Benin vs United States: Common Good Justifications Score

Benin
0.408
in 2025
United States
0.414
in 2025
Benin rank
109th
United States rank
107th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Benin
  • United States
0123190019622025

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.414 against 0.408 in Benin, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was United States ahead.

Benin ranks 109th and United States ranks 107th 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.