Skip to content
Nations Inquiry — home

Data for 1992

Political Polarization, 1992

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 1992 covers 171 countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina is highest, at 3.170; Ireland is lowest, at -2.987. The middle country reads -0.461. Against 1991, 53 values changed (22 up, 31 down), 2 countries joined.

Download CSVCite this year
Share

Share this page

Political Polarization · Data for 1992

HighestBosnia and Herzegovina

3.170

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, 1992, 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 171 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Polarization, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe3.170
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2.834
3AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.779
4El SalvadorSLVCentral America2.723
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2.554
6GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia2.543
7MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2.487
8TogoTGOWestern Africa2.427
9Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia2.392
10IraqIRQWestern Asia2.326
11MadagascarMDGEastern Africa1.764
12GuatemalaGTMCentral America1.588
13Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1.581
14EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.551
15South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.474
16GuyanaGUYSouth America1.435
17MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1.303
=18Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa1.282
=18RwandaRWAEastern Africa1.282
20AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia1.268
21CameroonCMRMiddle Africa1.254
22ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.195
23DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1.141
24BahrainBHRWestern Asia1.127
25SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.100

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina3.170
  2. 2Somalia2.834
  3. 3Afghanistan2.779
  4. 4El Salvador2.723
  5. 5Angola2.554

Lowest

  1. 171Ireland-2.987
  2. 170Barbados-2.781
  3. 169Turkmenistan-2.718
  4. 168Denmark-2.640
  5. 167New Zealand-2.613

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.461. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 53values changed, of 169 in both
  • 22 · 31rose · fell
  • 116unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Afghanistan+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1992.

  • 168 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.282. 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 171 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1992). Political Polarization, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/1992

0636 held

Other years

07Questions

Political Polarization, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 1992?

Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 3.170, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 1992 cover?

171.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 1992?

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, 1992 the newest?

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

Feedback

Feedback

How are we doing?

Two answers are required — a rating and your email. The rest is up to you.