Country Rankings

This year, we have included annual global rankings of country performance for each of the categories of democratic performance—Representation, Rights, Rule of Law, and Participation— rather than classifying regimes on an overall basis.

The focus on category-level performance (rather than on something like regime types) allows for a more nuanced understanding of where democracy is thriving and where it is suffering. It also shifts the focus from the broad idea of democracy generally to specific and narrower aspects of democracy, which are more appropriate to target for reform and intervention.

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SearchRankings

Name	Score	Ranking 2022	Ranking 2021	Change 2021→2022	Ranking 2017	Change 2017→2022
SwedenEurope	0.887	1	1	0	4	3
DenmarkEurope	0.885	2	3	1	6	4
EstoniaEurope	0.883	3	6	3	1	-2
ChileAmericas	0.877	4	4	0	5	1
NetherlandsEurope	0.870	5	10	5	8	3
GermanyEurope	0.867	6	7	1	2	-4
NorwayEurope	0.864	7	11	4	14	7
FinlandEurope	0.862	8	8	0	12	4
UruguayAmericas	0.860	9	4	-5	7	-2
FranceEurope	0.857	10	13	3	15	5
SpainEurope	0.857	10	15	5	21	11
New ZealandAsia and the Pacific	0.856	12	12	0	11	-1
Costa RicaAmericas	0.854	13	2	-11	9	-4
ItalyEurope	0.853	14	17	3	18	4
BelgiumEurope	0.851	15	14	-1	9	-6
AustraliaAsia and the Pacific	0.840	16	18	2	13	-3
GreeceEurope	0.832	17	18	1	24	7
TaiwanAsia and the Pacific	0.832	17	20	3	19	2
United KingdomEurope	0.824	19	16	-3	23	4
CzechiaEurope	0.823	20	21	1	33	13
SwitzerlandEurope	0.823	20	22	2	22	2
PortugalEurope	0.820	22	9	-13	3	-19
LithuaniaEurope	0.819	23	23	0	20	-3
CanadaAmericas	0.817	24	24	0	29	5
IrelandEurope	0.814	25	25	0	26	1
SlovakiaEurope	0.810	26	27	1	28	2
LuxembourgEurope	0.809	27	26	-1	24	-3
SloveniaEurope	0.809	27	35	8	16	-11
JapanAsia and the Pacific	0.807	29	28	-1	17	-12
CroatiaEurope	0.796	30	30	0	38	8
South KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.778	31	29	-2	27	-4
AustriaEurope	0.772	32	31	-1	32	0
JamaicaAmericas	0.772	32	32	0	37	5
CyprusEurope	0.764	34	33	-1	36	2
Cabo VerdeAfrica	0.762	35	34	-1	31	-4
PanamaAmericas	0.748	36	36	0	39	3
IcelandEurope	0.747	37	37	0	35	-2
IsraelWestern Asia	0.745	38	39	1	43	5
RomaniaEurope	0.743	39	42	3	45	6
Trinidad and TobagoAmericas	0.740	40	41	1	41	1
ArgentinaAmericas	0.737	41	38	-3	46	5
PeruAmericas	0.724	42	40	-2	40	-2
MaltaEurope	0.720	43	43	0	44	1
LatviaEurope	0.704	44	57	13	60	16
BrazilAmericas	0.703	45	45	0	42	-3
BulgariaEurope	0.697	46	51	5	49	3
BarbadosAmericas	0.690	47	44	-3	48	1
GhanaAfrica	0.684	48	46	-2	46	-2
SurinameAmericas	0.679	49	47	-2	51	2
United StatesAmericas	0.674	50	49	-1	54	4
MoldovaEurope	0.670	51	49	-2	83	32
