El Salvador vs Uganda: Common Good Justifications Score
El Salvador
0.402
in 2025
Uganda
0.368
in 2025
El Salvador rank
111th
Uganda rank
114th
Common Good Justifications Score over time
- El Salvador
- Uganda
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.402 against 0.368 in Uganda, a difference of 0.034.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 111th and Uganda ranks 114th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 8 and Uganda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.75 | -2.55 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | -1.75 | -2.55 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | -1.75 | -2.55 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | -2.2 | -2.55 | 0.3476 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | -2.36 | -2.55 | 0.192 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | -2.36 | -2.45 | 0.0906 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | -2.11 | -1.25 | 0.8523 | Uganda |
| 1970s | -2.42 | -2.22 | 0.1989 | Uganda |
| 1980s | -2.07 | -0.5014 | 1.56 | Uganda |
| 1990s | -1.17 | 0.26 | 1.43 | Uganda |
| 2000s | -0.0741 | 0.26 | 0.3341 | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.8636 | 0.3424 | 0.5212 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.5475 | 0.3095 | 0.238 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher common good justifications score, El Salvador or Uganda?
- El Salvador, at 0.402 against 0.368 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in common good justifications score between El Salvador and Uganda?
- 0.034, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Uganda?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Uganda rank globally for common good justifications score?
- El Salvador ranks 111th and Uganda ranks 114th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Common Good Justifications Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.