Analysis / Compare
Compare countries
Put up to five countries side by side across every indicator. The leader in each row is marked — direction-aware, so “best” always means best.
Countries · 4 / 5
IndicatorUSAUnited StatesNorth AmericaCHNChinaEast Asia & PacificINDIndiaSouth AsiaDEUGermanyEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #490.18rank #1410.53rank #970.94 — leads the selected setrank #11
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile69.9rank #3449.6rank #8541.9rank #11083.8 — leads the selected setrank #13
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #530.06rank #1400.26rank #930.79 — leads the selected setrank #8
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.47rank #540.08rank #1500.2rank #1100.77 — leads the selected setrank #9
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #700.05rank #1440.46rank #1080.91 — leads the selected setrank #19
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile77.8rank #2268.8rank #4359.2rank #7281.4 — leads the selected setrank #18
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #490.18rank #1410.53rank #970.94 — leads the selected setrank #11
Military spending% GDP3.4% — leads the selected setrank #181.7%rank #712.3%rank #431.9%rank #64
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #340.04rank #1490.25rank #910.59 — leads the selected setrank #14
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile64.3rank #11263.3rank #11652.5rank #16568 — leads the selected setrank #96
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile76.2rank #2053.7rank #9753.3rank #10178.5 — leads the selected setrank #16
Rule of Law0-100 percentile73.5rank #4147rank #14056.3rank #10084.9 — leads the selected setrank #12
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.92rank #250.21rank #1230.4rank #920.99 — leads the selected setrank #3
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.74rank #360.07rank #1490.38rank #910.83 — leads the selected setrank #16
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.57rank #480.04rank #1480.26rank #980.78 — leads the selected setrank #14
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile72.4rank #4627.9rank #19055.5rank #10384.8 — leads the selected setrank #10
Women in parliament% seats28.9%rank #7726.5%rank #8613.8%rank #14032.4% — leads the selected setrank #56
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.83rank #460.59rank #1110.66rank #990.94 — leads the selected setrank #5
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.5%rank #16521.7%rank #7941.6% — leads the selected setrank #371.1%rank #172
Agriculture value added% GDP0.94%rank #1706.7%rank #7916.2% — leads the selected setrank #380.87%rank #147
Annual working hours per workerhours1,788.9rank #852,327.8rank #152,382.6 — leads the selected setrank #111,335.3rank #129
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker436,258.2rank #30124,513.2rank #9668,529.3rank #119437,682.2 — leads the selected setrank #28
Current account balance% GDP-3.6%rank #723.8%rank #19-0.42%rank #424.5% — leads the selected setrank #18
Employment-to-population ratio%58.5%rank #8360.8% — leads the selected setrank #6553.4%rank #12857.5%rank #92
External debt stocks% GNI——13% — leads the selected setrank #718.6%rank #14——
FDI net inflows% GDP1.3%rank #620.41%rank #790.99%rank #681.9% — leads the selected setrank #50
GDPcurrent US$30.77T — leads the selected setrank #119.5Trank #23.96Trank #65.05Trank #3
GDP growth%2.2%rank #1285%rank #477.6% — leads the selected setrank #130.24%rank #174
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$90,026.5 — leads the selected setrank #713,862rank #722,702.5rank #14460,496.4rank #16
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $76,931.3 — leads the selected setrank #1025,066.5rank #7110,039.1rank #12462,823.8rank #21
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $73,650 — leads the selected setrank #1022,029.2rank #719,046.8rank #12364,053.2rank #18
Government expenditure% GDP24.4%rank #51——13.7%rank #10331.2% — leads the selected setrank #49
Gross capital formation% GDP21.5%rank #9840.5% — leads the selected setrank #534.6%rank #821.9%rank #79
Gross savings% GDP16.6%rank #10842.7% — leads the selected setrank #434.7%rank #1026.4%rank #23
High-technology exports% manuf. exports24.3%rank #2026.3% — leads the selected setrank #1718.6%rank #3018%rank #34
Human capital indexindex3.7 — leads the selected setrank #62.7rank #832.2rank #1083.7rank #9
Industry value added% GDP17.6%rank #15335.6% — leads the selected setrank #2525.2%rank #7225.2%rank #73
Inflation%2.9%rank #860.06% — leads the selected setrank #132.4%rank #722.2%rank #61
Labour force participation rate%61.2%rank #9363.8% — leads the selected setrank #7655.7%rank #13159.8%rank #99
Personal remittances received% GDP0.03%rank #910.15%rank #823.8% — leads the selected setrank #320.47%rank #72
R&D expenditure% GDP3.4% — leads the selected setrank #52.6%rank #150.65%rank #463.2%rank #10
Researchers in R&Dper million4,937.5rank #192,107.3rank #38259.3rank #695,926.1 — leads the selected setrank #13
