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Countries by political polarization
How far society is split into antagonistic political camps, from 0 (not at all) to 4 (yes, to a large extent) (V-Dem experts). 172 countries ranked for 2025 (score).
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| 1 |  Myanmar | 3.68 score | +776.2% | ▲ 62 |
| 2 |  Poland | 3.36 score | +86.7% | ▲ 13 |
| 3 |  Turkey | 3.36 score | +15.1% | = |
| 4 |  Brazil | 3.22 score | +455.2% | ▲ 52 |
| 5 |  Belarus | 3.18 score | +218.0% | ▲ 34 |
| 6 |  Nicaragua | 3.14 score | +6380.0% | ▲ 78 |
| 7 |  Yemen | 2.81 score | -1.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 8 |  Romania | 2.55 score | +1242.1% | ▲ 65 |
| 9 |  Peru | 2.52 score | +1426.3% | ▲ 78 |
| 10 |  Libya | 2.48 score | -17.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 11 |  Hungary | 2.47 score | +0.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 12 |  Malaysia | 2.45 score | +62.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 13 |  Madagascar | 2.38 score | +183.3% | ▲ 33 |
| 14 |  Bangladesh | 2.37 score | +69.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 15 |  Afghanistan | 2.32 score | +1833.3% | ▲ 64 |
| 16 |  United States | 2.3 score | +360.0% | ▲ 45 |
| 17 |  South Sudan | 2.23 score | +291.2% | ▲ 41 |
| 18 |  Venezuela | 2.23 score | +7.2% | ▼ 9 |
| 19 |  Armenia | 2.22 score | +909.1% | ▲ 51 |
| 20 |  Azerbaijan | 2.18 score | +282.5% | ▲ 37 |
| 21 |  Mexico | 2.13 score | +1114.3% | ▲ 67 |
| 22 |  Cameroon | 2.09 score | +34.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 23 |  India | 2.08 score | +20.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 24 |  Slovenia | 2.04 score | +423.1% | ▲ 40 |
| 25 |  Chad | 1.97 score | +8.2% | ▼ 11 |
| 26 |  Guinea | 1.92 score | -17.2% | ▼ 19 |
| 27 |  Argentina | 1.9 score | +0.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 28 |  Colombia | 1.89 score | +110.0% | ▲ 15 |
| 29 |  Ukraine | 1.8 score | -3.7% | ▼ 17 |
| 30 |  Georgia | 1.75 score | +56.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 31 |  Liberia | 1.68 score | +833.3% | ▲ 45 |
| 32 |  Eswatini | 1.64 score | +23.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 33 |  Bolivia | 1.62 score | +189.3% | ▲ 26 |
| 34 |  Moldova | 1.6 score | +2566.7% | ▲ 46 |
| 35 |  Lebanon | 1.59 score | +93.9% | ▲ 12 |
| 36 |  Thailand | 1.56 score | -16.1% | ▼ 23 |
| 37 |  Burkina Faso | 1.53 score | +239.1% | ▲ 87 |
| 38 |  El Salvador | 1.53 score | +98.7% | ▲ 14 |
| 39 |  Somalia | 1.45 score | -6.5% | ▼ 19 |
| 40 |  South Korea | 1.44 score | +700.0% | ▲ 35 |
| 41 |  France | 1.43 score | +376.7% | ▲ 26 |
| 42 |  Slovakia | 1.42 score | +336.7% | ▲ 65 |
| 43 |  Republic of Serbia | 1.37 score | +1622.2% | ▲ 43 |
| 44 |  Bahrain | 1.36 score | -38.5% | ▼ 36 |
| 45 |  Bulgaria | 1.29 score | +230.3% | ▲ 75 |
| 46 |  Central African Republic | 1.27 score | +49.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 47 |  Mozambique | 1.26 score | +212.5% | ▲ 82 |
| 48 |  Russia | 1.24 score | +25.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 49 |  Zimbabwe | 1.24 score | -38.0% | ▼ 39 |
| 50 |  Comoros | 1.22 score | +54.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 51 |  Ecuador | 1.22 score | -12.2% | ▼ 26 |
| 52 |  Eritrea | 1.22 score | -19.7% | ▼ 31 |
| 53 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.21 score | -2.4% | ▼ 22 |
| 54 |  Croatia | 1.2 score | +81.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 55 |  Iran | 1.05 score | +25.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 56 |  Burundi | 1.03 score | -60.2% | ▼ 51 |
| 57 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 1 score | -13.0% | ▼ 23 |
