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188 countries · 1970–2023
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League table
2023
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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Value
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1
Canada
100
2
Ireland
100
3
France
100
4
Luxembourg
100
5
Denmark
100
6
Portugal
100
7
Germany
100
8
Latvia
100
9
Belgium
100
10
Greece
100
11
Spain
100
12
Netherlands
100
13
Iceland
100
14
Sweden
100
15
Togo
97.5
16
Estonia
97.5
17
United Kingdom
97.5
18
New Zealand
97.5
19
Italy
97.5
20
Finland
97.5
21
Norway
96.875
22
Australia
96.875
23
Cyprus
96.875
24
Austria
96.875
25
Slovenia
96.875
26
Peru
95
27
Cote d'Ivoire
95
28
Gabon
95
29
Paraguay
94.375
30
Hungary
93.75
31
Czechia
93.75
32
Lithuania
93.75
33
Croatia
93.75
34
Poland
93.75
35
Serbia
93.75
36
Sierra Leone
92.5
37
Rwanda
91.875
38
Hong Kong SAR, China
91.875
39
Costa Rica
91.875
40
Malta
91.25
41
Albania
91.25
42
United States
91.25
43
Romania
90.625
44
Moldova
90.625
45
Bulgaria
90.625
46
Mongolia
90.625
47
Armenia
90.625
48
Ecuador
89.375
49
Mauritius
89.375
50
Bolivia
88.75
51
Mexico
88.75
52
Uruguay
88.75
53
El Salvador
88.75
54
South Africa
88.125
55
Viet Nam
88.125
56
Switzerland
88.125
57
Georgia
88.125
58
Korea, Rep.
88.125
59
Slovak Republic
87.5
60
Zimbabwe
86.875
61
Guyana
86.875
62
Dominican Republic
86.25
63
Cabo Verde
86.25
64
Nicaragua
86.25
65
Timor-Leste
86.25
66
Lao PDR
85.625
67
Bosnia and Herzegovina
85
68
North Macedonia
85
69
Azerbaijan
85
70
Brazil
85
71
Montenegro
85
72
Ukraine
85
73
Venezuela, RB
85
74
San Marino
85
75
Colombia
84.375
76
Benin
83.75
77
Puerto Rico (US)
83.75
78
Kenya
83.75
79
St. Lucia
83.75
80
Uganda
83.75
81
Sao Tome and Principe
83.125
82
Uzbekistan
82.5
83
Turkiye
82.5
84
Mozambique
82.5
85
Belize
82.5
86
Singapore
82.5
87
United Arab Emirates
82.5
88
Fiji
82.5
89
Burkina Faso
82.5
90
Liberia
81.25
91
Bahamas, The
81.25
92
Cambodia
81.25
93
Zambia
81.25
94
Tanzania
81.25
95
Nepal
80.625
96
Lesotho
80.625
97
Grenada
80.625
98
Israel
80.625
99
Malawi
80
100
Chile
80
101
Barbados
80
102
Ethiopia
80
103
Namibia
80
104
Argentina
79.375
105
Angola
79.375
106
Panama
79.375
107
Congo, Dem. Rep.
78.75
108
Philippines
78.75
109
Japan
78.75
110
Tajikistan
78.75
111
Thailand
78.125
112
China
78.125
113
Central African Republic
77.5
114
Kyrgyz Republic
76.875
115
Suriname
76.875
116
Seychelles
76.25
117
Burundi
76.25
118
Kiribati
76.25
119
Kazakhstan
75.625
120
Belarus
75.625
121
Morocco
75.625
122
Bhutan
75
123
Ghana
75
124
Honduras
75
125
Samoa
75
126
Trinidad and Tobago
75
127
India
74.375
128
Jamaica
74.375
129
Maldives
73.75
130
Guinea
73.75
131
Guatemala
73.75
132
Russian Federation
73.125
133
Senegal
72.5
134
Djibouti
71.25
135
Saudi Arabia
71.25
136
St. Kitts and Nevis
71.25
137
Indonesia
70.625
138
Madagascar
69.375
139
Gambia, The
69.375
140
Eritrea
69.375
141
Antigua and Barbuda
68.75
142
Bahrain
68.125
143
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
68.125
144
South Sudan
67.5
145
Chad
66.25
146
Nigeria
66.25
147
Marshall Islands
65.625
148
Sri Lanka
65.625
149
Comoros
65
150
Tunisia
64.375
151
Botswana
63.75
152
Mali
63.75
153
Dominica
62.5
154
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
61.25
155
Haiti
61.25
156
Malaysia
60.625
157
Papua New Guinea
60
158
Cameroon
60
159
Jordan
59.375
160
Lebanon
58.75
161
Myanmar
58.75
162
Pakistan
58.75
163
Tonga
58.75
164
Equatorial Guinea
58.125
165
Congo, Rep.
58.125
166
Algeria
57.5
167
Solomon Islands
56.875
168
Palau
56.25
169
Vanuatu
55.625
170
Niger
53.75
171
Brunei Darussalam
53.125
172
Guinea-Bissau
51.875
173
Egypt, Arab Rep.
50.625
174
Libya
50
175
Bangladesh
49.375
176
Mauritania
48.125
177
Iraq
48.125
178
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
46.875
179
Eswatini
46.25
180
Oman
46.25
181
Syrian Arab Republic
40
182
Kuwait
38.125
183
Qatar
35.625
184
Sudan
32.5
185
Afghanistan
31.875
186
Iran, Islamic Rep.
31.25
187
Yemen, Rep.
26.875
188
West Bank and Gaza
26.25
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