VanuatuAsia and the Pacific	0.670	51	48	-3	53	2
EcuadorAmericas	0.659	53	52	-1	79	26
South AfricaAfrica	0.650	54	54	0	52	-2
Timor-LesteAsia and the Pacific	0.650	54	53	-1	57	3
ColombiaAmericas	0.636	56	63	7	66	10
MalawiAfrica	0.634	57	55	-2	76	19
PolandEurope	0.632	58	55	-3	34	-24
LesothoAfrica	0.629	59	67	8	72	13
IndonesiaAsia and the Pacific	0.626	60	59	-1	57	-3
NepalAsia and the Pacific	0.624	61	69	8	71	10
BhutanAsia and the Pacific	0.622	62	60	-2	62	0
MongoliaAsia and the Pacific	0.616	63	58	-5	59	-4
NamibiaAfrica	0.614	64	61	-3	64	0
Dominican RepublicAmericas	0.612	65	64	-1	88	23
IndiaAsia and the Pacific	0.601	66	62	-4	50	-16
SenegalAfrica	0.596	67	73	6	75	8
AlbaniaEurope	0.595	68	71	3	67	-1
MexicoAmericas	0.593	69	67	-2	73	4
North MacedoniaEurope	0.593	69	70	1	89	20
Sri LankaAsia and the Pacific	0.593	69	76	7	80	11
MauritiusAfrica	0.591	72	65	-7	29	-43
KosovoEurope	0.590	73	77	4	81	8
ParaguayAmericas	0.588	74	72	-2	69	-5
LiberiaAfrica	0.578	75	75	0	77	2
BoliviaAmericas	0.576	76	81	5	78	2
The GambiaAfrica	0.572	77	82	5	99	22
Solomon IslandsAsia and the Pacific	0.571	78	73	-5	84	6
ArmeniaEurope	0.569	79	78	-1	122	43
ZambiaAfrica	0.569	79	83	4	110	31
BotswanaAfrica	0.564	81	78	-3	61	-20
Sierra LeoneAfrica	0.560	82	78	-4	82	0
MaldivesAsia and the Pacific	0.550	83	86	3	113	30
MontenegroEurope	0.550	83	84	1	96	13
HungaryEurope	0.548	85	85	0	67	-18
GeorgiaEurope	0.545	86	87	1	70	-16
GuyanaAmericas	0.535	87	88	1	63	-24
TunisiaAfrica	0.531	88	65	-23	55	-33
KenyaAfrica	0.530	89	100	11	97	8
PhilippinesAsia and the Pacific	0.530	89	89	0	86	-3
HondurasAmericas	0.528	91	96	5	114	23
MalaysiaAsia and the Pacific	0.527	92	109	17	121	29
UkraineEurope	0.519	93	91	-2	98	5
NigerAfrica	0.518	94	93	-1	95	1
El SalvadorAmericas	0.516	95	89	-6	65	-30
GuatemalaAmericas	0.514	96	92	-4	73	-23
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope	0.501	97	99	2	92	-5
MadagascarAfrica	0.499	98	97	-1	103	5
NigeriaAfrica	0.496	99	97	-2	84	-15
FijiAsia and the Pacific	0.490	100	104	4	101	1
SingaporeAsia and the Pacific	0.487	101	101	0	105	4
KuwaitWestern Asia	0.477	102	108	6	106	4
Papua New GuineaAsia and the Pacific	0.475	103	106	3	104	1
BeninAfrica	0.474	104	103	-1	56	-48
SerbiaEurope	0.472	105	106	1	87	-18
IraqWestern Asia	0.469	106	102	-4	102	-4
Côte d’IvoireAfrica	0.466	107	105	-2	91	-16
TogoAfrica	0.464	108	109	1	109	1
LebanonWestern Asia	0.455	109	112	3	114	5
PakistanAsia and the Pacific	0.448	110	111	1	111	1
TanzaniaAfrica	0.444	111	113	2	94	-17
TürkiyeEurope	0.440	112	114	2	112	0
Guinea-BissauAfrica	0.433	113	95	-18	100	-13
JordanWestern Asia	0.431	114	116	2	123	9
MoroccoAfrica	0.430	115	115	0	119	4
MauritaniaAfrica	0.406	116	117	1	136	20
