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Basic welfare Index (IDEA)
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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Data 2025 · Status unspecified
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League table
2025
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
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Country
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Value
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1
Norway
100
2
Japan
100
3
Denmark
100
4
Luxembourg
95.7
5
Taiwan
94.5
6
Korea, Rep.
94.5
7
Iceland
94
8
Sweden
89.9
9
Belgium
89.5
10
Finland
89
11
Singapore
88.8
12
Slovenia
88.3
13
Switzerland
88.1
14
Australia
86.3
15
Israel
85.7
16
Austria
85.4
17
Netherlands
85.3
18
Italy
85.2
19
Canada
85.1
20
Greece
84.9
21
New Zealand
84.9
22
Spain
84.6
23
Ireland
84.5
24
Cyprus
84.4
25
France
84.4
26
Portugal
84.4
27
United Kingdom
83.9
28
Malta
83.4
29
United Arab Emirates
83.1
30
Germany
82.8
31
Qatar
82
32
Kuwait
80.7
33
Bahrain
80.1
34
Czechia
79.5
35
Chile
77.3
36
Costa Rica
76.5
37
Estonia
76.1
38
Panama
76
39
Saudi Arabia
75.8
40
Maldives
75
41
Poland
74.8
42
Oman
74.8
43
United States
73.9
44
Albania
72.7
45
Croatia
72.6
46
Montenegro
72.4
47
Uruguay
72.4
48
Slovak Republic
72.2
49
China
72
50
Jordan
71.1
51
Cuba
71
52
Bosnia and Herzegovina
70.8
53
Lebanon
70.8
54
Lithuania
70.5
55
Peru
70
56
Argentina
69.9
57
Iran, Islamic Rep.
69.6
58
Sri Lanka
69.5
59
Ecuador
69.5
60
Colombia
69.3
61
Serbia
68.9
62
Thailand
68.7
63
Hungary
68.1
64
Turkiye
68.1
65
Latvia
67.9
66
Armenia
67.4
67
Malaysia
67.4
68
Barbados
67.1
69
Romania
66.7
70
Tunisia
65
71
Bulgaria
64.5
72
Cabo Verde
64
73
North Macedonia
64
74
Algeria
63.4
75
Brazil
63.4
76
Ukraine
63.1
77
Belarus
63
78
Mexico
62.5
79
Russian Federation
62.3
80
Kazakhstan
62.1
81
Georgia
61.9
82
Nicaragua
61.3
83
Viet Nam
61.1
84
Morocco
60.7
85
Suriname
60.2
86
Mauritius
59.6
87
Dominican Republic
59.5
88
Paraguay
59.2
89
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
59.1
90
Azerbaijan
58.8
91
Bangladesh
58.7
92
Trinidad and Tobago
58.6
93
Venezuela, RB
57
94
Guatemala
55.8
95
West Bank and Gaza
55.2
96
El Salvador
55
97
Uzbekistan
54.9
98
Bhutan
54.8
99
Honduras
54.8
100
Mongolia
54.7
101
Kyrgyz Republic
53.7
102
Jamaica
53.6
103
Syrian Arab Republic
53.6
104
Vanuatu
53.3
105
Moldova
53
106
Iraq
52.8
107
India
52.2
108
Egypt, Arab Rep.
52
109
Libya
51.7
110
Tajikistan
51.6
111
Indonesia
51.5
112
Cambodia
50.4
113
Guyana
50.3
114
Botswana
48.6
115
Philippines
48.4
116
Solomon Islands
48.3
117
Nepal
48
118
Turkmenistan
47.7
119
Bolivia
47.7
120
Gabon
47.6
121
Uganda
47
122
Eritrea
46.2
123
Yemen, Rep.
45.9
124
South Africa
45.9
125
Lao PDR
45.7
126
Tanzania
44.7
127
Mauritania
44.2
128
Rwanda
44
129
Senegal
44
130
Pakistan
43.8
131
Namibia
43.8
132
Sudan
43.7
133
Timor-Leste
43.7
134
Ethiopia
43.1
135
Malawi
43.1
136
Djibouti
42.9
137
Gambia, The
42.4
138
Ghana
42.2
139
Fiji
42
140
Comoros
41.4
141
Myanmar
41.4
142
Congo, Rep.
41.4
143
Zambia
41.4
144
Eswatini
40.3
145
Papua New Guinea
39.8
146
Afghanistan
39.6
147
Angola
39.5
148
Guinea-Bissau
39.4
149
Kenya
39.3
150
Haiti
38.1
151
Madagascar
38
152
Congo, Dem. Rep.
37.9
153
Burundi
37.6
154
Cameroon
37.4
155
Equatorial Guinea
37.1
156
Zimbabwe
36.7
157
Togo
36.2
158
Cote d'Ivoire
35.8
159
Benin
35.4
160
Liberia
34.8
161
Mozambique
34.8
162
Guinea
34
163
Sierra Leone
32.9
164
Burkina Faso
32.4
165
Niger
32.2
166
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
32.1
167
Mali
31.9
168
South Sudan
30.5
169
Central African Republic
30.3
170
Lesotho
29
171
Nigeria
28.8
172
Chad
27.4
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