Belgium vs Iraq: Common Good Justifications Score

Belgium
0.551
in 2025
Iraq
0.469
in 2025
Belgium rank
101st
Iraq rank
104th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Belgium
  • Iraq
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.551 against 0.469 in Iraq, a difference of 0.082.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Iraq's.

Across all 126 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 101st and Iraq ranks 104th 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.