Mexico vs Portugal: Common Good Justifications Score

Mexico

1.18

in 2025

Portugal

1.19

in 2025

Mexico rank

56th

Portugal rank

53rd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

Mexico
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 1.19 against 1.18 in Mexico, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 56th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Common Good Justifications Score in Mexico
Common Good Justifications Score in Portugal
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.