MozambiqueAfrica	0.393	117	119	2	117	0
ZimbabweAfrica	0.390	118	119	1	128	10
KyrgyzstanAsia and the Pacific	0.389	119	118	-1	118	-1
UgandaAfrica	0.381	120	121	1	124	4
RwandaAfrica	0.370	121	122	1	133	12
AlgeriaAfrica	0.369	122	122	0	131	9
AngolaAfrica	0.369	122	125	3	134	12
EthiopiaAfrica	0.365	124	124	0	154	30
BangladeshAsia and the Pacific	0.359	125	126	1	125	0
ComorosAfrica	0.353	126	129	3	93	-33
OmanWestern Asia	0.353	126	127	1	127	1
Central African RepublicAfrica	0.349	128	128	0	126	-2
KazakhstanAsia and the Pacific	0.342	129	131	2	146	17
GabonAfrica	0.341	130	130	0	138	8
ThailandAsia and the Pacific	0.341	130	135	5	164	34
CameroonAfrica	0.335	132	134	2	139	7
Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica	0.333	133	133	0	144	11
DjiboutiAfrica	0.319	134	136	2	145	11
EgyptAfrica	0.317	135	137	2	143	8
RussiaEurope	0.313	136	132	-4	141	5
VietnamAsia and the Pacific	0.307	137	140	3	147	10
IranWestern Asia	0.306	138	139	1	137	-1
EswatiniAfrica	0.299	139	138	-1	151	12
CongoAfrica	0.297	140	144	4	149	9
UzbekistanAsia and the Pacific	0.297	140	140	0	156	16
BurundiAfrica	0.295	142	142	0	153	11
CambodiaAsia and the Pacific	0.288	143	143	0	135	-8
BahrainWestern Asia	0.283	144	145	1	149	5
NicaraguaAmericas	0.279	145	146	1	140	-5
LaosAsia and the Pacific	0.259	146	148	2	160	14
VenezuelaAmericas	0.257	147	147	0	142	-5
AzerbaijanEurope	0.255	148	148	0	155	7
CubaAmericas	0.249	149	150	1	159	10
TajikistanAsia and the Pacific	0.248	150	151	1	157	7
Equatorial GuineaAfrica	0.245	151	152	1	158	7
BelarusEurope	0.241	152	153	1	152	0
SyriaWestern Asia	0.226	153	155	2	162	9
TurkmenistanAsia and the Pacific	0.217	154	154	0	161	7
North KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.195	155	156	1	163	8
QatarWestern Asia	0.124	156	157	1	164	8
AfghanistanAsia and the Pacific	0.000	157	158	1	132	-25
Burkina FasoAfrica	0.000	157	93	-64	90	-67
ChadAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	148	-9
ChinaAsia and the Pacific	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
EritreaAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
GuineaAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	120	-37
HaitiAmericas	0.000	157	158	1	114	-43
LibyaAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	130	-27
MaliAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	108	-49
MyanmarAsia and the Pacific	0.000	157	158	1	107	-50
PalestineWestern Asia	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
SomaliaAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
South SudanAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
SudanAfrica	0.000	157	158	1	128	-29
