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2022 Social Progress Index

The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative, and is based on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz. The SPI measures the well-being of a society by observing social and environmental outcomes directly rather than the economic factors. The social and environmental factors include wellness (including health, shelter and sanitation), equality, inclusion, sustainability and personal freedom and safety.[full citation needed]

Introduction and methodology

The index combines three dimensions:

  1. Basic human needs
  2. Foundations of well-being
  3. Opportunity

Each dimension includes four components, which are each composed of between three and five specific outcome indicators. The included indicators are selected because they are measured appropriately, with a consistent methodology, by the same organization across all (or essentially all) of the countries in the sample. Together, this framework aims to capture a broad range of interrelated factors revealed by the scholarly literature and practitioner experience as underpinning social progress.

Two key features of the Social Progress Index are:

  1. the exclusion of economic variables
  2. the use of outcome measures rather than inputs

Social Progress Imperative evaluated hundreds of possible indicators while developing the Social Progress Index, including engaging researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to determine what indicators best differentiated the performance of nations. The index uses outcome measures when there are sufficient data available or the closest possible proxies.

History

In 2010, a group of scholars and business leaders sought to develop a better measure of a country's level of development and, by extension, better understand its development priorities. Under the technical guidance of Professors Michael Porter from Harvard Business School and Scott Stern from MIT, the group formed a US-based nonprofit called the Social Progress Imperative and launched a beta version of the Social Progress Index for 50 countries in 2013 to measure a comprehensive array of components of social and environmental performance and aggregate them into an overall framework.

This work was influenced by the contributions of Amartya Sen on social development, as well as by the recent call for action in the report "Mismeasuring Our Lives" by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. The Social Progress Index was released in 2014 for 133 countries with a second version in 2015.[full citation needed]

On July 11, 2013, Social Progress Imperative's chairman and professor at Harvard Business School, Michael Porter, addressed the United Nations 6th Ministerial Forum for Development and discussed the Social Progress Index.

In addition to the global Social Progress Index, the methodology used to create it has been adapted to measure social and environmental performance in smaller areas, such as the Amazon region of Brazil. Other projects include a Social Progress Index for Guatemala City. Fundación Paraguaya has integrated elements of the Social Progress Index into its Poverty Stoplight tool. The national government of Paraguay is setting a target for Social Progress Index performance alongside GDP targets.

The Guardian reported that the European Commission had agreed to partner with Social Progress Imperative to create a Social Progress Index for the European Union. The EU Social Progress Index was published in October 2016.

A similar index, although with some differences compared to the nation list (and therefore not directly comparable), has been published for the individual U.S. states.

