Laos vs Thailand: Common Good Justifications Score

Laos

-0.217

in 2025

Thailand

-0.102

in 2025

Laos rank

135th

Thailand rank

134th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

Laos
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports -0.102 against -0.217 in Laos, a difference of 0.115.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Thailand ahead.

Laos ranks 135th and Thailand ranks 134th of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Common Good Justifications Score in Laos
Common Good Justifications Score in Thailand
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.