Cape Verde vs Germany: Common Good Justifications Score

Cape Verde

1.84

in 2025

Germany

1.8

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

20th

Germany rank

22nd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

Cape Verde
Germany

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.84 against 1.8 in Germany, a difference of 0.037.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 80 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Germany ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 20th and Germany ranks 22nd of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Common Good Justifications Score in Cape Verde
Common Good Justifications Score in Germany
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.