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Political Polarization, 2017

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 2017 covers 176 countries. Türkiye is highest, at 3.940; Barbados is lowest, at -3.546. The middle country reads -0.001. Against 2016, 61 values changed (33 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Polarization · Data for 2017

HighestTürkiye

3.940

LowestBarbados

-3.546

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, 2017, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Polarization, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3.940
2SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.100
3LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.002
4YemenYEMWestern Asia2.850
5PolandPOLEastern Europe2.617
6VenezuelaVENSouth America2.472
7HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.431
8ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa2.408
9CameroonCMRMiddle Africa2.387
10BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.315
11BahrainBHRWestern Asia2.002
12ArgentinaARGSouth America1.901
13IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.848
14ChadTCDMiddle Africa1.819
15TogoTGOWestern Africa1.736
16IraqIRQWestern Asia1.652
17UkraineUKREastern Europe1.650
18MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.630
19North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe1.603
20GuineaGINWestern Africa1.594
21United StatesUSANorthern America1.525
22EritreaERIEastern Africa1.524
23MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1.508
24IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.498
25SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1.476

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Türkiye3.940
  2. 2Syria3.100
  3. 3Libya3.002
  4. 4Yemen2.850
  5. 5Poland2.617

Lowest

  1. 176Barbados-3.546
  2. 175Uruguay-3.352
  3. 174Denmark-3.236
  4. 173Ireland-2.925
  5. 172Latvia-2.836

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.001. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 61values changed, of 176 in both
  • 33 · 28rose · fell
  • 115unchanged

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 2017.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.905. 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 176 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 (2017). Political Polarization, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/2017

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07Questions

Political Polarization, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 2017?

Türkiye, at 3.940, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 2017 cover?

176.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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