2022 Social Progress Index Rankings

SPI Rank Country Social Progress

Score

Basic Human Needs Foundations of Wellbeing Opportunity Nutrition and Basic Medical Care Water and Sanitation Shelter Personal Safety Access to Basic Knowledge Access to Information and Communications Health and Wellness Environmental Quality Personal Rights Personal Freedom and Choice Inclusiveness Access to Advanced Education
1 Norway 90.74 91.26 90.86 90.11 93.89 98.80 91.59 80.76 98.69 96.12 88.73 79.91 95.63 88.95 92.04 83.81
2 Denmark 90.54 91.81 90.32 89.48 95.33 97.36 94.32 80.22 97.47 97.69 84.65 81.45 98.10 88.86 88.44 82.53
3 Finland 90.46 91.36 90.31 89.71 93.22 98.45 95.79 77.98 96.31 95.72 84.08 85.14 96.97 89.26 89.29 83.33
4 Switzerland 90.26 91.35 91.26 88.16 93.85 98.12 92.12 81.31 98.65 94.99 90.84 80.56 94.65 90.14 86.58 81.26
5 Iceland 89.54 91.18 90.44 87 93.26 98.97 91.59 80.88 99.47 92.68 88.28 81.31 95.10 88.13 87.46 77.32
6 Sweden 89.42 90.35 88.90 88.99 93.86 98.53 91.07 77.96 94.48 93.17 85.44 82.52 95.70 89.19 90.70 80.37
7 Netherlands 88.97 89.49 88.80 88.63 93.57 96.56 88.12 79.73 94.84 95.70 85.97 78.67 95.57 88.39 88.44 82.11
8 Germany 88.72 90.01 87.10 89.05 93.66 95.93 91.06 79.40 97.69 89.21 83.07 78.44 97.75 89.97 84.57 83.92
9 Japan 88.19 91.72 89.93 82.91 92.99 95.61 96.32 81.96 97.62 95.13 88.04 78.93 96.36 84.93 72.48 77.86
10 Canada 88.17 88.60 88.88 87.02 94.02 96.19 88.86 75.32 97.88 91.21 84.74 81.69 95.21 84.34 84.56 83.97
11 Austria 88.05 90.49 88.53 85.14 95.19 95.58 91.38 79.81 97.66 94.57 85.52 76.35 92.88 85.99 81.99 79.72
12 Australia 87.83 89.10 87.72 86.67 93.23 97.24 89.07 76.86 94.04 94.66 85.21 76.97 92.56 84.70 82.14 87.29
13 Ireland 87.69 88.99 86.68 87.41 94.75 92.96 88.33 79.89 94.93 93.24 79.98 78.55 96.70 85.45 91.11 76.36
14 Luxembourg 87.48 89.40 88.80 84.24 94.33 94.98 90.01 78.27 98.97 90.93 86.60 78.69 96.74 87.98 88.84 63.41
15 New Zealand 87.26 86.68 88.45 86.64 93.74 94.39 86.44 72.15 98.31 96.25 83.31 75.95 96.45 85.89 84.30 79.93
16 Belgium 87.22 89.45 85.58 86.64 95.16 93.29 93.17 76.17 95.09 87.45 86.07 73.72 95.41 87.07 83.95 80.14
17 Korea, Republic of 86.47 90.44 87.03 81.96 95.70 93.85 92.12 80.07 91.99 98.54 85.28 72.33 93.98 80.72 68.37 84.76
18 Estonia 86.16 89.80 87.23 81.45 92.93 95.23 94.32 76.73 98.36 96.40 74.02 80.13 95.65 85.36 69.64 75.13
19 United Kingdom 86.13 88.77 87.48 82.15 93.01 94.14 89.59 78.32 92.72 96.57 80.81 79.81 91.28 84.70 72.59 80.05
20 France 86.07 88.30 86.79 83.13 92.82 92.90 90.22 77.26 93 92.38 83.95 77.81 93.52 85.09 76.14 77.79
21 Spain 85.35 89.52 84.71 81.81 96.20 92.22 88.21 81.43 88.56 91.56 83.02 75.70 93.24 80.87 75.91 77.21
22 Italy 85.23 89.37 83.61 82.70 96.19 92.61 91.59 77.08 91.41 85.15 83.03 74.83 96.17 75.13 83.90 75.61
23 Czechia 85.19 89.29 83.76 82.53 92.68 96.30 91.98 76.18 98.22 84.99 79.15 72.69 93.81 81.67 78.61 76.05
24 Portugal 84.75 89.34 82.62 82.28 96.09 95.32 88.43 77.55 87.74 87.98 80.14 74.60 94.56 81.98 82.69 69.89
25 United States 84.65 87.63 84.58 81.74 93.22 94.28 91.17 71.85 92.72 95.88 74.21 75.50 88.06 83.23 68.68 86.98
26 Malta 84.52 89.37 84.64 79.54 95.30 92.72 89.59 79.87 94.65 89.92 86.34 67.64 91.57 78.54 86.48 61.57
27 Slovenia 84.19 89.20 85.45 77.93 93.57 97.13 87.18 78.92 96.07 89.91 79.45 76.36 84.81 80.98 70.77 75.16
28 Singapore 83.76 92.91 85.68 72.68 95.78 98.97 93.69 83.20 91.26 88.26 90.30 72.91 65.07 87.58 66.99 71.08
29 Lithuania 83.71 88.56 81.58 80.98 92.74 94.38 92.15 74.97 96.55 87.21 66.12 76.43 91.93 79.37 75.37 77.25
30 Cyprus 83.18 87.50 84.99 77.04 94.06 89.38 89.38 77.20 94.88 94.60 80.52 69.95 91.61 77.76 63.77 75.01
31 Israel 83.17 88.34 84.20 76.99 97.64 92 88.75 74.96 91.87 87.82 83.28 73.82 92.47 75.99 63.65 75.84
32 Latvia 82.46 87.43 79.68 80.28 91.71 94.55 91.21 72.24 95.08 84.80 64.60 74.23 94.88 83.44 66.51 76.3
33 Greece 82.44 87.77 79.85 79.72 97.57 89.20 90.32 73.98 88.85 85.38 74.56 70.60 91.51 73.97 73.87 79.51
34 Croatia 82.32 89.48 82.18 75.28 93.06 94.52 92.83 77.52 96.25 88.86 71.97 71.66 89.60 75.70 64.53 71.29
35 Slovakia 81.29 87.72 80.08 76.08 91.80 94.04 91.15 73.90 92.67 88.13 69.47 70.04 93.07 78.31 63.51 69.44
36 Chile 80.78 83.62 79.53 79.20 93.32 86.51 86.33 68.32 88.99 90.63 68.18 70.33 92.59 77.19 70.81 76.21
37 Costa Rica 80.65 85.04 79.06 77.84 90.74 95.39 89.90 64.14 86.47 84.37 77.41 67.98 95.35 75.13 81.93 58.95
38 Uruguay 80.27 83.73 78.41 78.67 90.31 91.48 87.84 65.28 86.17 90.27 71.79 65.41 91.76 77.66 76.07 69.18
39 Poland 80.17 88.12 78.50 73.89 93.88 93.89 88.57 76.13 93.38 89.87 62.61 68.12 80.62 78.55 63.91 72.5
40 Barbados 79.60 84.17 78.81 75.84 87.70 89.42 90.62 68.94 96.79 82.86 69.64 65.94 92.39 76.87 72.06 62.03
41 Argentina 78.64 82.28 76.93 76.70 91.64 87.68 87.36 62.44 84.75 90.11 63.90 68.98 89.91 66 75.54 75.34
42 Hungary 78.21 88.12 75.94 70.59 93.44 93.51 89.30 76.23 91.28 79.36 62.84 70.26 82.69 78.26 57.71 63.69
43 Romania 76.89 86.70 74.78 69.20 93.62 87.77 90.71 74.71 85.92 87.67 58.78 66.76 85.22 71.27 54.69 65.62
44 Bulgaria 76.81 85.70 72.30 72.44 93.01 88.68 89.22 71.88 86.38 85.34 55.66 61.83 86.87 73.51 61.76 67.63
45 Serbia 75.80 85.83 74.08 67.48 93.74 87.96 87.92 73.71 92.41 81.01 61.82 61.08 79.81 67.36 54.31 68.46
46 Trinidad and Tobago 75.58 81.88 74.77 70.08 86.57 87.27 89.69 64 91.38 79.92 62.58 65.21 89 67.49 68.46 55.35
47 Mauritius 75.44 85.83 75.58 64.91 86.22 94.64 90.27 72.17 88.65 79.22 67.91 66.54 82.71 69.89 57.83 49.19
48 Armenia 74.78 86.97 72.18 65.19 93.79 88.67 90.88 74.52 90.33 84.92 59.18 54.28 83 63.68 53.25 60.81
49 Montenegro 74.64 86.37 71.85 65.69 96.52 90.91 85.25 72.78 93.77 77.21 62.01 54.42 83.36 63.06 51.83 64.52
50 Georgia 74.43 85.17 72.88 65.25 88.76 89.16 89.31 73.46 94.85 80.49 56.35 59.82 78.26 61.36 52.98 68.39
51 Moldova 74.19 83.13 71.98 67.46 90.02 81.34 91.57 69.59 94.82 80.73 57.12 55.27 88.51 62.80 57.97 60.57
52 Ukraine 74.17 80.47 73.23 68.82 89.30 82.65 89.81 60.12 92.64 84.84 50.99 64.46 75.75 70.56 57.06 71.9
53 Albania 74.12 84.56 76.43 61.36 92.15 81.03 89.84 75.22 92.63 79.95 68.50 64.64 82.80 52.59 53.29 56.74
54 Malaysia 74.08 85.20 77.44 59.58 87.53 93.53 91.98 67.78 89.85 86.61 70.14 63.15 64.47 70.79 44.98 58.11