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia	0.000	157	158	1	164	7
YemenWestern Asia	0.000	157	158	1	164	7

Name	Score	Ranking 2022	Ranking 2021	Change 2021→2022	Ranking 2017	Change 2017→2022
SwedenEurope	0.888	7	8	1	7	0
DenmarkEurope	0.961	1	1	0	1	0
EstoniaEurope	0.823	18	18	0	19	1
ChileAmericas	0.732	32	39	7	37	5
NetherlandsEurope	0.824	17	15	-2	11	-6
GermanyEurope	0.944	2	2	0	2	0
NorwayEurope	0.910	5	7	2	3	-2
FinlandEurope	0.888	7	5	-2	8	1
UruguayAmericas	0.708	38	35	-3	29	-9
FranceEurope	0.756	27	26	-1	17	-10
SpainEurope	0.832	15	13	-2	24	9
New ZealandAsia and the Pacific	0.843	13	16	3	15	2
Costa RicaAmericas	0.803	20	20	0	27	7
ItalyEurope	0.838	14	14	0	12	-2
BelgiumEurope	0.913	4	6	2	5	1
AustraliaAsia and the Pacific	0.874	9	9	0	9	0
GreeceEurope	0.757	26	24	-2	23	-3
TaiwanAsia and the Pacific	0.796	22	21	-1	26	4
United KingdomEurope	0.728	34	32	-2	28	-6
CzechiaEurope	0.868	10	11	1	22	12
SwitzerlandEurope	0.938	3	3	0	4	1
PortugalEurope	0.736	31	31	0	31	0
LithuaniaEurope	0.803	20	25	5	21	1
CanadaAmericas	0.781	23	23	0	20	-3
IrelandEurope	0.853	12	12	0	10	-2
SlovakiaEurope	0.729	33	27	-6	34	1
LuxembourgEurope	0.907	6	4	-2	6	0
SloveniaEurope	0.769	24	36	12	14	-10
JapanAsia and the Pacific	0.829	16	17	1	18	2
CroatiaEurope	0.678	40	40	0	41	1
South KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.723	35	32	-3	32	-3
AustriaEurope	0.769	24	21	-3	16	-8
JamaicaAmericas	0.711	36	37	1	45	9
CyprusEurope	0.739	30	28	-2	24	-6
Cabo VerdeAfrica	0.575	61	62	1	49	-12
PanamaAmericas	0.579	59	65	6	65	6
IcelandEurope	0.862	11	10	-1	12	1
IsraelWestern Asia	0.709	37	30	-7	36	-1
RomaniaEurope	0.612	51	42	-9	50	-1
Trinidad and TobagoAmericas	0.658	41	41	0	39	-2
ArgentinaAmericas	0.620	47	48	1	53	6
PeruAmericas	0.513	81	79	-2	79	-2
MaltaEurope	0.741	29	34	5	35	6
LatviaEurope	0.806	19	19	0	30	11
BrazilAmericas	0.504	84	73	-11	66	-18
BulgariaEurope	0.648	42	44	2	48	6
BarbadosAmericas	0.700	39	38	-1	38	-1
GhanaAfrica	0.570	64	62	-2	46	-18
SurinameAmericas	0.593	57	44	-13	58	1
United StatesAmericas	0.745	28	29	1	33	5
MoldovaEurope	0.606	53	53	0	70	17
VanuatuAsia and the Pacific	0.644	43	57	14	59	16
EcuadorAmericas	0.523	76	75	-1	86	10
South AfricaAfrica	0.621	46	48	2	51	5
Timor-LesteAsia and the Pacific	0.476	95	96	1	113	18
ColombiaAmericas	0.488	91	98	7	92	1
MalawiAfrica	0.536	73	76	3	75	2
PolandEurope	0.599	54	58	4	40	-14
LesothoAfrica	0.544	70	71	1	77	7
IndonesiaAsia and the Pacific	0.478	94	100	6	83	-11
NepalAsia and the Pacific	0.541	71	74	3	69	-2
BhutanAsia and the Pacific	0.573	63	51	-12	67	4
MongoliaAsia and the Pacific	0.555	67	66	-1	62	-5
NamibiaAfrica	0.574	62	61	-1	60	-2
Dominican RepublicAmericas	0.504	84	86	2	98	14
