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0-100 percentile
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207 countries · 1996–2024
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2024
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Norway
90.6
2
Denmark
90
3
Finland
89.3
4
Sweden
87.1
5
New Zealand
86.4
6
Luxembourg
86
7
Netherlands
85.8
8
Switzerland
85.6
9
Ireland
85.5
10
Germany
84.8
11
Australia
83.3
12
Canada
83.2
13
Belgium
83.1
14
Iceland
81.8
15
Estonia
81.6
16
Austria
81.4
17
Greenland
81.4
18
Liechtenstein
80.1
19
United Kingdom
79.6
20
Portugal
79
21
Czechia
78.8
22
San Marino
78.7
23
Uruguay
78.3
24
Lithuania
78.2
25
Tuvalu
77.7
26
Guam
77.4
27
France
77
28
Spain
76.9
29
Latvia
76.6
30
Japan
76.4
31
Italy
75.5
32
Slovenia
75.4
33
Palau
75
34
Costa Rica
74.6
35
Chile
74.3
36
Barbados
74.2
37
Kiribati
73.9
38
Cayman Islands
73.6
39
Aruba
73.6
40
Marshall Islands
73.6
41
American Samoa
73.1
42
Slovak Republic
73.1
43
Malta
73
44
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
72.7
45
Samoa
72.4
46
Cyprus
72.4
47
United States
72.4
48
French Polynesia
72.2
49
Monaco
71.5
50
Tonga
71.2
51
Korea, Rep.
71
52
Cabo Verde
70.7
53
Andorra
70.7
54
Greece
70.5
55
Poland
70
56
New Caledonia
69.6
57
Croatia
68.2
58
Seychelles
68
59
St. Lucia
67.5
60
South Africa
67.5
61
Naoero
67.3
62
Bahamas, The
66.5
63
Antigua and Barbuda
65.8
64
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
65.7
65
Vanuatu
65.4
66
Jamaica
65.3
67
St. Kitts and Nevis
64.9
68
Panama
64.6
69
Trinidad and Tobago
64
70
Bhutan
63.9
71
Montenegro
63.7
72
Romania
63.6
73
Argentina
63.6
74
Dominica
63.5
75
Grenada
63.5
76
Puerto Rico (US)
63.5
77
Mauritius
63.3
78
Timor-Leste
62.9
79
Namibia
62.7
80
Fiji
62.7
81
Solomon Islands
62.6
82
Brazil
62.4
83
Botswana
62
84
Israel
62
85
Moldova
61.8
86
Bulgaria
60.6
87
Ghana
60.4
88
Dominican Republic
60.4
89
Sao Tome and Principe
59.7
90
Kosovo
59.6
91
Mongolia
59.1
92
Armenia
59
93
Belize
58.7
94
North Macedonia
58.1
95
Macao SAR, China
58
96
Suriname
57.8
97
Peru
57.6
98
Singapore
57.5
99
Colombia
57.5
100
Senegal
57.1
101
Albania
56.6
102
Hungary
56.4
103
Nepal
55.8
104
India
55.5
105
Ecuador
55
106
Guyana
55
107
Malawi
54.9
108
Ukraine
54.9
109
Liberia
54.9
110
Sri Lanka
54.6
111
Malaysia
54.6
112
Paraguay
54.2
113
Lesotho
54.1
114
Indonesia
53.8
115
Gambia, The
53.7
116
Georgia
52.4
117
Hong Kong SAR, China
51.2
118
Papua New Guinea
51.1
119
Mexico
50.9
120
Kenya
50.6
121
Philippines
50.6
122
Benin
50.2
123
Bosnia and Herzegovina
49.9
124
Zambia
49.7
125
Maldives
49.6
126
Bolivia
49.2
127
Serbia
48.7
128
Guatemala
48.6
129
Sierra Leone
47.9
130
Thailand
47.1
131
Rwanda
46.5
132
Cote d'Ivoire
46.1
133
Tanzania
45.6
134
Honduras
45.4
135
Tunisia
44.9
136
Jordan
44.4
137
Kuwait
44.3
138
Madagascar
44.2
139
Nigeria
44.1
140
Morocco
44.1
141
Lebanon
43.3
142
Guinea-Bissau
43.2
143
El Salvador
43
144
Brunei Darussalam
42.8
145
Kyrgyz Republic
42.8
146
Kazakhstan
42.6
147
United Arab Emirates
41.9
148
Oman
41.3
149
Mauritania
40.7
150
Qatar
40.1
151
Burkina Faso
40
152
Niger
39.9
153
Togo
39.8
154
Mozambique
39.2
155
Uganda
39.1
156
Gabon
39
157
Iraq
39
158
Uzbekistan
38.6
159
Algeria
38.5
160
Angola
38.3
161
Turkiye
37.7
162
Viet Nam
37.6
163
Bangladesh
36.5
164
Pakistan
36.4
165
Guinea
35.7
166
Congo, Dem. Rep.
35.6
167
Mali
35.5
168
Comoros
35.2
169
Cameroon
35.1
170
Ethiopia
35.1
171
Djibouti
35.1
172
Zimbabwe
34.8
173
Haiti
34.7
174
Cuba
34.6
175
Central African Republic
33.9
176
Congo, Rep.
33.8
177
Bahrain
33.7
178
Libya
33.5
179
West Bank and Gaza
33.3
180
Eswatini
33.3
181
Russian Federation
32
182
Lao PDR
31.1
183
Burundi
30.7
184
Azerbaijan
30.5
185
Chad
30.3
186
Saudi Arabia
29.8
187
Iran, Islamic Rep.
29.7
188
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
29.3
189
Egypt, Arab Rep.
28.8
190
Tajikistan
28.1
191
China
27.9
192
Cambodia
27.6
193
Belarus
27.3
194
Yemen, Rep.
27.1
195
Nicaragua
26.8
196
Equatorial Guinea
26.6
197
Venezuela, RB
25
198
Syrian Arab Republic
24.5
199
Sudan
23.9
200
South Sudan
23.7
201
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
22.1
202
Turkmenistan
21.1
203
Myanmar
19.7
204
Afghanistan
19.2
205
Eritrea
16.8
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