55 Kuwait 74.06 87.36 77.30 57.51 95.14 93.75 89.59 70.94 83.71 92.78 81.22 51.51 64.58 66.60 38.33 60.55
56 Panama 74.02 82.87 73.11 66.09 85.11 86.34 92.28 67.75 80.76 75.42 67.28 68.99 88.97 63.36 54.67 57.35
57 Jamaica 73.48 81.22 71.38 67.85 88.56 81.79 85.69 68.83 87 71.71 61.96 64.86 88.26 69.27 62.29 51.56
58 Republic of North Macedonia 72.74 86.12 68.79 63.30 95.61 87.99 86.95 73.94 77.64 83.45 58.88 55.18 79.07 64.79 51.78 57.57
59 Russia 71.99 80.72 75.69 59.55 90.88 86.76 87.35 57.90 93.27 82.75 55.86 70.89 53.96 71 36.20 77.05
60 Ecuador 71.75 80.13 71.03 64.09 85.12 89.94 88.41 57.06 81.41 76.09 60.78 65.84 85.39 62.83 49.86 58.28
61 Belarus 71.49 84.60 74.80 55.06 94.73 89.14 91.35 63.19 96.21 77.97 59.41 65.61 30.20 75.92 50.60 63.51
62 Brazil 71.26 80.19 72.95 60.63 89.36 87.99 86.88 56.54 77.17 88.20 57.04 69.40 77.47 67.16 41.81 56.08
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.23 85.23 69.04 59.44 94.13 91.10 80.65 75.04 85.45 77.96 60.51 52.23 73.66 60.22 48.80 55.06
64 Suriname 71.22 81.73 67.56 64.36 84.86 88.25 88.37 65.44 79.72 70.33 61.56 58.65 90.73 70.25 55.84 40.64
65 Kazakhstan 71.21 84.49 72.99 56.15 92.87 88.20 91.31 65.57 90.85 83.70 55.81 61.61 55.77 72 35.93 60.89
66 Mexico 70.84 80.62 70.08 61.83 88.52 89.36 86.06 58.53 79.95 83.87 57.79 58.71 75.71 65.47 48.70 57.43
67 Peru 70.70 79.16 71.47 61.48 85.49 83.47 84.46 63.21 77.96 80.53 62.58 64.79 82.86 58.58 43.11 61.37
68 United Arab Emirates 70.70 87.17 72.98 51.93 92.28 96.69 96.53 63.18 90.60 85.87 65.08 50.38 41.59 69.60 35.17 61.37
69 South Africa 69.95 71.29 69 69.56 75.85 75.88 83.06 50.37 78.29 83.42 55.64 58.66 89.88 70.68 61.61 56.09
70 Colombia 69.83 79.47 74.05 55.96 87.74 91.57 87.70 50.88 77.46 85.17 67.35 66.22 66.03 61.91 38.84 57.06
71 Thailand 69.80 81.63 75.50 52.28 87.85 88.55 93.15 56.96 78.24 81.63 74.02 68.10 45.15 62.07 47.97 53.93
72 Tunisia 69.77 80.34 66.43 62.54 93.37 77.54 85.02 65.43 73.22 82.15 60.88 49.48 77.19 69.21 48.56 55.2
73 Dominican Republic 69.76 79.84 68.15 61.31 86.60 87.28 87.72 57.75 74.31 80.72 57.28 60.28 85.73 57.41 49.17 52.92
74 Sri Lanka 69.22 78.82 75 53.86 86.48 86.75 77.10 64.94 88.17 69.90 72.74 69.18 68.98 63.68 34.73 48.03
75 Cabo Verde 69.01 78.21 63.81 65.01 85.33 82.56 83.58 61.37 67.06 71.08 62.37 54.71 90.06 70.30 59.45 40.22
76 Paraguay 68.96 81.34 68.69 56.85 86.75 92.34 82.64 63.61 68.54 82.13 55.77 68.33 80.96 62.93 36.44 47.06
77 Vietnam 68.18 81.92 69.36 53.26 86.65 87.33 87.80 65.91 84.46 72.57 62.83 57.57 43.93 66.10 56.77 46.23
78 Bhutan 68.05 80.22 66.33 57.59 77.81 90.26 88.49 64.31 64.85 72.69 69.74 58.04 73.90 66.68 57.48 32.3
79 Maldives 68.02 82.21 69.39 52.47 85.62 82.94 87.59 72.69 73.17 71.90 62.81 69.68 64.42 57.97 49.88 37.62
80 Oman 67.70 83.49 68.40 51.21 91.50 91.83 90.58 60.05 80.92 82.45 69.60 40.63 48.79 64.45 39.91 51.68
81 Philippines 67.46 77.29 67.52 57.58 81.49 87.40 78.19 62.09 81.19 76.42 51.55 60.92 70.94 62.80 42.51 54.06
82 Jordan 67.32 83.84 65.07 53.05 89.72 89.91 88.08 67.65 80.38 58.18 70.58 51.16 62.83 62.63 29.88 56.89
83 Kyrgyzstan 67.23 81.71 69.01 50.97 88.56 87.36 85.48 65.45 92.81 73.16 55.20 54.88 58.99 60.66 32.98 51.24
84 Mongolia 67.21 73.02 63.92 64.71 84.29 70.59 73.17 64.02 91.22 75.50 41.44 47.51 87.20 65.13 51.62 54.88
85 Bolivia 67.15 77.50 64.84 59.11 79.77 87.38 83.92 58.95 74.77 74.39 48.82 61.37 74.03 61.19 54.87 46.33
86 Fiji 67.02 79.64 63.88 57.53 84.31 90.35 79.34 64.56 89.16 70.98 34.60 60.76 63.60 67.85 48.43 50.24
87 Indonesia 66.67 78.89 65.23 55.89 78.55 78.32 88.28 70.39 72.69 78.07 53.16 56.98 69.43 64.80 34.77 54.58
88 Turkey 66.59 82.66 67.68 49.43 95.67 84.15 84.66 66.15 73.65 80.43 68.97 47.65 38.18 60.61 30.63 68.32
89 Lebanon 66.48 80.98 62.52 55.94 93.48 80.25 86.33 63.85 80.20 63.30 58.15 48.41 70.96 58.67 31.32 62.79
90 Qatar 66.47 86.51 66.59 46.29 96.59 92.02 90.62 66.82 83.27 78.32 75.93 28.86 34.23 72.81 28.41 49.72
91 Uzbekistan 66.12 86.29 63.78 48.30 90.86 91.95 91.61 70.76 92.51 76.22 49.75 36.64 51.19 63.19 33.57 45.25
92 Bahrain 66.09 86.57 69.99 41.72 95.95 95.86 93.15 61.33 80.34 82.47 73.69 43.46 34.91 64.74 14.11 53.1
93 Botswana 65.89 65.52 66.14 66.01 66.71 74.44 72.90 48 83.46 69.49 56.27 55.34 84.55 69.02 64.80 45.67
94 China 65.74 83.74 66.24 47.25 93.96 87.33 87.13 66.55 81.14 78.92 65.25 39.63 29.70 65.65 32.67 60.99
95 Algeria 65.59 80.37 62.40 54.01 89.93 84.72 86.35 60.50 78.07 62.32 62.37 46.85 53.43 65.28 47.07 50.24
96 Guyana 65.54 78.58 60.66 57.37 83.32 87.18 83.84 59.99 79.52 64.03 49.79 49.30 82.99 57.48 49.54 39.46
97 West Bank and Gaza 65.19 78.13 65.58 51.85 91.28 74.68 87.07 59.52 84.15 68.43 61.42 48.32 60.79 55.09 35.46 56.05
98 Ghana 64.80 69.14 63.27 62 79.67 73.11 66.21 57.55 70.68 76.12 52.23 54.06 80.54 59.09 61.68 46.68
99 El Salvador 64.42 78.57 62.97 51.73 86.19 82.06 88.21 57.81 64.62 73.30 60.95 53.03 64.38 58.03 44.03 40.47
100 Morocco 64.04 81.05 59.90 51.17 89.62 81.64 89.62 63.33 62.59 77.76 49.71 49.52 62.59 59.47 34.30 48.31
101 Saudi Arabia 63.89 83.37 66.37 41.92 91.23 96.18 93.78 52.31 82.32 80.11 72.83 30.21 22.50 66.03 19.05 60.12
102 Iran 63.72 79.83 66.51 44.82 93.97 87.15 83.36 54.83 81.52 72.13 64.18 48.20 38.97 51.40 30.11 58.78
103 Azerbaijan 63.26 84.54 62.87 42.37 91.83 83.27 92.41 70.64 81.05 75.56 42.76 52.09 39.48 53.10 31.15 45.75
104 Sao Tome and Principe 62.49 72.75 56.56 58.14 80.71 89.29 61.33 59.68 69.55 48.60 51.47 56.63 88.19 59.87 53.35 31.16
105 Gabon 62.18 67.17 59.62 59.74 76.18 68.79 80.92 42.80 74.87 66.75 45.55 51.31 69.06 58.70 63.45 47.77
106 Namibia 62 62.33 62.29 61.38 71.99 69.16 60.65 47.53 74.06 67.91 48.26 58.92 83.91 68.90 50.33 42.39
107 Honduras 61.17 75.76 56.45 51.30 81.44 86.11 74.15 61.33 61.96 55.95 50.33 57.54 73.95 56.24 35.58 39.44
108 Nicaragua 60.23 74.79 66.33 39.57 79.25 82.63 78.06 59.20 75.01 61.47 65.26 63.57 36.91 56.47 34.18 30.73
109 Guatemala 60.21 72.35 61.69 46.60 75.74 75.92 78.92 58.81 67.06 69.10 55.13 55.46 67.84 55.01 26.58 36.98
110 India 60.19 73.80 52 54.77 72.22 80.47 81.43 61.08 58.32 70.42 51.39 27.86 69.13 56 44.97 49
111 Nepal 59.39 74.59 50.16 53.42 78.94 78.76 72.16 68.51 56.05 61.60 49.77 33.22 73.36 51.16 51.26 37.91
112 Timor-Leste 58.92 64.27 57.90 54.58 64.07 65.60 65.75 61.67 59.96 63.27 45.20 63.17 76.74 56.70 50.24 34.66
