Kenya vs Sierra Leone: Common Good Justifications Score

Kenya
0.863
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.841
in 2025
Kenya rank
80th
Sierra Leone rank
83rd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Kenya
  • Sierra Leone
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.863 against 0.841 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.022.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 80th and Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 12 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1900s -1.82 -1.94 0.117 Kenya
1910s -1.82 -1.94 0.117 Kenya
1920s -1.82 -1.94 0.117 Kenya
1930s -1.82 -1.94 0.117 Kenya
1940s -1.74 -1.94 0.202 Kenya
1950s -1.48 -1.9 0.4236 Kenya
1960s -0.5233 -1.32 0.7967 Kenya
1970s 0.017 -1.32 1.34 Kenya
1980s 0.1874 -1.32 1.51 Kenya
1990s 0.548 -1.32 1.87 Kenya
2000s 0.7554 -1.18 1.94 Kenya
2010s 0.8641 -0.2468 1.11 Kenya
2020s 0.8453 1.3 0.4588 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher common good justifications score, Kenya or Sierra Leone?
Kenya, at 0.863 against 0.841 in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
What is the difference in common good justifications score between Kenya and Sierra Leone?
0.022, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sierra Leone?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Sierra Leone rank globally for common good justifications score?
Kenya ranks 80th and Sierra Leone ranks 83rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – 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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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.