Belgium vs Bulgaria: Common Good Justifications Score

Belgium
0.551
in 2025
Bulgaria
0.58
in 2025
Belgium rank
101st
Bulgaria rank
99th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.58 against 0.551 in Belgium, a difference of 0.029.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 101st and Bulgaria ranks 99th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 12 and Bulgaria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Bulgaria Difference Ahead
1900s 1.62 -0.9817 2.6 Belgium
1910s 1.27 -0.9838 2.26 Belgium
1920s 1.59 -1.09 2.68 Belgium
1930s 1.59 -1.04 2.63 Belgium
1940s 0.7114 -0.9087 1.62 Belgium
1950s 1.63 -0.4255 2.05 Belgium
1960s 1.54 -0.404 1.94 Belgium
1970s 1.4 1.04 0.3582 Belgium
1980s 1.4 1.4 0.003 Bulgaria
1990s 1.28 0.7069 0.5709 Belgium
2000s 1.2 1.15 0.0502 Belgium
2010s 1.21 0.8025 0.4035 Belgium
2020s 0.8138 0.6423 0.1715 Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher common good justifications score, Belgium or Bulgaria?
Bulgaria, at 0.58 against 0.551 in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in common good justifications score between Belgium and Bulgaria?
0.029, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Bulgaria?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Bulgaria rank globally for common good justifications score?
Belgium ranks 101st and Bulgaria ranks 99th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Common Good Justifications Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
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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.