113 Egypt 58.73 80.64 51.11 44.45 90.84 86.25 87.25 58.20 76.56 66.66 40.89 20.35 43.67 61.18 20.37 52.58
114 Venezuela 58.62 71.77 57.96 46.12 80.31 76.44 84.19 46.12 73.68 47.29 49.07 61.82 41.26 59.58 43.53 40.14
115 Kenya 57.96 58.81 61.49 53.59 66.81 62.47 58.55 47.42 65.49 67.56 50.16 62.73 72.84 62.24 36.88 42.39
116 Senegal 57.70 65.39 52.80 54.91 74.56 66.48 58.74 61.78 38.69 67.79 48.28 56.45 80.74 52.06 53.59 33.24
117 Iraq 56.82 72.90 54.32 43.25 80.48 74.09 87.39 49.64 64.35 66.16 55.14 31.65 46.04 46.77 27.62 52.56
118 Turkmenistan 56.75 81.71 58.07 30.46 89.94 77.35 91.77 67.77 87.42 43.84 50.19 50.82 15.95 58.16 26.54 21.19
119 Bangladesh 56.06 72.64 55.09 40.45 74.57 85.56 73 57.44 65.54 61.93 52.99 39.90 51.64 51.27 21.32 37.56
120 Tajikistan 56.05 80.84 56.59 30.72 84.43 85.09 89.04 64.79 87.78 50.17 49.59 38.83 20.88 52.13 16.29 33.58
121 Cambodia 55.71 69.37 55.58 42.17 75.76 69.13 68.66 63.95 53.83 54.81 52.76 60.93 43.88 57.59 35.40 31.8
122 Benin 55.59 55.33 55.41 56.02 64.76 57.39 44.20 54.98 56.71 59.75 49.36 55.82 76.98 46.60 64.83 35.66
123 Tanzania 54.87 54.97 58.49 51.14 66.65 57.39 45.60 50.23 61.08 57.55 53.31 62.03 65.57 54.69 50.48 33.84
124 Gambia, The 54.68 62.07 49.97 52.01 65.05 71.92 49.30 61.99 54.96 51.47 42.24 51.20 78.81 48.36 48.07 32.8
125 Malawi 54.29 55.69 52.80 54.36 68.56 64.66 36.02 53.52 62.28 40.88 44.75 63.30 83.46 59.09 41.12 33.79
126 Libya 54.28 75.68 46.18 40.98 89.22 87.77 75.54 50.18 60.96 25.67 50.72 47.37 39.46 45.59 29.51 49.35
127 Côte d'Ivoire 54.01 60.54 53.29 48.20 66.16 64.64 57.05 54.32 51.50 61.25 41.97 58.44 68.68 47.09 46.63 30.39
128 Nigeria 52.97 56.96 52.69 49.28 62.48 55.59 52.54 57.23 53.26 64.90 46.92 45.65 71.02 45.82 34.78 45.51
129 Lesotho 52.90 49.54 51.57 57.60 51.38 49.55 53.85 43.38 72.91 54.51 35.45 43.42 80.97 54.69 63.23 31.52
130 Solomon Islands 52.40 57.63 45.75 53.82 74.82 64.72 36.40 54.58 62.13 44.44 26.26 50.18 82.58 61.72 35.90 35.09
131 Rwanda 52.18 55.49 57.88 43.17 69.61 61.56 49.14 41.66 62.71 52.89 59.34 56.57 46.26 66.23 33.95 26.23
132 Zimbabwe 52.17 55.10 58.61 42.79 63.23 61.80 52.41 42.97 79.56 56.85 37.64 60.38 56.20 55.29 27.24 32.45
133 Comoros 52.11 60.94 52.17 43.23 69.53 62.44 59.97 51.80 58.11 42.54 44.11 63.94 55.10 46.12 44.23 27.49
134 Zambia 52.07 52.22 55.69 48.30 63.39 53.08 49.63 42.76 64.42 55.01 42.36 60.95 62.61 55.51 40.73 34.36
135 Syria 51.98 75.23 50.38 30.33 85.19 77.59 80.90 57.24 58.28 55.19 47.82 40.25 21.07 46.11 12 42.16
136 Togo 51.58 53.28 54.24 47.20 65.38 43.19 47.46 57.11 65.75 54.34 42.06 54.82 57.68 56.85 43.67 30.61
137 Myanmar 51.46 70.94 52.97 30.47 77.14 81.35 64.19 61.07 63.39 50.07 46.30 52.14 24.56 53.65 21.73 21.93
138 Cameroon 51.40 56.19 51.63 46.37 70.32 52.98 58.05 43.41 69.54 56.88 43.03 37.07 60.26 51.33 41.03 32.87
139 Pakistan 51.32 65.84 45.02 43.09 65.49 74.09 67.72 56.06 48.15 56.62 40.37 34.94 55.05 47.86 26 43.44
140 Laos 51.17 66.32 50.71 36.48 75.87 67.49 66.20 55.73 62.58 33.83 47.13 59.30 24.29 56.50 41.78 23.35
141 Sierra Leone 50.48 44.83 52.49 54.11 52.60 45.90 33.87 46.94 54.13 53.80 42.75 59.30 79.87 56.53 49.10 30.93
142 Burkina Faso 49.83 51.38 48.88 49.23 62.07 55.52 33.46 54.49 32.27 62.97 44.08 56.21 64.47 48.22 51.39 32.83
143 Djibouti 49.39 62.58 42.91 42.68 64.91 74.74 57.30 53.39 41.60 40.79 46.35 42.90 49.83 59.17 36.27 25.44
144 Uganda 49.34 53.93 54.63 39.47 74.97 59.18 45.12 36.44 68.78 48.42 45.13 56.17 47.99 48.37 27.78 33.73
145 Eswatini 49.19 57.79 54 35.76 69.39 52.86 69.48 39.45 66.03 54.41 40.59 54.98 27.96 57.29 29.18 28.62
146 Liberia 49.03 48.31 45.54 53.25 53.46 52.61 39.59 47.58 47.47 34.61 42 58.09 80.44 55.55 44.18 32.84
147 Mozambique 48.27 50.81 51.03 42.97 57.67 53.65 41.90 50.03 59.62 43.31 40.73 60.44 61.64 42.02 41.73 26.49
148 Papua New Guinea 48.12 52.14 42.62 49.61 60.11 52.68 44.10 51.67 53.38 36.43 19.21 61.47 74.93 51.11 40.06 32.34
149 Congo, Republic of 47.54 54.82 51.57 36.25 61.92 58.64 58.69 40.04 71.31 44.97 39.64 50.35 44.43 41.97 24.78 33.81
150 Ethiopia 47.43 51.66 46.17 44.46 66.68 41.35 47.53 51.08 46.35 32.72 47.78 57.83 61.06 54.18 29.39 33.2
151 Madagascar 47.07 45.67 49.47 46.06 56.28 32.45 41.50 52.46 66.81 39.89 34 57.19 68.51 51.27 34.13 30.32
152 Mali 46.93 52.29 44.81 43.68 65.10 53.67 42.25 48.14 25.30 58.06 39.61 56.29 65.28 39.45 44.08 25.89
153 Angola 46.87 54.18 47.02 39.41 67.83 44.25 56.10 48.54 53.47 42.42 38.23 53.95 56.19 50.78 25.71 24.96
154 Guinea-Bissau 46.65 46.45 44.56 48.94 64.97 34.49 36.56 49.77 42.50 48.84 33.43 53.46 72.68 54.56 39.39 29.12
155 Mauritania 46.60 58.59 46.53 34.68 66.33 54.50 59.24 54.28 44.48 54.08 45.11 42.46 48.99 45.30 19.59 24.84
156 Equatorial Guinea 46.58 65.11 42.80 31.84 69.99 72.87 66.57 51.02 53.32 25.67 47.22 45 37.34 36.73 21.47 31.81
157 Haiti 45.42 49.66 44.92 41.68 60.35 44.41 38.96 54.90 53.30 45.73 29.05 51.61 59.45 54.62 20.82 31.82
158 Sudan 45.41 62.42 42.06 31.75 75.05 57.69 63.84 53.09 45.77 47.05 41.78 33.66 31.43 39.77 21.49 34.33
159 Niger 43.14 47.21 37.47 44.74 58.23 46.23 33.32 51.08 24.95 39.39 42.91 42.61 69.99 34.76 49.68 24.51
160 Burundi 42.91 48.56 44.47 35.71 61.68 50.71 33.40 48.47 46.24 32.32 42.90 56.41 34.68 51.41 35.26 21.49
161 Congo, Democratic Republic of 42.70 44.69 47.61 35.81 54.50 44.28 37.15 42.85 62 33.92 38.58 55.94 45.06 42.72 27.36 28.11
162 Guinea 42.41 49.13 45.56 32.54 57.80 55.80 38.50 44.43 34.77 57.99 33.10 56.38 40.89 39.84 26.82 22.59
163 Yemen 39.08 56.96 36.37 23.91 60.05 54.21 69.41 44.19 43.54 34.23 34.37 33.32 24.50 37.27 5.90 27.98
164 Afghanistan 37.34 53.69 32.60 25.73 60.78 61.74 59.76 32.47 35.43 40.39 23.19 31.39 26.11 30.81 18.13 27.85
165 Somalia 35.85 43.34 37.44 26.77 47.10 47.15 34.36 44.74 27.88 36.57 28.52 56.78 30.45 31.49 17.75 27.39
166 Eritrea 34.85 48.16 34.16 22.25 59.34 40.23 49.27 43.80 37.19 16.90 34.94 47.60 13.07 33.82 23.01 19.08
167 Chad 34.69 37.70 36.68 29.70 49.03 25.17 29.35 47.25 25.64 35.75 37.20 48.12 47.09 28.68 21.36 21.66
168 Central African Republic 32.39 28.96 33.29 34.91 36.38 21.97 21.13 36.37 38.48 27.79 18.21 48.68 56.58 29.20 30.39 23.47
169 South Sudan 30.65 38.70 30.05 23.19 58.87 32.67 27.61 35.67 27.24 8.16 29.89 54.90 32.36 28.64 14.13 17.64


