South Sudan vs Sudan: Common Good Justifications Score

South Sudan

-2.54

in 2025

Sudan

-2.38

in 2025

South Sudan rank

174th

Sudan rank

172nd

Common Good Justifications Score over time

South Sudan
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports -2.38 against -2.54 in South Sudan, a difference of 0.166.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sudan ahead.

South Sudan ranks 174th and Sudan ranks 172nd of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Common Good Justifications Score in South Sudan
Common Good Justifications Score in Sudan
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.