Australia vs Suriname: Common Good Justifications Score

Australia
1.55
in 2025
Suriname
1.55
in 2025
Australia rank
31st
Suriname rank
32nd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Australia
  • Suriname
0.50.7511.21.51.8190019622025

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.55 against 1.55 in Suriname, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Suriname ranks 32nd of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Common Good Justifications Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political elites justify their views with the common good for society, either the greatest good for the greatest number of people or as helping the least advantaged people in society when considering important policy changes.