China vs Philippines: Common Good Justifications Score

China
0.325
in 2025
Philippines
0.363
in 2025
China rank
118th
Philippines rank
115th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • China
  • Philippines
0123190019622025

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 0.363 against 0.325 in China, a difference of 0.038.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was China ahead.

China ranks 118th and Philippines ranks 115th 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.