Denmark vs South Korea: Common Good Justifications Score

Denmark
2.65
in 2025
South Korea
2.55
in 2025
Denmark rank
3rd
South Korea rank
5th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Denmark
  • South Korea
-202190019622025

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2.65 against 2.55 in South Korea, a difference of 0.097.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 3rd and South Korea ranks 5th 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
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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.