Statizoid

Saudi Arabia vs Somalia: Common Good Justifications Score

Saudi Arabia
-0.754
in 2025
Somalia
-0.761
in 2025
Saudi Arabia rank
148th
Somalia rank
149th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Somalia
-3-2-10190019622025

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports -0.754 against -0.761 in Somalia, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 148th and Somalia ranks 149th 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.