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Political Polarization, 1990

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 1990 covers 166 countries. Georgia is highest, at 2.935; Ireland is lowest, at -2.987. The middle country reads -0.341.

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Political Polarization · Data for 1990

HighestGeorgia

2.935

LowestIreland

-2.987

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Polarization, 1990, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Polarization, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia2.935
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2.834
3El SalvadorSLVCentral America2.723
4AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2.554
5MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2.487
6Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia2.392
7IraqIRQWestern Asia2.326
8South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.203
9CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia1.831
10CameroonCMRMiddle Africa1.729
11AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia1.590
12GuatemalaGTMCentral America1.588
13Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1.581
14LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.559
15EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.551
16TogoTGOWestern Africa1.536
17ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.518
18EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1.430
19MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1.303
20EritreaERIEastern Africa1.219
21SenegalSENWestern Africa1.190
22MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1.183
23Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa1.175
24GuyanaGUYSouth America1.155
25RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.144

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Georgia2.935
  2. 2Somalia2.834
  3. 3El Salvador2.723
  4. 4Angola2.554
  5. 5Myanmar2.487

Lowest

  1. 166Ireland-2.987
  2. 165Barbados-2.781
  3. 164Botswana-2.741
  4. 163Turkmenistan-2.718
  5. 162Denmark-2.640

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.341. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 164 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.341. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Political Polarization, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/1990

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06Questions

Political Polarization, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 1990?

Georgia, at 2.935, of the 166 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 1990 cover?

166.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Political Polarization, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Political Polarization, 2025.

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