2021 Social Progress Index Rankings

SPI Rank Country Social Progress

Score

Basic Human Needs Foundations of Wellbeing Opportunity Nutrition and Basic Medical Care Water and Sanitation Shelter Personal Safety Access to Basic Knowledge Access to Information and Communications Health and Wellness Environmental Quality Personal Rights Personal Freedom and Choice Inclusiveness Access to Advanced Education
1 Norway 92.63 95.29 93.30 89.30 98.81 98.33 93.75 90.29 98.66 95.80 89.32 89.44 96.34 91.16 83.77 85.92
2 Finland 92.26 95.62 93.09 88.07 98.99 99.26 96.48 87.75 96.32 95.14 85.73 95.15 96.13 88.10 82.81 85.23
3 Denmark 92.15 95.30 92.74 88.41 98.62 98.21 94.92 89.46 97.44 98.18 85.15 90.20 97.08 90.03 81.64 84.89
4 Iceland 91.78 96.66 93.65 85.04 98.99 98.82 93.16 95.66 99.51 93.12 91.02 90.93 95.14 88.01 77.63 79.39
5 Switzerland 91.78 95.25 93.80 86.28 98.72 98.96 92.97 90.35 98.60 95.07 91.50 90.05 96.69 90.65 74.81 82.99
6 Canada 91.41 94.72 92.83 86.68 98.34 97.52 90.82 92.21 97.88 93.44 87.37 92.63 95.74 86.49 79.54 84.93
7 Sweden 91.40 94.50 91.85 87.26 98.90 99.89 91.80 88.97 93.87 93.50 86.85 93.18 97.59 89.38 79.84 82.24
8 Netherlands 90.57 94.09 91.24 86.38 98.58 98.65 89.65 89.50 94.03 96.28 86.93 87.72 97.13 89.35 74.40 84.67
9 Japan 90.44 96.85 92.93 81.53 97.16 97.17 96.87 96.18 98.47 93.51 92.10 87.64 95.61 84.66 63.45 82.40
10 Germany 90.32 94.59 89.35 87.03 98.70 98.52 91.60 89.56 97.72 89.33 82.32 88.02 97.71 90.05 75.59 84.78
11 Australia 90.28 95.12 90.41 85.33 98.34 98.26 91.21 92.66 94.58 94.17 86.26 86.61 96.30 86.23 70.00 88.77
12 New Zealand 90.02 94.30 91.50 84.27 98.04 97.67 89.06 92.44 97.87 96.27 85.86 85.98 97.91 84.97 70.82 83.37
13 Ireland 89.47 93.91 89.58 84.93 98.69 98.36 88.47 90.11 94.82 91.24 84.27 87.99 97.13 85.64 78.15 78.80
14 Austria 89.44 94.42 91.32 82.58 98.86 98.36 91.21 89.26 98.48 94.75 87.09 84.95 91.43 87.54 69.19 82.15
15 Luxembourg 88.75 92.98 91.52 81.74 98.78 98.80 90.04 84.32 98.83 90.82 88.56 87.85 95.34 89.56 76.06 65.99
16 Belgium 88.68 93.13 88.12 84.79 98.55 97.86 94.72 81.39 95.15 87.97 86.21 83.15 97.44 86.83 72.82 82.08
17 Korea. Republic of 88.42 95.22 89.66 80.36 98.18 97.07 93.55 92.07 91.12 98.05 89.09 80.41 93.21 79.64 62.38 86.22
18 United Kingdom 88.25 92.67 90.50 81.59 98.36 98.22 90.23 83.87 91.96 96.60 83.81 89.63 94.59 85.37 64.56 81.82
19 France 88.23 92.46 89.98 82.25 98.58 98.56 90.43 82.28 93.09 91.73 87.30 87.79 94.65 85.28 69.62 79.44
20 Spain 87.53 92.57 89.03 80.98 98.78 98.83 88.85 83.81 89.66 91.40 88.33 86.73 95.44 80.58 69.19 78.71
21 Estonia 87.38 92.34 91.10 78.71 97.56 98.91 94.99 77.90 98.53 96.73 78.26 90.87 94.52 85.15 58.15 77.04
22 Czechia 86.60 94.44 86.07 79.27 98.42 98.10 92.94 88.32 98.40 83.29 80.70 81.89 93.61 81.67 63.64 78.17
23 Italy 86.56 91.28 87.77 80.62 98.90 97.99 91.79 76.44 91.07 87.36 88.90 83.74 95.69 74.31 75.50 76.97
24 United States 86.29 89.93 86.67 82.27 97.51 96.97 92.58 72.67 92.63 94.01 74.33 85.70 91.88 82.54 65.04 89.60
25 Portugal 85.97 92.20 85.81 79.89 98.36 96.09 89.44 84.94 88.59 87.42 83.27 83.95 94.57 80.97 72.10 71.91
26 Slovenia 85.83 93.58 86.21 77.70 97.59 99.27 89.14 88.32 95.38 82.18 81.25 86.04 90.06 81.67 61.40 77.66
27 Lithuania 85.58 91.30 85.44 80.01 97.14 98.41 93.47 76.16 96.42 86.46 72.16 86.74 94.50 79.56 66.00 79.97
28 Malta 85.24 92.99 86.32 76.40 98.09 98.46 90.43 84.99 93.82 88.22 87.08 76.17 89.35 78.96 72.83 64.45
29 Cyprus 85.03 91.19 86.60 77.29 97.29 98.45 90.43 78.58 94.64 89.57 84.74 77.44 92.25 78.33 61.16 77.44
30 Singapore 84.73 96.57 86.87 70.74 97.81 95.83 96.48 96.15 91.05 83.43 91.01 82.00 68.78 88.84 52.62 72.70
31 Greece 84.37 92.10 83.59 77.41 98.53 98.52 90.81 80.54 88.47 82.44 83.74 79.72 86.84 72.04 68.49 82.28
32 Israel 83.81 90.95 85.39 75.09 98.67 97.29 89.26 78.57 90.24 82.31 86.20 82.80 90.61 76.89 54.51 78.36
33 Slovakia 83.69 92.68 82.59 75.80 95.53 98.77 92.15 84.26 92.11 86.40 73.18 78.70 92.99 78.02 60.14 72.04
34 Latvia 83.43 90.58 83.18 76.51 96.84 98.71 92.17 74.60 95.01 84.30 68.94 84.50 94.72 81.46 51.65 78.23
35 Poland 83.08 92.68 82.06 74.50 97.20 98.61 90.09 84.84 92.62 86.24 72.12 77.27 83.22 78.33 60.67 75.78
36 Croatia 82.82 91.32 85.01 72.14 97.20 99.06 93.39 75.63 96.31 85.94 77.45 80.34 88.66 74.17 52.05 73.69
37 Chile 82.18 87.51 81.66 77.36 97.00 93.41 86.79 72.84 84.35 86.57 75.70 80.00 92.10 78.03 61.08 78.23
38 Costa Rica 81.73 87.11 82.59 75.48 96.13 92.88 90.35 69.10 87.96 83.52 81.41 77.48 95.51 73.79 71.10 61.53
39 Uruguay 81.15 86.22 81.23 76.00 95.64 94.06 88.18 67.00 87.34 87.81 74.95 74.82 94.99 76.13 68.00 64.88
40 Barbados 80.74 86.67 81.58 73.98 93.74 89.36 91.29 72.29 97.37 81.60 72.71 74.64 93.29 74.97 62.87 64.81
41 Argentina 80.38 85.00 80.01 76.12 94.31 90.34 88.91 66.45 84.06 87.91 69.03 79.03 91.59 67.30 68.70 76.89
42 Hungary 80.15 91.84 79.20 69.42 97.17 97.18 91.39 81.60 91.26 77.97 67.70 79.89 80.84 76.80 53.89 66.14
43 Bulgaria 78.81 90.43 75.04 70.95 95.82 98.51 90.10 77.27 86.50 82.75 61.72 69.18 83.58 72.27 58.12 69.84
44 Romania 78.41 89.47 76.87 68.91 95.57 92.77 91.24 78.29 82.81 85.65 63.74 75.26 89.01 70.90 47.24 68.47
45 Mauritius 77.30 90.31 76.90 64.70 92.40 96.75 91.33 80.76 87.95 74.72 67.67 77.27 86.97 67.93 51.58 52.32
46 Trinidad and Tobago 76.82 84.58 78.54 67.33 93.76 93.59 90.42 60.57 91.60 81.00 66.84 74.71 89.86 65.13 56.77 57.57
47 Serbia 75.99 88.61 75.06 64.29 96.39 98.17 88.24 71.65 92.21 74.95 65.88 67.21 75.62 65.93 45.37 70.25
48 Ukraine 75.78 84.30 75.84 67.20 92.11 94.92 90.23 59.96 91.22 79.98 59.01 73.16 77.34 69.26 47.99 74.20
49 Georgia 75.47 86.49 75.86 64.06 93.16 95.22 89.55 68.03 94.60 78.07 62.85 67.93 81.62 57.88 45.72 71.01
50 Kuwait 75.32 90.74 77.62 57.59 97.40 95.40 90.04 80.12 77.28 89.32 84.10 59.77 64.95 68.70 33.82 62.87
51 Malaysia 75.22 87.23 78.33 60.11 91.33 90.29 91.84 75.47 89.64 83.56 67.64 72.50 66.22 69.66 43.29 61.26
52 Panama 75.01 84.00 76.79 64.25 91.02 86.35 90.67 67.97 79.64 74.03 75.00 78.50 86.89 61.26 48.68 60.15
53 Jamaica 75.00 81.63 73.91 69.48 92.43 83.60 86.69 63.78 85.63 69.20 66.78 74.01 88.97 65.50 68.80 54.66
54 Belarus 74.83 86.72 78.05 59.71 98.08 98.95 92.33 57.53 96.17 73.60 67.69 74.73 42.09 77.15 52.85 66.78