IndiaAsia and the Pacific	0.439	104	101	-3	93	-11
SenegalAfrica	0.582	58	60	2	55	-3
AlbaniaEurope	0.619	48	46	-2	54	6
MexicoAmericas	0.413	114	107	-7	112	-2
North MacedoniaEurope	0.539	72	68	-4	68	-4
Sri LankaAsia and the Pacific	0.501	88	70	-18	86	-2
MauritiusAfrica	0.568	66	64	-2	44	-22
KosovoEurope	0.502	87	88	1	97	10
ParaguayAmericas	0.475	96	97	1	109	13
LiberiaAfrica	0.503	86	88	2	81	-5
BoliviaAmericas	0.472	97	99	2	98	1
The GambiaAfrica	0.577	60	67	7	74	14
Solomon IslandsAsia and the Pacific	0.520	78	80	2	100	22
ArmeniaEurope	0.607	52	59	7	90	38
ZambiaAfrica	0.437	106	115	9	106	0
BotswanaAfrica	0.570	64	52	-12	56	-8
Sierra LeoneAfrica	0.527	74	77	3	108	34
MaldivesAsia and the Pacific	0.471	98	93	-5	135	37
MontenegroEurope	0.598	55	56	1	57	2
HungaryEurope	0.631	44	43	-1	42	-2
GeorgiaEurope	0.616	49	53	4	61	12
GuyanaAmericas	0.554	68	68	0	64	-4
TunisiaAfrica	0.613	50	50	0	51	1
KenyaAfrica	0.501	88	92	4	102	14
PhilippinesAsia and the Pacific	0.496	90	91	1	76	-14
HondurasAmericas	0.441	103	115	12	123	20
MalaysiaAsia and the Pacific	0.519	80	81	1	109	29
UkraineEurope	0.520	78	78	0	78	0
NigerAfrica	0.488	91	90	-1	73	-18
El SalvadorAmericas	0.341	137	126	-11	115	-22
GuatemalaAmericas	0.364	132	131	-1	127	-5
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope	0.526	75	82	7	72	-3
MadagascarAfrica	0.396	121	121	0	117	-4
NigeriaAfrica	0.417	112	112	0	94	-18
FijiAsia and the Pacific	0.481	93	94	1	85	-8
SingaporeAsia and the Pacific	0.625	45	46	1	47	2
KuwaitWestern Asia	0.469	99	95	-4	94	-5
Papua New GuineaAsia and the Pacific	0.452	101	103	2	118	17
BeninAfrica	0.550	69	72	3	43	-26
SerbiaEurope	0.594	56	55	-1	63	7
IraqWestern Asia	0.300	145	146	1	153	8
Côte d’IvoireAfrica	0.431	109	111	2	105	-4
TogoAfrica	0.372	127	127	0	121	-6
LebanonWestern Asia	0.437	106	105	-1	104	-2
PakistanAsia and the Pacific	0.348	136	135	-1	145	9
TanzaniaAfrica	0.523	76	84	8	88	12
TürkiyeEurope	0.368	129	129	0	128	-1
Guinea-BissauAfrica	0.367	130	127	-3	133	3
JordanWestern Asia	0.456	100	87	-13	88	-12
MoroccoAfrica	0.511	82	84	2	81	-1
MauritaniaAfrica	0.288	149	143	-6	146	-3
MozambiqueAfrica	0.424	111	113	2	109	-2
ZimbabweAfrica	0.439	104	103	-1	96	-8
KyrgyzstanAsia and the Pacific	0.390	122	117	-5	101	-21
UgandaAfrica	0.384	124	123	-1	116	-8
RwandaAfrica	0.399	118	117	-1	122	4
AlgeriaAfrica	0.412	115	110	-5	103	-12
AngolaAfrica	0.409	116	119	3	131	15
EthiopiaAfrica	0.426	110	102	-8	133	23
BangladeshAsia and the Pacific	0.349	134	138	4	139	5
ComorosAfrica	0.329	140	137	-3	119	-21
OmanWestern Asia	0.401	117	120	3	120	3
Central African RepublicAfrica	0.287	151	149	-2	154	3
KazakhstanAsia and the Pacific	0.442	102	106	4	107	5
GabonAfrica	0.510	83	83	0	80	-3
