Kenya vs Latvia: Common Good Justifications Score
Kenya
0.863
in 2025
Latvia
0.85
in 2025
Kenya rank
80th
Latvia rank
82nd
Common Good Justifications Score over time
- Kenya
- Latvia
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.863 against 0.85 in Latvia, a difference of 0.013.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Latvia ahead.
Kenya ranks 80th and Latvia ranks 82nd of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.82 | 0.052 | 1.87 | Latvia |
| 1910s | -1.82 | 0.0495 | 1.87 | Latvia |
| 1920s | -1.82 | 1.12 | 2.94 | Latvia |
| 1930s | -1.82 | 0.6716 | 2.49 | Latvia |
| 1940s | -1.74 | 0.821 | 2.56 | Latvia |
| 1950s | -1.48 | 0.8468 | 2.33 | Latvia |
| 1960s | -0.5233 | 0.854 | 1.38 | Latvia |
| 1970s | 0.017 | 0.854 | 0.837 | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.1874 | 1.26 | 1.07 | Latvia |
| 1990s | 0.548 | 0.6613 | 0.1133 | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.7554 | 0.3272 | 0.4282 | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.8641 | 1.1 | 0.2323 | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.8453 | 1.06 | 0.2113 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher common good justifications score, Kenya or Latvia?
- Kenya, at 0.863 against 0.85 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in common good justifications score between Kenya and Latvia?
- 0.013, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Latvia?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Latvia rank globally for common good justifications score?
- Kenya ranks 80th and Latvia ranks 82nd 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.