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Political Polarization, 2006

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 2006 covers 175 countries. Thailand is highest, at 2.802; Ireland is lowest, at -3.813. The middle country reads -0.421. Against 2005, 46 values changed (27 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Polarization · Data for 2006

HighestThailand

2.802

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.802
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2.782
3MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2.487
4ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa2.431
5IraqIRQWestern Asia2.283
6LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.850
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.630
8EritreaERIEastern Africa1.524
9BelarusBLREastern Europe1.427
10GuyanaGUYSouth America1.343
11EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.328
12PolandPOLEastern Europe1.311
13Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe1.287
14SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.279
15VenezuelaVENSouth America1.248
16TogoTGOWestern Africa1.234
17Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1.097
18EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1.069
19MontenegroMNESouthern Europe1.041
20NepalNPLSouthern Asia0.991
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.985
22MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia0.944
23SudanSDNNorthern Africa0.905
24El SalvadorSLVCentral America0.885
25SomalilandXSLEastern Africa0.877

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Thailand2.802
  2. 2Somalia2.782
  3. 3Myanmar2.487
  4. 4Zimbabwe2.431
  5. 5Iraq2.283

Lowest

  1. 175Ireland-3.813
  2. 174Barbados-3.543
  3. 173Uruguay-3.352
  4. 172Lithuania-3.052
  5. 171Norway-2.645

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.421. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 175 in both
  • 27 · 19rose · fell
  • 129unchanged

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 2006.

  • 173 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.181. 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 (2006). Political Polarization, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/2006

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07Questions

Political Polarization, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 2006?

Thailand, at 2.802, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 2006 cover?

175.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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