Panama vs United States: Common Good Justifications Score

Panama
0.443
in 2025
United States
0.414
in 2025
Panama rank
105th
United States rank
107th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Panama
  • United States
-4-202190019622025

How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.443 against 0.414 in United States, a difference of 0.029.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was United States ahead.

Panama ranks 105th and United States ranks 107th 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.