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Political Polarization, 2003

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 2003 covers 175 countries. Somalia is highest, at 2.834; Ireland is lowest, at -3.813. The middle country reads -0.500. Against 2002, 30 values changed (13 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Polarization · Data for 2003

HighestSomalia

2.834

LowestIreland

-3.813

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, 2003, 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 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Polarization, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2.834
2MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2.487
3ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa2.431
4TogoTGOWestern Africa2.427
5IraqIRQWestern Asia1.939
6EritreaERIEastern Africa1.852
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.630
8GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia1.588
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa1.474
10KosovoXKXSouthern Europe1.402
11EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.328
12Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.287
13SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.279
14GuyanaGUYSouth America1.153
15Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1.097
16HaitiHTICaribbean1.094
17VenezuelaVENSouth America1.026
18BelarusBLREastern Europe1.022
19NepalNPLSouthern Asia0.991
20BurundiBDIEastern Africa0.990
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.985
22MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia0.944
23EthiopiaETHEastern Africa0.921
24SudanSDNNorthern Africa0.905
25El SalvadorSLVCentral America0.885

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Somalia2.834
  2. 2Myanmar2.487
  3. 3Zimbabwe2.431
  4. 4Togo2.427
  5. 5Iraq1.939

Lowest

  1. 175Ireland-3.813
  2. 174Barbados-3.543
  3. 173Uruguay-2.705
  4. 172Lithuania-2.666
  5. 171Norway-2.645

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 30values changed, of 175 in both
  • 13 · 17rose · fell
  • 145unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2003.

  • 167 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.867. 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 175 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 (2003). Political Polarization, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/2003

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07Questions

Political Polarization, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 2003?

Somalia, at 2.834, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 2003 cover?

175.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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