1.26 | 2025 | up 211.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Russia | 1.24 | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 1.24 | 2025 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Comoros | 1.22 | 2025 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 1.22 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Eritrea | 1.22 | 2025 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.21 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 1.2 | 2025 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Iran | 1.05 | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Burundi | 1.03 | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Hong Kong | 1 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Cambodia | 0.988 | 2025 | up 5,300.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Sudan | 0.987 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 0.986 | 2025 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 0.984 | 2025 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 0.953 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Tunisia | 0.945 | 2025 | up 156.8% | falling |
| 64 | Haiti | 0.897 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.884 | 2025 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Morocco | 0.882 | 2025 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Mali | 0.873 | 2025 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.863 | 2025 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Honduras | 0.839 | 2025 | up 28,066.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Montenegro | 0.816 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 72 | Italy | 0.748 | 2025 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Guatemala | 0.682 | 2025 | up 215.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.669 | 2025 | up 1,215.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Maldives | 0.657 | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 0.639 | 2025 | up 191.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Vietnam | 0.6 | 2025 | up 231.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Togo | 0.528 | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0.512 | 2025 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Philippines | 0.506 | 2025 | up 138.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Syria | 0.476 | 2025 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Rwanda | 0.428 | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Seychelles | 0.422 | 2025 | up 66.8% | falling |
| 84 | Guyana | 0.387 | 2025 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Djibouti | 0.36 | 2025 | up 9,100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.359 | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Malawi | 0.327 | 2025 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 88 | Iraq | 0.197 | 2025 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Germany | 0.191 | 2025 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritius | 0.12 | 2025 | down 91.1% | rising |
| 91 | Indonesia | 0.104 | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 0.021 | 2025 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Uganda | -0.034 | 2025 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Austria | -0.088 | 2025 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Netherlands | -0.091 | 2025 | up 92.8% | falling |
| 96 | Spain | -0.092 | 2025 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Tanzania | -0.095 | 2025 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 98 | China | -0.11 | 2025 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 99 | South Africa | -0.126 | 2025 | down 186.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | -0.131 | 2025 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Senegal | -0.143 | 2025 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Zambia | -0.195 | 2025 | down 203.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Egypt | -0.22 | 2025 | down 117.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Congo | -0.25 | 2025 | down 132.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Costa Rica | -0.266 | 2025 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Benin | -0.273 | 2025 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 107 | United Kingdom | -0.281 | 2025 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 108 | Angola | -0.301 | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Gabon | -0.347 | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 110 | Canada | -0.399 | 2025 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 111 | Niger | -0.442 | 2025 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Nepal | -0.448 | 2025 | down 144.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Namibia | -0.466 | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Lesotho | -0.518 | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | -0.525 | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Singapore | -0.532 | 2025 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 117 | Nigeria | -0.594 | 2025 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | -0.595 | 2025 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 119 | Cape Verde | -0.596 | 2025 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Albania | -0.616 | 2025 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | -0.626 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Portugal | -0.641 | 2025 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Sweden | -0.668 | 2025 | up 62.7% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | -0.73 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -0.758 | 2025 | down 171.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Lithuania | -0.869 | 2025 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 127 | East Timor | -0.879 | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | -0.884 | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 129 | Bhutan | -0.894 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | -0.903 | 2025 | down 118.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Ghana | -0.955 | 2025 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Belgium | -0.98 | 2025 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Jordan | -0.998 | 2025 | down 114.2% | rising |
| 134 | North Korea | -1.04 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Greece | -1.06 | 2025 | down 122.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Mongolia | -1.07 | 2025 | down 235.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Gambia | -1.12 | 2025 | down 101.3% | rising |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | -1.12 | 2025 | down 221.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Panama | -1.13 | 2025 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Taiwan | -1.16 | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Australia | -1.16 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | -1.17 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 143 | Kuwait | -1.18 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 144 | Finland | -1.2 | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Paraguay | -1.27 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Latvia | -1.35 | 2025 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritania | -1.4 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 148 | New Zealand | -1.42 | 2025 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | -1.43 | 2025 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | -1.46 | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 151 | Iceland | -1.47 | 2025 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 152 | Laos | -1.47 | 2025 | down 170.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Tajikistan | -1.48 | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Switzerland | -1.52 | 2025 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 155 | Algeria | -1.56 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.6 | 2025 | down 292.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Chile | -1.63 | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Denmark | -1.65 | 2025 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | -1.7 | 2025 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | -1.7 | 2025 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 161 | Japan | -1.74 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 162 | Estonia | -1.74 | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | -1.78 | 2024 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 164 | Uruguay | -1.81 | 2025 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Botswana | -1.9 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | -1.93 | 2023 | down 32.1% | flat |
| 168 | Qatar | -1.94 | 2025 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | -1.99 | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 170 | Norway | -2.11 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | -2.21 | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | -2.37 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Oman | -2.97 | 2025 | down 111.7% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which society is divided into hostile political camps, where political differences undermine social relationships and discourage interaction across ideological lines.