United Arab Emirates vs Zimbabwe: Common Good Justifications Score

United Arab Emirates

-0.446

in 2025

Zimbabwe

-0.355

in 2025

United Arab Emirates rank

142nd

Zimbabwe rank

139th

Common Good Justifications Score over time

United Arab Emirates
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports -0.355 against -0.446 in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.091.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

United Arab Emirates ranks 142nd and Zimbabwe ranks 139th 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: 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.