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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Saudi Arabia: Common Good Justifications Score

Democratic Republic of Congo
-0.574
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
-0.754
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
145th
Saudi Arabia rank
148th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Saudi Arabia
-4-3-2-101190019622025

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports -0.574 against -0.754 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.18.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 145th and Saudi Arabia ranks 148th 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.