Tax revenue% GDP10.8%rank #787%rank #866.9%rank #11410.9% — leads the selected setrank #76
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)1 — leads the selected setrank #70.4rank #980.44rank #930.93rank #13
Trade openness% GDP25%rank #16838%rank #12246.3%rank #11178.5% — leads the selected setrank #72
Unemployment% labor force4.2%rank #694.6%rank #754.2%rank #703.7% — leads the selected setrank #62
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.4%rank #714.6%rank #754.3%rank #703.8% — leads the selected setrank #65
Vulnerable employment% employment3.8% — leads the selected setrank #733.4%rank #10371.6%rank #1594.3%rank #11
Youth unemployment% ages 15-249.3%rank #6315.8%rank #11316%rank #1146.9% — leads the selected setrank #42
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-249.7%rank #6715.7%rank #11216.1%rank #1146.8% — leads the selected setrank #40
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1496.1%rank #8195.7%rank #87100% — leads the selected setrank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop99.6% — leads the selected setrank #1997.3%rank #6783.4%rank #11699.2%rank #31
Child mortalityper 1000.65rank #310.57rank #272.7rank #970.37 — leads the selected setrank #14
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,947.3 — leads the selected setrank #13,526.9rank #212,668.5rank #1323,534.5rank #19
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #697% — leads the selected setrank #394%rank #689%rank #11
Health spending% GDP16.7% — leads the selected setrank #35.9%rank #1053.3%rank #17012.3%rank #1
Infant mortalityper 1k births5.5rank #284.1rank #2223.3rank #943.1 — leads the selected setrank #15
Life expectancyyears78.9rank #6178rank #7072.2rank #13780.8 — leads the selected setrank #48
Maternal mortalityper 100k17rank #1716rank #1680rank #524 — leads the selected setrank #4
Measles immunization% children92%rank #895%rank #597% — leads the selected setrank #396%rank #4
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%92%rank #895%rank #597% — leads the selected setrank #396%rank #4
Physiciansper 1k3.7rank #313.1rank #480.72rank #954.5 — leads the selected setrank #13
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m37 — leads the selected setrank #2532rank #15854.1rank #1908.8rank #38
Road traffic deathsper 100k12.7rank #5217.4rank #7515.6rank #643.8 — leads the selected setrank #12
Smoking prevalence% adults15.8% — leads the selected setrank #5022.8%rank #8222.6%rank #8122%rank #77
Suicide mortality rateper 100k15.6rank #1559 — leads the selected setrank #11412.6rank #13412.9rank #135
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3.2 — leads the selected setrank #1849rank #73187rank #1175.4rank #28
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births6.5rank #535.7rank #4726.6rank #1343.7 — leads the selected setrank #27
Undernourishment% pop2.5% — leads the selected setrank #12.5% — leads the selected setrank #112%rank #412.5% — leads the selected setrank #1
Education
Adult literacy%——96.7% — leads the selected setrank #1478.2%rank #25——
Education spending% GDP5.4% — leads the selected setrank #413.9%rank #554.1%rank #805.2%rank #42
Expected years of schoolingyears15.9rank #4715.5rank #5813rank #11517.3 — leads the selected setrank #23
Mean years of schoolingyears13.9rank #38rank #1256.9rank #14114.3 — leads the selected setrank #1
Primary completion rate% relevant age95.7%rank #78103.5% — leads the selected setrank #1390.3%rank #796.8%rank #50
Primary enrollment% gross97%rank #11799.6%rank #64111% — leads the selected setrank #3102.6%rank #45
Secondary enrollment% gross97.5%rank #6592.3%rank #6879.6%rank #7100.2% — leads the selected setrank #37
Tertiary enrollment% gross79.4% — leads the selected setrank #2576.9%rank #2034.4%rank #876.7%rank #21
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010.6rank #1426.8rank #19016 — leads the selected setrank #948.1rank #176
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.6rank #1331rank #1922 — leads the selected setrank #1051.4rank #173
Median age of populationyears38rank #6139.1rank #5328.1rank #13045.1 — leads the selected setrank #10
Net migration rateper 1,0003.9rank #46-0.4rank #119-0.68rank #1317.2 — leads the selected setrank #28
Populationpeople341.78Mrank #31.41Brank #21.46B — leads the selected setrank #183.49Mrank #19
Population growth%0.52%rank #134-0.17%rank #1880.89% — leads the selected setrank #109-0.03%rank #170
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years83.2rank #5783.4rank #5677.5rank #12185.2 — leads the selected setrank #43
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands380,846.9rank #31.26Mrank #21.68M — leads the selected setrank #178,294.6rank #24
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age53.9rank #11844.7rank #18147rank #16758 — leads the selected setrank #83
Urban population%80.2%rank #4666.3%rank #9035.7%rank #17182.1% — leads the selected setrank #41
Climate
CO₂ emissionst4.9Brank #212.29B — leads the selected setrank #13.19Brank #3572.32Mrank #10
CO₂ per capitat14.2 — leads the selected setrank #128.7rank #282.2rank #1226.8rank #41