55 Armenia 74.56 86.80 73.87 62.99 94.95 91.21 91.09 69.96 89.69 78.97 66.08 60.75 80.60 59.29 47.95 64.14
56 Albania 74.51 86.59 78.26 58.69 91.97 92.18 89.92 72.29 93.11 74.17 73.52 72.24 80.28 47.46 47.50 59.50
57 Montenegro 74.15 87.72 73.88 60.84 97.34 98.47 86.19 68.89 93.39 73.37 68.32 60.42 76.47 67.02 35.06 64.81
58 Tunisia 73.95 87.40 69.27 65.19 94.77 94.39 86.08 74.38 71.44 79.93 69.75 55.97 83.94 68.39 50.28 58.14
59 Ecuador 73.85 81.43 75.87 64.25 88.48 88.66 89.42 59.15 82.56 77.71 68.84 74.36 81.97 60.73 52.65 61.64
60 Moldova 73.67 85.19 73.96 61.86 95.32 85.25 92.54 67.63 90.90 79.99 61.57 63.37 83.12 59.51 44.26 60.53
61 Peru 73.61 81.32 76.20 63.31 90.28 83.18 84.23 67.58 77.00 80.85 72.45 74.50 82.11 60.78 46.98 63.37
62 Russia 73.45 83.00 79.40 57.94 95.49 97.04 88.56 50.92 94.34 77.42 64.70 81.16 51.79 70.26 30.31 79.40
63 Republic of North Macedonia 73.05 88.70 70.66 59.79 97.25 98.04 87.16 72.36 76.66 82.79 63.46 59.74 77.36 62.38 38.88 60.53
64 Kazakhstan 72.23 86.49 75.83 54.38 95.53 93.93 91.89 64.61 94.54 78.20 61.69 68.87 53.63 71.58 30.01 62.30
65 Brazil 72.06 79.15 75.19 61.83 93.61 86.92 87.33 48.75 75.74 81.16 64.42 79.44 75.93 65.51 47.00 58.86
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.91 87.08 71.20 57.45 96.72 97.80 81.56 72.25 84.95 75.44 66.69 57.72 71.20 59.50 41.23 57.85
67 United Arab Emirates 71.58 88.50 73.22 53.02 94.36 92.25 96.09 71.28 89.12 84.55 62.36 56.87 45.20 75.69 27.26 63.93
68 Mexico 71.52 79.96 71.85 62.77 92.31 89.67 87.11 50.74 79.92 76.38 64.34 66.75 71.07 63.69 56.07 60.25
69 Paraguay 71.49 82.80 72.99 58.68 91.54 91.17 83.55 64.93 71.45 81.47 61.49 77.54 81.10 61.78 41.01 50.83
70 Colombia 71.35 80.93 76.47 56.67 93.03 91.99 88.75 49.94 77.77 81.76 71.39 74.94 70.00 62.59 34.88 59.19
71 Thailand 70.96 81.25 76.51 55.11 91.47 84.91 93.28 55.33 77.51 73.41 75.10 80.00 50.78 64.27 49.25 56.16
72 Sri Lanka 70.81 79.65 76.52 56.25 92.87 79.55 78.99 67.21 88.33 65.77 72.28 79.68 70.15 63.38 42.17 49.31
73 Dominican Republic 70.71 80.74 70.31 61.07 90.27 87.27 88.16 57.26 74.46 79.41 58.50 68.88 82.88 57.57 48.46 55.36
74 Maldives 70.49 86.48 72.98 52.01 89.11 86.15 88.36 82.29 71.30 70.42 70.91 79.29 59.92 60.89 48.39 38.85
75 Suriname 70.22 83.03 67.35 60.27 90.06 84.88 89.32 67.88 78.40 60.47 62.37 68.15 85.94 64.47 47.39 43.27
76 Cuba 70.18 86.22 70.53 53.79 96.15 89.05 87.38 72.29 93.90 45.44 75.50 67.28 30.71 66.95 64.12 53.40
77 Cabo Verde 70.00 78.60 66.30 65.09 87.24 74.00 84.59 68.57 68.84 68.95 65.46 61.93 89.99 67.52 59.62 43.24
78 Vietnam 69.70 83.54 71.68 53.88 89.61 82.60 87.82 74.14 85.85 69.91 65.12 65.86 47.50 65.27 52.57 50.17
79 Mongolia 69.18 75.72 66.69 65.12 86.64 67.35 75.08 73.80 91.10 73.27 48.44 53.95 87.61 64.00 51.65 57.23
80 South Africa 69.17 69.96 69.33 68.22 80.89 65.54 84.32 49.10 77.13 76.05 55.38 68.77 87.51 69.84 56.94 58.58
81 Fiji 69.06 82.77 66.87 57.54 92.37 85.60 79.95 73.16 89.38 63.68 44.19 70.24 67.03 63.07 47.68 52.39
82 Kyrgyzstan 68.78 82.81 70.64 52.88 91.55 86.85 86.65 66.21 92.97 68.35 59.46 61.76 63.32 60.79 34.10 53.30
83 Jordan 68.77 86.95 66.69 52.67 93.25 94.54 89.24 70.76 80.02 54.37 73.69 58.68 60.43 62.18 28.88 59.18
84 Bhutan 68.44 82.67 66.22 56.44 81.70 76.42 87.75 84.80 63.22 68.49 66.72 66.44 75.01 66.78 48.53 35.43
85 Oman 68.09 84.46 68.05 51.76 92.46 85.37 92.34 67.65 79.08 81.90 68.89 42.31 51.80 68.05 34.21 53.01
86 Qatar 68.07 89.38 66.05 48.80 95.95 95.42 90.62 75.50 83.34 78.33 74.67 27.85 42.46 79.89 19.83 53.01
87 Turkey 67.99 84.20 68.82 50.93 95.59 91.59 86.79 62.84 72.33 76.34 72.36 54.27 40.17 63.25 29.92 70.39
88 Lebanon 67.79 83.13 65.17 55.07 94.44 89.72 87.87 60.50 80.10 58.08 67.61 54.90 66.32 62.78 25.85 65.33
89 Bolivia 67.69 78.88 66.67 57.54 82.60 80.28 84.31 68.35 73.71 68.47 54.85 69.63 70.09 56.60 55.18 48.27
90 Algeria 67.04 84.70 62.27 54.16 92.07 92.78 86.65 67.29 77.27 49.66 70.10 52.03 54.11 67.10 41.55 53.90
91 Botswana 66.96 69.67 68.16 63.04 72.42 64.58 73.52 68.15 84.60 64.52 58.58 64.95 82.79 69.72 49.20 50.45
92 West Bank and Gaza 66.73 80.37 66.81 53.02 94.25 74.18 87.70 65.34 84.66 65.69 63.59 53.30 60.75 58.78 33.08 59.48
93 Guyana 66.27 79.18 61.29 58.34 88.09 81.85 83.33 63.47 78.66 57.48 52.14 56.87 84.50 55.98 50.25 42.65
94 Indonesia 66.26 75.74 65.71 57.35 80.92 58.52 87.89 75.61 72.14 73.08 52.35 65.25 69.53 63.44 39.36 57.09
95 Uzbekistan 65.90 85.26 62.54 49.90 92.03 93.92 91.26 63.83 93.47 70.28 48.45 37.95 49.34 66.08 36.52 47.65
96 Bahrain 65.85 86.29 69.79 41.48 96.85 93.64 94.51 60.15 80.29 78.79 73.33 46.76 34.90 68.57 8.12 54.32
97 Philippines 65.73 72.30 67.62 57.28 82.04 77.67 78.69 50.81 80.86 69.21 49.26 71.16 69.50 61.20 41.98 56.44
98 Iran 65.72 83.66 67.56 45.93 94.36 94.98 84.32 60.98 79.56 64.11 72.35 54.24 45.29 52.15 24.45 61.82
99 Ghana 65.67 70.60 64.92 61.50 80.85 60.95 68.21 72.38 71.47 71.09 53.99 63.11 90.40 53.47 53.70 48.43
100 China 65.44 83.75 65.08 47.49 95.87 88.50 87.30 63.35 80.36 71.45 65.76 42.75 25.57 70.69 32.15 61.55
101 Morocco 65.24 82.97 60.77 51.98 89.53 79.33 90.83 72.20 60.84 70.50 55.55 56.19 63.58 62.95 31.52 49.89
102 Sao Tome and Principe 64.62 75.15 59.01 59.69 81.84 82.75 61.22 74.79 68.17 48.91 54.73 64.25 88.12 56.70 58.40 35.55
103 El Salvador 64.25 74.42 63.98 54.34 90.73 76.04 88.77 42.14 64.35 66.44 64.98 60.17 69.73 60.46 44.32 42.85
104 Gabon 64.05 74.18 62.17 55.81 77.41 71.72 81.67 65.92 74.36 59.14 55.88 59.28 66.89 55.54 51.02 49.79
105 Saudi Arabia 63.73 82.78 66.63 41.78 94.54 93.11 94.12 49.36 82.37 77.10 71.81 35.24 24.27 70.34 10.49 62.02
106 Namibia 63.38 64.37 64.17 61.60 77.93 57.49 61.37 60.71 73.53 64.20 51.21 67.74 84.57 67.79 48.38 45.67
107 Azerbaijan 62.90 84.01 65.11 39.57 92.99 86.82 92.92 63.33 83.61 71.93 47.56 57.34 37.40 51.39 21.94 47.54
108 Nicaragua 62.45 73.52 67.32 46.51 87.43 76.13 77.75 52.77 78.81 50.36 69.70 70.41 46.84 59.33 45.33 34.54
109 Egypt 60.29 81.41 51.56 47.90 90.61 89.35 88.45 57.22 76.39 59.99 45.92 23.95 43.76 62.42 30.47 54.94
110 Honduras 60.19 71.51 59.01 50.05 84.99 78.59 74.61 47.85 64.22 54.41 53.39 64.00 66.43 54.15 36.76 42.87
111 Senegal 59.73 69.42 54.89 54.88 77.14 58.26 60.62 81.68 37.29 63.99 52.99 65.31 84.94 45.77 52.32 36.50
112 Guatemala 59.54 66.55 63.91 48.15 77.61 64.06 79.12 45.43 66.75 67.08 59.48 62.31 66.22 53.36 32.86 40.16