| 58 |  Cambodia | 0.99 score | +5050.0% | ▲ 25 |
| 59 |  Pakistan | 0.99 score | +230.3% | ▲ 52 |
| 60 |  Sudan | 0.99 score | +8.8% | ▼ 18 |
| 61 |  Ethiopia | 0.98 score | +66.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 62 |  North Macedonia | 0.95 score | -38.7% | ▼ 43 |
| 63 |  Tunisia | 0.95 score | +156.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 64 |  Haiti | 0.9 score | -17.4% | ▼ 28 |
| 65 |  Malta | 0.9 score | -44.8% | ▼ 48 |
| 66 |  Ivory Coast | 0.88 score | +60.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 67 |  Morocco | 0.88 score | +218.9% | ▲ 43 |
| 68 |  Mali | 0.87 score | +89.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 69 |  Kosovo | 0.87 score | +33.8% | ▼ 15 |
| 70 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.86 score | +217.8% | ▲ 39 |
| 71 |  Honduras | 0.84 score | – | ▲ 11 |
| 72 |  Montenegro | 0.82 score | +5.1% | ▼ 22 |
| 73 |  Italy | 0.75 score | +167.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 74 |  Guatemala | 0.68 score | +215.3% | ▲ 32 |
| 75 |  Kenya | 0.67 score | +1216.7% | ▲ 10 |
| 76 |  Maldives | 0.66 score | -48.4% | ▼ 48 |
| 77 |  Sierra Leone | 0.64 score | +190.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 78 |  Vietnam | 0.6 score | +233.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 79 |  Togo | 0.53 score | -58.6% | ▼ 50 |
| 80 |  Cyprus | 0.51 score | +131.8% | ▼ 9 |
| 81 |  Philippines | 0.51 score | +139.2% | ▲ 59 |
| 82 |  Syria | 0.48 score | -84.5% | ▼ 81 |
| 83 |  Rwanda | 0.43 score | -44.9% | ▼ 32 |
| 84 |  Seychelles | 0.42 score | +68.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 85 |  Guyana | 0.39 score | -66.4% | ▼ 52 |
| 86 |  Djibouti | 0.36 score | – | ▼ 5 |
| 87 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.36 score | -70.2% | ▼ 55 |
| 88 |  Malawi | 0.33 score | +137.1% | ▲ 30 |
| 89 |  Iraq | 0.2 score | -86.1% | ▼ 66 |
| 90 |  Germany | 0.19 score | +109.1% | ▲ 70 |
| 91 |  Mauritius | 0.12 score | -91.1% | ▼ 65 |
| 92 |  Indonesia | 0.1 score | -89.1% | ▼ 51 |
| 93 |  Israel | 0.02 score | -94.4% | ▼ 27 |
| 94 |  Uganda | -0.03 score | +90.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 95 |  Austria | -0.09 score | +75.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 96 |  Spain | -0.09 score | +84.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 97 |  Netherlands | -0.09 score | +92.9% | ▲ 42 |
| 98 |  United Republic of Tanzania | -0.09 score | +91.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 99 |  China | -0.11 score | +87.1% | ▲ 15 |
| 100 |  Czechia | -0.13 score | +91.5% | ▲ 52 |
| 101 |  South Africa | -0.13 score | -192.9% | ▼ 23 |
| 102 |  Senegal | -0.14 score | +87.3% | ▲ 23 |
| 103 |  Zambia | -0.19 score | -200.0% | ▼ 29 |
| 104 |  Egypt | -0.22 score | -117.3% | ▼ 74 |
| 105 |  Republic of the Congo | -0.25 score | -132.1% | ▼ 56 |
| 106 |  Benin | -0.27 score | +76.1% | ▲ 24 |
| 107 |  Costa Rica | -0.27 score | +80.7% | ▲ 39 |
| 108 |  United Kingdom | -0.28 score | +66.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 109 |  Angola | -0.3 score | +42.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 110 |  Gabon | -0.35 score | +35.2% | ▼ 8 |
| 111 |  Canada | -0.4 score | +70.6% | ▲ 31 |
| 112 |  Niger | -0.44 score | +54.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 113 |  Nepal | -0.45 score | -144.1% | ▼ 75 |
| 114 |  Namibia | -0.47 score | +40.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 115 |  Kazakhstan | -0.52 score | -79.3% | ▼ 26 |
| 116 |  Lesotho | -0.52 score | -52.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 117 |  Singapore | -0.53 score | +53.1% | ▲ 15 |
| 118 |  Jamaica | -0.59 score | +59.0% | ▲ 31 |
| 119 |  Nigeria | -0.59 score | +58.7% | ▲ 29 |
