Malawi vs United Kingdom: Common Good Justifications Score

Malawi
1.6
in 2025
United Kingdom
1.65
in 2025
Malawi rank
27th
United Kingdom rank
26th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Malawi
  • United Kingdom
-2-1012190019622025

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.65 against 1.6 in Malawi, a difference of 0.042.

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

Malawi ranks 27th and United Kingdom ranks 26th 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.