Iraq vs United States: Common Good Justifications Score

Iraq
0.469
in 2025
United States
0.414
in 2025
Iraq rank
104th
United States rank
107th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Iraq
  • United States
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.469 against 0.414 in United States, a difference of 0.055.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was United States ahead.

Iraq ranks 104th and United States ranks 107th 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.