ThailandAsia and the Pacific	0.399	118	122	4	136	18
CameroonAfrica	0.336	138	139	1	141	3
Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica	0.271	156	160	4	159	3
DjiboutiAfrica	0.369	128	134	6	137	9
EgyptAfrica	0.324	141	141	0	144	3
RussiaEurope	0.353	133	124	-9	124	-9
VietnamAsia and the Pacific	0.374	126	131	5	131	5
IranWestern Asia	0.280	155	152	-3	149	-6
EswatiniAfrica	0.334	139	140	1	140	1
CongoAfrica	0.262	158	154	-4	158	0
UzbekistanAsia and the Pacific	0.366	131	131	0	147	16
BurundiAfrica	0.285	152	156	4	163	11
CambodiaAsia and the Pacific	0.270	157	158	1	152	-5
BahrainWestern Asia	0.288	149	151	2	162	13
NicaraguaAmericas	0.202	164	163	-1	124	-40
LaosAsia and the Pacific	0.299	146	155	9	159	13
VenezuelaAmericas	0.321	142	141	-1	142	0
AzerbaijanEurope	0.304	143	144	1	148	5
CubaAmericas	0.302	144	147	3	142	-2
TajikistanAsia and the Pacific	0.190	165	167	2	166	1
Equatorial GuineaAfrica	0.221	162	162	0	165	3
BelarusEurope	0.296	148	145	-3	91	-57
SyriaWestern Asia	0.132	172	169	-3	171	-1
TurkmenistanAsia and the Pacific	0.155	169	169	0	169	0
North KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.158	168	171	3	170	2
QatarWestern Asia	0.375	125	130	5	124	-1
AfghanistanAsia and the Pacific	0.122	173	168	-5	155	-18
Burkina FasoAfrica	0.415	113	114	1	84	-29
ChadAfrica	0.218	163	160	-3	161	-2
ChinaAsia and the Pacific	0.349	134	136	2	137	3
EritreaAfrica	0.153	170	173	3	173	3
GuineaAfrica	0.298	147	150	3	150	3
HaitiAmericas	0.250	160	148	-12	150	-10
LibyaAfrica	0.255	159	159	0	156	-3
MaliAfrica	0.397	120	109	-11	114	-6
MyanmarAsia and the Pacific	0.237	161	163	2	128	-33
PalestineWestern Asia	0.432	108	108	0	71	-37
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia	0.281	154	157	3	157	3
SomaliaAfrica	0.188	166	166	0	167	1
South SudanAfrica	0.185	167	165	-2	168	1
SudanAfrica	0.282	153	153	0	164	11
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia	0.390	122	124	2	130	8
YemenWestern Asia	0.143	171	172	1	172	1

Name	Score	Ranking 2022	Ranking 2021	Change 2021→2022	Ranking 2017	Change 2017→2022
SwedenEurope	0.889	5	3	-2	5	0
DenmarkEurope	0.980	1	8	7	2	1
EstoniaEurope	0.845	9	7	-2	4	-5
ChileAmericas	0.720	27	26	-1	25	-2
NetherlandsEurope	0.770	18	14	-4	11	-7
GermanyEurope	0.912	3	2	-1	3	0
NorwayEurope	0.934	2	1	-1	1	-1
FinlandEurope	0.865	6	6	0	12	6
UruguayAmericas	0.725	24	24	0	18	-6
FranceEurope	0.764	20	20	0	19	-1
SpainEurope	0.748	22	23	1	20	-2
New ZealandAsia and the Pacific	0.844	10	11	1	8	-2
Costa RicaAmericas	0.724	25	25	0	26	1
ItalyEurope	0.651	35	35	0	36	1
BelgiumEurope	0.808	13	13	0	16	3
AustraliaAsia and the Pacific	0.853	7	5	-2	7	0
GreeceEurope	0.616	41	38	-3	39	-2
