Common Good Justifications Score by country
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.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
2.95
Uruguay
Lowest
-3.41
Afghanistan
Median
0.7165
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,802
What the numbers show
Common Good Justifications Score is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 2.95 in Uruguay; the lowest is -3.41 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7165, and the mean is 0.519.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 1,879.8%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 10,900.0%).
Common Good Justifications Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 2.95 | 2025 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Chile | 2.69 | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Denmark | 2.65 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 4 | Ukraine | 2.58 | 2025 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 5 | South Korea | 2.55 | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Niger | 2.43 | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Tunisia | 2.37 | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 2.36 | 2025 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Cuba | 2.31 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Senegal | 2.31 | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Seychelles | 2.14 | 2025 | up 246.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Singapore | 2.07 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Sweden | 2.04 | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 2.04 | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 16 | Greece | 2.01 | 2025 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Lesotho | 2 | 2025 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovenia | 1.96 | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Montenegro | 1.9 | 2025 | up 276.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 1.84 | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Germany | 1.8 | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Taiwan | 1.77 | 2025 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Lithuania | 1.68 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Barbados | 1.66 | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 1.65 | 2025 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 1.6 | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Mongolia | 1.59 | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 1.58 | 2025 | up 1,879.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 1.57 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia | 1.55 | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 32 | Suriname | 1.55 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 1.52 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Iceland | 1.5 | 2025 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 1.48 | 2025 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 1.48 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 1.48 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 1.45 | 2025 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Jamaica | 1.44 | 2025 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Russia | 1.4 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 1.4 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Georgia | 1.32 | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 1.31 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Austria | 1.28 | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 1.27 | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Mozambique | 1.27 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 1.25 | 2025 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Botswana | 1.24 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 1.23 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 1.22 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 1.19 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.19 | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Portugal | 1.19 | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 53 | East Timor | 1.19 | 2025 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Finland | 1.18 | 2025 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Mexico | 1.18 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Switzerland | 1.18 | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 58 | Ecuador | 1.16 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 1.16 | 2025 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Namibia | 1.13 | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.12 | 2025 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Kuwait | 1.12 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 1.09 | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 1.07 | 2025 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 1.07 | 2025 | up 394.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands | 1.06 | 2025 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Rwanda | 1.05 | 2025 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Japan | 1.05 | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 1.05 | 2025 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 0.945 | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Mauritius | 0.934 | 2025 | up 597.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Angola | 0.917 | 2025 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Maldives | 0.907 | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 0.9 | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 0.898 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 0.882 | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Malaysia | 0.882 | 2025 | up 149.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Bhutan | 0.881 | 2025 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Kenya | 0.863 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Egypt | 0.855 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Latvia | 0.85 | 2025 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.841 | 2025 | up 358.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.836 | 2025 | up 927.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Togo | 0.831 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.797 | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.769 | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 0.761 | 2025 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 0.733 | 2025 | up 220.6% | rising |
| 90 | Argentina | 0.7 | 2025 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Syria | 0.67 | 2025 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Qatar | 0.668 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Moldova | 0.661 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Liberia | 0.619 | 2025 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Libya | 0.617 | 2025 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Gambia | 0.606 | 2025 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.595 | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Cyprus | 0.584 | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.58 | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 0.554 | 2025 | up 353.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Belgium | 0.551 | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia | 0.497 | 2025 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Ghana | 0.491 | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Iraq | 0.469 | 2025 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Panama | 0.443 | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Colombia | 0.423 | 2025 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 107 | United States | 0.414 | 2025 | down 67.0% | rising |
| 108 | Guyana | 0.412 | 2025 | up 428.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0.408 | 2025 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 0.406 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 0.402 | 2025 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Peru | 0.395 | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | 0.37 | 2025 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Uganda | 0.368 | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Philippines | 0.363 | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Tanzania | 0.35 | 2025 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 0.33 | 2025 | up 191.9% | volatile |
| 118 | China | 0.325 | 2025 | down 85.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.29 | 2025 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.281 | 2025 | up 1,305.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Romania | 0.28 | 2025 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.257 | 2025 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 0.163 | 2025 | down 70.2% | rising |
| 124 | Turkey | 0.104 | 2025 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Vietnam | 0.054 | 2025 | down 93.2% | falling |
| 126 | Haiti | 0.045 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 127 | Guatemala | 0.036 | 2025 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Iran | 0.032 | 2025 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 129 | South Africa | 0.013 | 2025 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | -0.005 | 2025 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 131 | New Zealand | -0.006 | 2025 | down 100.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | -0.012 | 2025 | down 103.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Madagascar | -0.097 | 2025 | down 123.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Thailand | -0.102 | 2025 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Laos | -0.217 | 2025 | down 131.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Lebanon | -0.273 | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 137 | Indonesia | -0.294 | 2025 | down 134.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | -0.315 | 2025 | down 166.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | -0.355 | 2025 | down 175.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Djibouti | -0.384 | 2025 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | -0.391 | 2025 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | -0.446 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | -0.5 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.521 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -0.574 | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Bolivia | -0.61 | 2025 | down 134.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Comoros | -0.622 | 2025 | down 254.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | -0.754 | 2025 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 149 | Somalia | -0.761 | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritania | -0.775 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 151 | North Korea | -0.908 | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Oman | -0.922 | 2025 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 153 | Albania | -0.951 | 2025 | down 392.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Bangladesh | -1.01 | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | -1.06 | 2025 | down 374.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Paraguay | -1.16 | 2025 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 157 | Nicaragua | -1.26 | 2025 | down 785.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Myanmar | -1.31 | 2025 | down 291.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Azerbaijan | -1.35 | 2025 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Bahrain | -1.39 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Palestine | -1.39 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Chad | -1.44 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea | -1.51 | 2025 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Cameroon | -1.61 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 165 | Eritrea | -1.61 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Burundi | -1.82 | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Central African Republic | -1.94 | 2025 | down 10,900.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Hong Kong | -2.01 | 2025 | down 696.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Yemen | -2.06 | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Cambodia | -2.2 | 2025 | down 212.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | -2.24 | 2025 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 172 | Sudan | -2.38 | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Venezuela | -2.49 | 2025 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 174 | South Sudan | -2.54 | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | -3.41 | 2025 | down 301.1% | rising |
About this data
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.