Finland vs Portugal: Common Good Justifications Score

Finland

1.18

in 2025

Portugal

1.19

in 2025

Finland rank

55th

Portugal rank

53rd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

Finland
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 1.19 against 1.18 in Finland, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 55th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Common Good Justifications Score in Finland
Common Good Justifications Score in Portugal
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.