Guatemala vs South Africa: Common Good Justifications Score

Guatemala
0.036
in 2025
South Africa
0.013
in 2025
Guatemala rank
127th
South Africa rank
129th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Guatemala
  • South Africa
-2-10123190019622025

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 0.036 against 0.013 in South Africa, a difference of 0.023.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 2.8 times South Africa's.

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

Guatemala ranks 127th and South Africa ranks 129th 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.