Electricity access% pop100% — leads the selected setrank #1100% — leads the selected setrank #199.9%rank #2100% — leads the selected setrank #1
Electricity from coal% generation16.3% — leads the selected setrank #3254.6%rank #5370.8%rank #5920.6%rank #36
Electricity from hydro% generation5.4%rank #5913.2% — leads the selected setrank #438.6%rank #503.9%rank #64
Electricity from solar% generation8.6%rank #3711.1%rank #289.4%rank #3517.9% — leads the selected setrank #15
Electricity from wind% generation10.3%rank #3010.7%rank #295%rank #4227.2% — leads the selected setrank #8
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita12,839.3 — leads the selected setrank #56,523.7rank #261,181.6rank #1046,109.1rank #21
Forest area% land33.9% — leads the selected setrank #9624%rank #12324.5%rank #12032.7%rank #101
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita16.2rank #1769.3rank #1542.8 — leads the selected setrank #518rank #140
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh384.4rank #49526.2rank #67670.6rank #84329.7 — leads the selected setrank #47
Renewable electricity%25.6%rank #5737%rank #4724.1%rank #5859.1% — leads the selected setrank #28
Renewable energy share%10.9%rank #12715.2%rank #11134.9% — leads the selected setrank #6417.6%rank #104
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e5,438.7rank #18913,180rank #1903,978.7rank #188669.7 — leads the selected setrank #179
Society
Asylum seekerspeople3,779rank #9899,716rank #160181,121rank #172626 — leads the selected setrank #61
Extreme poverty% pop1.1%rank #60% — leads the selected setrank #15.3%rank #290.7%rank #8
Female labor participation%56.3%rank #7459.1% — leads the selected setrank #5332.4%rank #16255.3%rank #77
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10038.9rank #2647.2 — leads the selected setrank #73.2rank #11645.6rank #9
Gender Development Indexratio1 — leads the selected setrank #180.98rank #460.87rank #950.98rank #47
Gender Inequality Index0-10.17rank #410.13rank #370.4rank #910.06 — leads the selected setrank #19
Gini indexindex41.8rank #1536rank #3125.5 — leads the selected setrank #333.7rank #23
Homicide rateper 100k5.8rank #550.5 — leads the selected setrank #122.8rank #600.91rank #26
Human Development Index0-10.94rank #130.8rank #620.69rank #1010.96 — leads the selected setrank #4
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.83rank #240.67rank #560.48rank #1010.89 — leads the selected setrank #6
Internet users% pop94.7% — leads the selected setrank #2791.6%rank #770%rank #1093.5%rank #38
Life satisfaction0-106.8rank #216.1rank #634.5rank #1136.9 — leads the selected setrank #16
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.69rank #570.64rank #730.66rank #700.79 — leads the selected setrank #12
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #1260 — leads the selected setrank #10rank #410rank #109
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #710 — leads the selected setrank #10rank #320.01rank #57
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #620 — leads the selected setrank #10.07rank #1090.01rank #49
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #480.07rank #850.57rank #1560.01 — leads the selected setrank #44
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people457,647rank #19230rank #138238,643rank #312.66M — leads the selected setrank #1
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people3,667rank #94153,962rank #15642,610rank #141327 — leads the selected setrank #50
Youth NEET rate%11.8%rank #4911.5%rank #4724.5%rank #1297.5% — leads the selected setrank #17
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year233rank #221 — leads the selected setrank #2540rank #244rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0 — leads the selected setrank #10 — leads the selected setrank #1629rank #300 — leads the selected setrank #1
Hazard & exposure0-105.1rank #456.1rank #538.1rank #692.4 — leads the selected setrank #19
Human hazard & exposure0-102.4rank #233.6rank #318.4rank #620.3 — leads the selected setrank #4
INFORM risk score0-103.2rank #212.9rank #185.3rank #422.6 — leads the selected setrank #15
Lack of coping capacity0-102rank #123.1rank #234.2rank #341.9 — leads the selected setrank #11
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.1rank #82.2rank #193.9rank #350.7 — leads the selected setrank #4
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-102.8 — leads the selected setrank #123.9rank #184.4rank #232.9rank #13
Natural hazard & exposure0-107rank #557.8rank #597.8rank #594.1 — leads the selected setrank #28
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1 — leads the selected setrank #11 — leads the selected setrank #2623rank #333rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.8rank #92.3rank #243.8rank #390.4 — leads the selected setrank #5
Vulnerability0-103.3rank #221.3 — leads the selected setrank #54.4rank #333.9rank #28
Vulnerable groups0-105.2rank #470.2 — leads the selected setrank #14.9rank #446.2rank #56
marks the leader in each row across the selected set · ranks are world ranks in the comparison spine