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Political Polarization, 2023

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Polarization, 2023 covers 176 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 3.682; Oman is lowest, at -2.974. The middle country reads 0.213. Against 2022, 105 values changed (63 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Polarization · Data for 2023

HighestMyanmar

3.682

LowestOman

-2.974

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia3.682
2PolandPOLEastern Europe3.355
3BelarusBLREastern Europe3.183
4NicaraguaNICCentral America3.141
5SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.100
6TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3.085
7YemenYEMWestern Asia2.850
8BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2.656
9ArmeniaARMWestern Asia2.590
10HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.528
11PeruPERSouth America2.519
12AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.485
13LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.476
14MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2.454
15GuineaGINWestern Africa2.429
16MadagascarMDGEastern Africa2.376
17South SudanSSDEastern Africa2.219
18IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.194
19CameroonCMRMiddle Africa2.151
20BoliviaBOLSouth America1.986
21VenezuelaVENSouth America1.973
22SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.958
23ArgentinaARGSouth America1.901
24Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.713
25BrazilBRASouth America1.695

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Myanmar3.682
  2. 2Poland3.355
  3. 3Belarus3.183
  4. 4Nicaragua3.141
  5. 5Syria3.100

Lowest

  1. 176Oman-2.974
  2. 175Botswana-2.491
  3. 174Ireland-2.490
  4. 173São Tomé and Príncipe-2.372
  5. 172Trinidad and Tobago-2.136

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.213. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 105values changed, of 176 in both
  • 63 · 42rose · fell
  • 71unchanged

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 2023.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.753. 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 (2023). Political Polarization, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-polarization/2023

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07Questions

Political Polarization, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political polarization in Political Polarization, 2023?

Myanmar, at 3.682, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Political Polarization, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Political Polarization, 2023 cover?

176.

Where can I download Political Polarization, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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