| 120 |  Cabo Verde | -0.6 score | +32.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 121 |  Albania | -0.62 score | +59.5% | ▲ 30 |
| 122 |  Cuba | -0.63 score | -37.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 123 |  Portugal | -0.64 score | +71.7% | ▲ 42 |
| 124 |  Sweden | -0.67 score | +62.6% | ▲ 34 |
| 125 |  Suriname | -0.73 score | -14.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 126 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.76 score | -171.7% | ▼ 89 |
| 127 |  Lithuania | -0.87 score | +71.5% | ▲ 45 |
| 128 |  Papua New Guinea | -0.88 score | +47.0% | ▲ 27 |
| 129 |  Timor-Leste | -0.88 score | +22.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 130 |  Bhutan | -0.89 score | +24.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 131 |  Dominican Republic | -0.9 score | -119.5% | ▼ 36 |
| 132 |  Ghana | -0.95 score | -90.0% | ▼ 32 |
| 133 |  Belgium | -0.98 score | +38.8% | ▲ 20 |
| 134 |  Jordan | -1 score | -112.8% | ▼ 35 |
| 135 |  North Korea | -1.04 score | +0.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 136 |  Greece | -1.06 score | -125.5% | ▼ 38 |
| 137 |  Mongolia | -1.07 score | -234.4% | ▼ 47 |
| 138 |  Gambia | -1.12 score | -100.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 139 |  Sri Lanka | -1.12 score | -220.0% | ▼ 46 |
| 140 |  Panama | -1.13 score | -32.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 141 |  Australia | -1.16 score | -5.5% | ▼ 18 |
| 142 |  Taiwan | -1.16 score | +45.5% | ▲ 19 |
| 143 |  Solomon Islands | -1.17 score | +15.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 144 |  Kuwait | -1.18 score | +9.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 145 |  Finland | -1.2 score | +13.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 146 |  Paraguay | -1.27 score | -5.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 147 |  Latvia | -1.35 score | +48.9% | ▲ 23 |
| 148 |  Mauritania | -1.4 score | -19.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 149 |  New Zealand | -1.42 score | +45.6% | ▲ 20 |
| 150 |  Uzbekistan | -1.42 score | +34.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 151 |  United Arab Emirates | -1.46 score | -31.5% | ▼ 25 |
| 152 |  Iceland | -1.47 score | -72.9% | ▼ 37 |
| 153 |  Laos | -1.47 score | -167.3% | ▼ 50 |
| 154 |  Tajikistan | -1.48 score | -18.4% | ▼ 16 |
| 155 |  Switzerland | -1.52 score | +14.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 156 |  Kyrgyzstan | -1.6 score | -290.2% | ▼ 60 |
| 157 |  Chile | -1.63 score | -32.5% | ▼ 20 |
| 158 |  Denmark | -1.64 score | +49.4% | ▲ 15 |
| 159 |  Fiji | -1.69 score | -50.9% | ▼ 31 |
| 160 |  Saudi Arabia | -1.69 score | -49.6% | ▼ 29 |
| 161 |  Estonia | -1.74 score | -7.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 162 |  Japan | -1.74 score | -27.9% | ▼ 19 |
| 163 |  Uruguay | -1.81 score | +46.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 164 |  Luxembourg | -1.85 score | +19.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 165 |  Botswana | -1.9 score | -6.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 166 |  Qatar | -1.94 score | +18.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 167 |  Trinidad and Tobago | -1.99 score | +8.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 168 |  Norway | -2.11 score | -3.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 169 |  Turkmenistan | -2.21 score | +12.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 170 |  São Tomé and Principe | -2.37 score | -6.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 171 |  Ireland | -2.49 score | +14.7% | = |
| 172 |  Oman | -2.97 score | -112.1% | ▼ 25 |
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