Japan vs Vanuatu: Common Good Justifications Score

Japan

1.05

in 2025

Vanuatu

1.07

in 2025

Japan rank

68th

Vanuatu rank

65th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

Japan
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 1.07 against 1.05 in Japan, a difference of 0.014.

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

Japan ranks 68th and Vanuatu ranks 65th of 175 countries.

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Common Good Justifications Score in Japan
Common Good Justifications Score in Vanuatu
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.