113 Nepal 59.06 74.48 50.12 52.58 82.26 65.43 71.14 79.07 53.77 57.59 50.86 38.24 73.22 48.83 48.00 40.29
114 Timor-Leste 58.85 62.63 59.73 54.20 64.26 51.63 65.34 69.31 58.85 58.74 49.26 72.05 74.48 55.36 48.53 38.42
115 India 58.81 71.32 50.59 54.52 76.04 64.28 82.93 62.04 58.43 59.36 49.45 35.12 69.01 53.10 43.76 52.22
116 Kenya 58.76 57.99 62.81 55.47 67.62 50.64 58.87 54.84 64.04 63.06 52.55 71.59 71.17 61.77 43.49 45.44
117 Myanmar 58.62 70.07 57.46 48.34 78.29 67.52 65.27 69.19 64.97 54.88 49.56 60.42 61.14 58.97 42.97 30.27
118 Iraq 58.35 74.31 55.88 44.85 84.57 80.55 89.25 42.86 60.73 65.52 60.77 36.50 46.99 47.65 27.44 57.33
119 Libya 58.23 75.73 55.08 43.89 90.76 91.58 76.44 44.14 60.29 45.85 58.68 55.48 35.19 49.40 39.47 51.51
120 Turkmenistan 57.58 82.46 59.74 30.52 91.16 79.32 95.26 64.11 86.86 41.79 51.16 59.18 15.66 61.62 22.05 22.75
121 Bangladesh 56.87 72.51 55.02 43.09 79.09 73.08 73.44 64.42 64.80 57.00 52.30 45.98 55.31 47.25 29.36 40.44
122 Gambia. The 56.49 64.42 51.96 53.09 69.34 61.97 50.04 76.34 53.99 48.06 47.19 58.60 81.66 42.77 51.93 36.01
123 Tajikistan 56.33 78.24 55.48 35.27 85.99 77.10 87.60 62.26 87.01 46.29 46.42 42.20 28.55 56.74 18.49 37.29
124 Malawi 55.64 58.72 54.46 53.75 70.17 51.65 38.04 75.00 60.73 38.23 46.47 72.42 79.99 56.30 42.48 36.22
125 Benin 55.43 53.92 56.86 55.51 65.62 41.45 48.60 60.00 55.05 54.29 53.28 64.80 79.47 45.30 59.02 38.26
126 Tanzania 55.17 56.36 59.45 49.68 67.09 42.88 48.51 66.97 60.32 50.59 56.08 70.82 61.21 50.15 52.80 34.56
127 Comoros 54.71 61.78 54.06 48.28 72.06 57.06 61.79 56.20 56.37 34.28 52.66 72.93 62.79 44.86 51.85 33.62
128 Cambodia 54.52 63.69 56.53 43.33 78.55 47.20 70.96 58.03 52.48 54.30 49.20 70.16 43.44 57.52 36.11 36.23
129 Solomon Islands 54.03 58.36 48.77 54.95 80.02 51.18 35.64 66.59 61.69 44.38 31.19 57.83 79.36 60.99 40.73 38.70
130 Lesotho 53.97 49.40 53.93 58.57 49.42 45.78 55.51 46.90 75.82 49.41 38.67 51.80 81.12 58.02 60.84 34.31
131 Côte d'Ivoire 53.89 58.99 55.82 46.87 64.90 54.52 60.75 55.81 48.99 58.35 47.24 68.69 66.03 43.21 45.25 32.99
132 Syria 53.78 77.51 52.55 31.28 86.95 92.74 82.30 48.05 57.88 53.43 54.19 44.69 25.08 50.65 4.26 45.11
133 Togo 53.51 52.08 56.71 51.75 69.74 36.70 49.60 52.26 61.85 51.07 50.18 63.76 64.24 52.32 57.20 33.24
134 Zimbabwe 53.33 53.64 61.24 45.12 67.88 55.96 51.86 38.88 82.36 52.11 40.41 70.07 60.14 55.22 29.47 35.66
135 Zambia 53.29 55.73 55.59 48.55 68.16 42.91 52.23 59.59 61.56 44.41 46.66 69.74 60.77 53.31 44.20 35.93
136 Sierra Leone 53.01 51.16 55.18 52.69 51.98 39.15 36.13 77.37 52.01 53.29 46.27 69.15 78.76 51.99 46.37 33.63
137 Rwanda 53.01 55.60 59.81 43.62 67.80 52.91 48.20 53.48 63.31 53.73 57.47 64.73 46.00 69.08 30.06 29.34
138 Nigeria 52.65 54.20 55.06 48.69 62.27 46.91 57.76 49.85 53.34 60.27 51.50 55.12 74.08 38.29 34.34 48.07
139 Cameroon 52.07 58.04 53.00 45.18 68.81 49.98 59.97 53.40 67.94 49.33 49.53 45.19 62.38 47.11 34.30 36.93
140 Uganda 52.02 55.65 57.21 43.21 76.23 43.39 47.26 55.70 67.01 46.91 50.41 64.49 51.69 48.78 36.91 35.46
141 Eswatini 52.00 60.84 55.60 39.57 71.54 44.49 70.65 56.70 66.08 50.80 41.47 64.03 33.61 58.75 31.90 34.03
142 Liberia 51.67 52.28 48.49 54.25 53.42 46.16 42.26 67.29 44.50 34.79 47.76 66.89 78.63 50.80 52.27 35.28
143 Pakistan 50.82 65.09 45.49 41.87 68.15 67.76 69.04 55.43 45.30 50.86 41.52 44.28 46.16 49.62 26.80 44.91
144 Burkina Faso 50.65 51.18 51.46 49.31 64.62 47.07 38.73 54.29 33.04 60.96 46.64 65.19 67.90 43.73 49.74 35.87
145 Laos 50.09 60.37 51.72 38.20 72.49 46.26 67.28 55.43 60.40 32.47 45.70 68.31 26.61 59.15 40.26 26.77
146 Djibouti 49.91 62.68 43.61 43.45 64.99 71.55 59.07 55.12 38.73 37.68 47.37 50.65 47.81 54.32 44.92 26.75
147 Congo. Republic of 49.45 55.68 53.08 39.60 65.88 51.32 60.22 45.29 69.73 39.84 44.52 58.22 48.76 44.51 28.85 36.29
148 Ethiopia 48.80 49.77 50.70 45.94 69.76 22.77 49.63 56.91 45.93 37.66 53.73 65.48 60.78 54.46 32.48 36.06
149 Madagascar 48.75 46.14 50.38 49.75 56.92 14.80 41.33 71.49 65.87 32.61 38.04 64.99 74.22 47.18 43.82 33.78
150 Mozambique 47.89 46.38 51.21 46.06 58.59 34.30 41.14 51.50 55.61 40.64 39.84 68.75 63.05 38.89 52.38 29.93
151 Mali 47.86 55.64 47.15 40.79 69.85 42.11 47.42 63.21 24.80 52.70 46.02 65.09 62.92 32.41 38.46 29.37
152 Mauritania 47.63 58.07 49.34 35.49 69.63 43.78 61.53 57.33 43.40 49.24 54.89 49.80 54.01 41.43 17.22 29.29
153 Angola 47.23 51.63 48.78 41.27 67.38 33.72 57.44 48.00 50.36 37.99 44.58 62.18 54.37 48.19 34.36 28.18
154 Equatorial Guinea 46.61 62.65 44.91 32.28 71.81 61.23 67.64 49.91 51.07 25.49 51.75 51.32 38.23 38.21 19.30 33.40
155 Sudan 46.40 62.56 44.04 32.59 76.11 53.05 64.57 56.53 44.04 43.75 49.61 38.78 37.89 40.93 13.80 37.75
156 Papua New Guinea 46.06 48.19 43.85 46.14 58.30 37.34 47.14 49.99 49.40 33.59 21.03 71.39 73.03 46.39 29.68 35.45
157 Haiti 45.96 48.79 47.27 41.82 60.63 39.05 41.18 54.30 52.13 41.96 36.70 58.29 57.56 47.62 27.21 34.88
158 Guinea-Bissau 45.59 45.56 43.16 48.06 68.23 19.96 38.04 56.01 40.31 35.99 34.36 61.99 67.76 50.99 41.86 31.64
159 Guinea 43.26 47.99 46.60 35.18 55.70 46.75 42.30 47.23 30.56 53.51 36.85 65.49 49.10 36.11 28.68 26.83
160 Burundi 42.64 45.98 44.73 37.20 58.24 38.98 35.19 51.53 45.62 27.14 41.72 64.44 31.18 52.67 40.27 24.67
161 Congo. Democratic Republic of 42.11 44.75 48.03 33.53 60.91 34.97 39.09 44.04 58.83 25.61 43.37 64.31 41.52 38.62 23.53 30.46
162 Niger 42.02 47.66 38.14 40.27 57.73 36.20 37.04 59.67 24.11 32.78 46.13 49.55 68.49 27.41 45.47 19.70
163 Yemen 38.90 54.49 38.05 24.15 69.12 41.06 71.73 36.06 40.59 32.37 40.68 38.56 16.80 40.64 8.65 30.51
164 Somalia 35.62 40.21 38.41 28.22 55.75 32.42 35.52 37.17 25.50 33.40 29.57 65.16 23.80 31.90 27.40 29.80
165 Eritrea 35.33 44.94 35.95 25.10 57.92 27.91 50.27 43.67 40.18 6.81 41.68 55.12 14.88 37.86 24.82 22.84
166 Chad 34.60 35.65 36.26 31.87 47.24 21.48 33.00 40.90 23.14 24.31 41.47 56.13 52.04 28.66 22.03 24.76
167 Central African Republic 33.53 29.91 34.83 35.84 36.42 26.95 26.79 29.46 34.81 22.57 24.60 57.35 52.39 26.67 37.87 26.43
168 South Sudan 32.50 39.96 34.17 23.37 59.29 24.43 33.28 42.84 27.18 9.16 37.14 63.22 27.40 32.50 13.42 20.17
World 65.05 74.18 64.42 56.54 84.92 69.99 80.63 61.20 72.03 70.22 60.18 55.27 60.16 62.22 42.22 61.58

