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Common good justifications

Name: Common good justifications by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 175 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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174 countries · 2025

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Common good justifications league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Uruguay	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Chile	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
3	Denmark	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Ukraine	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
5	Korea, Rep.	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Luxembourg	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Niger	2.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Tunisia	2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
9	Norway	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Cuba	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Senegal	2.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Seychelles	2.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
13	Singapore	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Sweden	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Costa Rica	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
16	Greece	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Lesotho	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Slovenia	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Montenegro	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
20	Cabo Verde	1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
21	Malta	1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
22	Germany	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Taiwan	1.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Lithuania	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Barbados	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
26	United Kingdom	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Malawi	1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Mongolia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
29	Zambia	1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Spain	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Australia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
32	Suriname	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	Belarus	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
34	Iceland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Tajikistan	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
36	Czechia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Canada	1.5	North America	High income
38	Mali	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Jamaica	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Russian Federation	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Brazil	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Georgia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
43	Italy	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Austria	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Croatia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Mozambique	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Poland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Botswana	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
49	Estonia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Ethiopia	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	France	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Cote d'Ivoire	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Portugal	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Timor-Leste	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Finland	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Mexico	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Switzerland	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Ecuador	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Congo, Rep.	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Namibia	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
62	Kuwait	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
63	Morocco	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Sri Lanka	1.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
65	Vanuatu	1.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Netherlands	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Rwanda	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
68	Japan	1.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Israel	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
70	Ireland	0.99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Armenia	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Mauritius	0.93	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
73	Angola	0.92	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Maldives	0.91	South Asia	Upper middle income
75	India	0.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
76	Algeria	0.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
77	Jordan	0.88	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
78	Malaysia	0.88	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Bhutan	0.88	South Asia	Lower middle income
80	Kenya	0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.86	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Latvia	0.85	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Sierra Leone	0.84	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Kazakhstan	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Togo	0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Sao Tome and Principe	0.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Nigeria	0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Burkina Faso	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Dominican Republic	0.73	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Argentina	0.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Syrian Arab Republic	0.67	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
92	Qatar	0.67	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
93	Moldova	0.66	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Liberia	0.62	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Libya	0.62	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	Gambia, The	0.61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
97	Hungary	0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Cyprus	0.58	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Bulgaria	0.58	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Honduras	0.55	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
101	Belgium	0.55	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Serbia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Ghana	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Iraq	0.47	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
105	Panama	0.44	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
106	Colombia	0.42	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	United States	0.41	North America	High income
108	Guyana	0.41	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Benin	0.41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	North Macedonia	0.41	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
111	El Salvador	0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Peru	0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Gabon	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
114	Uganda	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
115	Philippines	0.36	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
116	Tanzania	0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Pakistan	0.33	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
118	China	0.33	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Kyrgyz Republic	0.29	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
120	Guinea-Bissau	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Romania	0.28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Nepal	0.26	South Asia	Lower middle income
123	Uzbekistan	0.16	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
124	Turkiye	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Viet Nam	0.05	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Haiti	0.05	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
127	Guatemala	0.04	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
128	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.03	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
129	South Africa	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
130	Slovak Republic	-0.01	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	New Zealand	-0.01	East Asia & Pacific	High income
132	Solomon Islands	-0.01	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
133	Madagascar	-0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Thailand	-0.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Lao PDR	-0.22	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
136	Lebanon	-0.27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
137	Indonesia	-0.29	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Fiji	-0.32	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
139	Zimbabwe	-0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	Djibouti	-0.38	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
141	Turkmenistan	-0.39	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	United Arab Emirates	-0.45	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Eswatini	-0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.52	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Congo, Dem. Rep.	-0.57	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Bolivia	-0.61	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
147	Comoros	-0.62	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
148	Saudi Arabia	-0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
149	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Mauritania	-0.78	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-0.91	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
152	Oman	-0.92	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
153	Albania	-0.95	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Bangladesh	-1	South Asia	Lower middle income
155	Papua New Guinea	-1.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
156	Paraguay	-1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Nicaragua	-1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
158	Myanmar	-1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
159	Azerbaijan	-1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Bahrain	-1.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Chad	-1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Guinea	-1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Cameroon	-1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Eritrea	-1.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Burundi	-1.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Central African Republic	-1.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Hong Kong SAR, China	-2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
168	Yemen, Rep.	-2.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
169	Cambodia	-2.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Equatorial Guinea	-2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
171	Sudan	-2.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Venezuela, RB	-2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
173	South Sudan	-2.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Afghanistan	-3.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income

Common good justifications