2020 rankings and scores by country

Color key:

Very high →  Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6  → Very low
Country 2020
Rank Score Basic Human Needs Foundation of Wellbeing Opportunity
 Norway 1 92.73 96.85 93.39 87.95
 Denmark 2 92.11 96.11 91.58 88.66
 Finland 3 91.89 96.22 91.29 88.15
 New Zealand 4 91.64 97.22 92.57 85.13
 Sweden 5 91.62 96.58 91.03 87.23
  Switzerland 6 91.42 96.78 91.99 85.49
 Canada 7 91.40 97.03 90.88 86.31
 Australia 8 91.29 97.25 91.07 85.55
 Iceland 9 91.09 98.07 92.81 82.39
 Netherlands 10 91.06 96.48 91.18 85.53
 Germany 11 90.56 96.14 89.02 86.53
 Ireland 12 90.35 96.32 90.03 84.70
 Japan 13 90.14 97.78 92.15 80.50
 Luxembourg 14 89.56 95.72 91.84 81.13
 Austria 15 89.50 96.03 91.84 80.63
 Belgium 16 89.46 94.01 89.30 85.07
 South Korea 17 89.06 96.92 90.12 80.13
 France 18 88.78 94.48 90.78 81.09
 Spain 19 88.71 95.27 89.71 81.15
 United Kingdom 20 88.54 94.36 90.21 81.06
 Portugal 21 87.79 95.69 88.12 79.57
 Slovenia 22 87.71 95.62 88.85 78.64
 Italy 23 87.36 93.19 88.59 80.30
 Estonia 24 87.26 93.08 91.50 77.21
 Czech Republic 25 86.69 95.45 86.79 77.83
 Cyprus 26 86.64 93.40 89.66 76.84
 Greece 27 85.78 93.78 85.11 78.46
 United States 28 85.71 92.08 83.14 81.89
 Singapore 29 85.46 97.66 86.13 72.58
 Malta 30 84.89 93.25 87.98 73.43
 Poland 31 84.32 94.44 83.67 74.86
 Lithuania 32 83.97 90.83 83.77 77.30
 Israel 33 83.62 93.43 85.53 71.89
 Chile 34 83.34 90.79 81.87 77.35
 Latvia 35 83.19 90.74 83.83 74.99
 Slovakia 36 83.15 93.88 82.98 72.58
 Costa Rica 37 83.01 89.88 84.62 74.51
 Uruguay 38 82.99 88.64 82.59 77.74
 Croatia 39 81.92 91.29 84.79 69.69
 Hungary 40 81.02 92.10 80.76 70.19
 Argentina 41 80.66 87.73 80.05 74.20
 Barbados 42 80.50 87.25 80.08 74.16
 Bulgaria 43 79.86 90.88 78.19 70.51
 Mauritius 44 78.96 90.90 76.52 69.47
 Romania 45 78.35 89.46 78.04 67.54
 Kuwait 46 77.47 90.41 81.67 60.33
 Belarus 47 77.00 89.80 76.83 64.38
 Malaysia 48 76.96 88.77 80.52 61.59
 Panama 49 76.55 86.00 79.83 63.82
 Armenia 50 76.46 87.91 78.22 63.24
 Trinidad and Tobago 51 76.33 82.32 78.18 68.48
 Serbia 52 75.54 87.53 75.19 63.90
 Ecuador 53 75.45 84.35 79.45 62.55
 Albania 54 75.41 86.92 82.71 56.60
 Tunisia 55 75.02 85.56 71.29 68.19
 Georgia 56 74.85 83.79 77.14 63.64
 Jamaica 57 74.75 79.34 74.44 70.47
 Montenegro 58 74.42 86.18 77.96 59.12
 Peru 59 74.22 82.46 78.50 61.69
 Colombia 60 74.00 83.31 80.09 58.59
 Brazil 61 73.91 82.69 76.59 62.46
 Mexico 62 73.52 82.54 74.67 63.36
 Ukraine 63 73.38 83.36 71.97 64.79
 Sri Lanka 64 73.20 81.89 80.33 57.39
 North Macedonia 65 73.16 88.15 75.06 56.25
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 72.74 86.41 74.08 57.72
 Kazakhstan 67 72.66 85.60 76.13 56.24
 Moldova 68 72.58 83.32 75.42 59.02
 Russia 69 72.56 84.05 74.18 59.44
 Paraguay 70 72.48 83.87 75.50 58.09
 Cabo Verde 71 72.05 80.15 70.69 65.31
 Cuba 72 71.52 86.20 71.86 56.51
 Jordan 73 71.50 89.35 69.61 55.54
 Oman 74 71.41 87.38 72.33 54.52
 Suriname 75 71.12 82.82 69.06 61.48
 Mongolia 76 71.07 77.42 71.27 64.52
 Dominican Republic 77 71.05 78.69 74.99 59.48
 Maldives 78 70.81 86.40 74.65 51.38
 Thailand 79 70.72 80.89 75.44 55.83
 United Arab Emirates 80 70.60 86.80 71.63 53.38
 Qatar 81 70.58 90.40 72.10 49.23
 South Africa 82 70.26 73.35 69.28 68.14
 Algeria 83 69.92 87.69 66.05 56.02
 Indonesia 84 69.49 79.79 68.76 59.92
 Lebanon 85 69.37 84.32 67.14 56.63
 Botswana 86 69.36 71.48 74.24 62.36
 Bolivia 87 69.23 82.26 69.20 56.24
 Vietnam 88 68.85 82.03 72.31 52.23
 Kyrgyzstan 89 68.65 80.17 72.72 53.04
 Fiji 90 68.42 80.28 66.33 58.65
 Bhutan 91 68.34 82.02 65.90 57.09
 Turkey 92 68.27 85.20 67.47 52.14
 Iran 93 67.49 85.25 68.86 48.35
 El Salvador 94 67.25 77.62 68.87 55.26
 Namibia 95 67.14 67.29 70.92 63.21
 Guyana 96 66.95 77.10 64.74 58.99
 Morocco 97 66.90 84.78 64.50 51.43
 Philippines 98 66.62 70.74 71.24 57.87
 Bahrain 99 66.60 86.34 69.60 43.86
 China 100 66.12 82.93 64.79 50.63
 Saudi Arabia 101 65.06 84.54 67.64 43.02
 Uzbekistan 102 64.98 80.35 64.65 49.94
 Ghana 103 64.86 65.19 68.04 61.35
 Azerbaijan 104 64.11 83.40 67.62 41.32
 Nicaragua 105 64.02 75.09 72.83 44.13
 Gabon 106 63.93 73.31 62.78 55.71
 Iraq 107 63.52 78.06 63.19 49.31
 Honduras 108 62.41 73.72 66.38 47.12
 Guatemala 109 61.67 68.32 71.33 45.35
 East Timor 110 61.08 63.84 66.88 52.53
 Senegal 111 60.04 66.20 61.17 52.76
 Egypt 112 59.98 79.41 51.55 48.98
 Turkmenistan 113 58.35 83.18 59.84 32.05
   Nepal 114 57.60 67.59 53.43 51.79
 Kenya 115 57.10 55.97 64.60 50.74
 Tajikistan 116 56.99 76.81 59.94 34.22
 India 117 56.80 66.24 50.15 54.01
 Cambodia 118 56.27 67.27 62.09 39.43
 Tanzania 119 56.20 56.26 62.91 49.42
 Myanmar 120 55.99 64.61 59.27 44.10
 Benin 121 55.56 51.94 60.97 53.77
 Zambia 122 55.34 56.09 59.94 49.99
 Bangladesh 123 55.23 64.18 59.75 41.76
 Gambia 124 55.10 57.16 55.98 52.15
 Rwanda 125 54.13 54.52 62.65 45.21
 Malawi 126 54.07 53.60 59.58 49.02
 Lesotho 127 53.80 44.33 60.05 57.02
 Ivory Coast 128 53.59 55.36 61.52 43.89
 Togo 129 53.05 50.80 60.51 47.84
 Uganda 130 52.98 53.67 59.20 46.08
 Eswatini 131 52.92 60.25 59.03 39.48
 Zimbabwe 132 52.26 51.40 64.48 40.88
 Laos 133 51.80 62.64 55.18 37.58
 Sierra Leone 134 51.74 47.00 58.15 50.07
 Liberia 135 51.37 47.75 52.42 53.94
 Nigeria 136 51.31 50.82 57.47 45.64
 Cameroon 137 51.29 56.31 54.20 43.36
 Equatorial Guinea 138 50.08 62.97 50.82 36.45
 North Korea 139 50.01 63.94 52.79 33.30
 Burkina Faso 140 49.87 47.93 54.74 46.95
 Pakistan 141 49.25 59.49 46.88 41.39
 Mozambique 142 49.00 46.93 56.22 43.85
 Mauritania 143 48.95 56.63 52.69 37.52
 Haiti 144 48.79 50.21 54.50 41.65
 Ethiopia 145 48.59 51.65 53.38 40.74
 Djibouti 146 48.53 58.14 45.43 42.03
 Sudan 147 48.51 59.44 50.10 35.99
 Madagascar 148 48.46 43.54 54.67 47.17
 Republic of the Congo 149 48.45 52.57 56.29 36.48
 Mali 150 48.29 51.99 51.69 41.19
 Angola 151 48.16 52.60 52.20 39.69
 Guinea-Bissau 152 46.69 46.79 47.50 45.79
 Papua New Guinea 153 44.91 43.16 44.34 47.23
 Guinea 154 43.41 44.61 52.88 32.76
 Afghanistan 155 42.29 52.90 39.50 34.47
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 156 42.25 41.30 52.21 33.23
 Niger 157 42.21 42.20 42.81 41.63
 Burundi 158 41.20 40.33 50.08 33.21
 Somalia 159 35.58 36.87 43.98 25.90
 Eritrea 160 35.20 43.03 38.42 24.16
 Central African Republic 161 31.62 21.31 38.68 34.85
 Chad 162 31.29 30.87 37.89 25.10
 South Sudan 163 31.06 35.74 36.69 20.73

Criticism

The index's measure of good governance has been criticized for using data biased against the Global South, and some critics have noted that much of the criteria are based on European values. There has also been debate on the relevance or accuracy of many of the measurements for gender equality. A 2016 survey of online users browsing the SPI website indicated that as one of the index's flaws, 34% of respondents found the data incomplete and/or inaccurate, primarily referencing environmental hazards, energy usage, specific health issues, employment availability and quality, income inequality, gender inequality, and corruption as areas not sufficiently taken into account.

From an econometric stand point, the Index appears to be similar to other efforts aimed at overcoming the limitation of traditional economic measures such as the gross domestic product (GDP). A notable criticism is that although the Social Progress Index can be seen as a superset of indicators used by earlier econometric models such as Gross National Well-being Index 2005, Bhutan Gross National Happiness Index of 2012, and World Happiness Report of 2012, unlike them, it ignores measures of subjective life satisfaction and psychological well-being. Other critics point out that "there remain certain dimensions that are currently not included in the SPI. These are the concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent of the population, efficiency of the judicial system, and quality of the transportation infrastructure."

Some critics argue for caution. Though words such as "inclusive capitalism" are now bandied around increasingly to signal a new age, free from ideological battlegrounds between public and private, much of what the organization's founders say about it confirms that the index is about more "business inclusive" than "inclusive capitalism".

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