TaiwanAsia and the Pacific	0.781	15	21	6	29	14
United KingdomEurope	0.781	15	18	3	6	-9
CzechiaEurope	0.727	23	34	11	32	9
SwitzerlandEurope	0.890	4	4	0	10	6
PortugalEurope	0.657	34	33	-1	22	-12
LithuaniaEurope	0.686	31	30	-1	34	3
CanadaAmericas	0.781	15	15	0	13	-2
IrelandEurope	0.840	11	10	-1	15	4
SlovakiaEurope	0.676	32	31	-1	38	6
LuxembourgEurope	0.851	8	9	1	9	1
SloveniaEurope	0.689	30	41	11	24	-6
JapanAsia and the Pacific	0.770	18	16	-2	21	3
CroatiaEurope	0.601	43	44	1	45	2
South KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.714	28	22	-6	27	-1
AustriaEurope	0.648	36	28	-8	23	-13
JamaicaAmericas	0.615	42	40	-2	49	7
CyprusEurope	0.668	33	32	-1	28	-5
Cabo VerdeAfrica	0.568	50	49	-1	47	-3
PanamaAmericas	0.523	66	66	0	59	-7
IcelandEurope	0.749	21	17	-4	17	-4
IsraelWestern Asia	0.724	25	29	4	33	8
RomaniaEurope	0.557	51	52	1	70	19
Trinidad and TobagoAmericas	0.621	40	48	8	40	0
ArgentinaAmericas	0.555	53	51	-2	57	4
PeruAmericas	0.485	83	73	-10	63	-20
MaltaEurope	0.629	39	39	0	43	4
LatviaEurope	0.785	14	19	5	30	16
BrazilAmericas	0.474	93	89	-4	68	-25
BulgariaEurope	0.579	48	55	7	58	10
BarbadosAmericas	0.646	37	36	-1	37	0
GhanaAfrica	0.476	91	88	-3	72	-19
SurinameAmericas	0.516	70	79	9	85	15
United StatesAmericas	0.704	29	27	-2	31	2
MoldovaEurope	0.544	56	71	15	94	38
VanuatuAsia and the Pacific	0.593	45	42	-3	50	5
EcuadorAmericas	0.486	82	77	-5	83	1
South AfricaAfrica	0.535	59	59	0	73	14
Timor-LesteAsia and the Pacific	0.520	67	68	1	83	16
ColombiaAmericas	0.498	73	93	20	66	-7
MalawiAfrica	0.551	54	50	-4	79	25
PolandEurope	0.530	61	61	0	52	-9
LesothoAfrica	0.491	80	78	-2	87	7
IndonesiaAsia and the Pacific	0.458	97	95	-2	76	-21
NepalAsia and the Pacific	0.473	94	92	-2	75	-19
BhutanAsia and the Pacific	0.638	38	37	-1	35	-3
MongoliaAsia and the Pacific	0.519	68	56	-12	64	-4
NamibiaAfrica	0.582	47	47	0	41	-6
Dominican RepublicAmericas	0.482	86	86	0	115	29
IndiaAsia and the Pacific	0.497	74	76	2	62	-12
SenegalAfrica	0.551	54	53	-1	53	-1
AlbaniaEurope	0.495	77	85	8	73	-4
MexicoAmericas	0.407	107	107	0	97	-10
North MacedoniaEurope	0.475	92	96	4	80	-12
Sri LankaAsia and the Pacific	0.472	95	101	6	66	-29
MauritiusAfrica	0.481	88	70	-18	51	-37
KosovoEurope	0.531	60	65	5	71	11
ParaguayAmericas	0.439	102	100	-2	105	3
LiberiaAfrica	0.418	105	107	2	102	-3
BoliviaAmericas	0.465	96	91	-5	92	-4
The GambiaAfrica	0.527	63	67	4	69	6
Solomon IslandsAsia and the Pacific	0.483	84	89	5	86	2
ArmeniaEurope	0.497	74	69	-5	107	33
ZambiaAfrica	0.493	78	99	21	90	12
BotswanaAfrica	0.593	45	46	1	41	-4
Sierra LeoneAfrica	0.479	89	84	-5	100	11
MaldivesAsia and the Pacific	0.536	58	59	1	122	64
MontenegroEurope	0.571	49	44	-5	48	-1
HungaryEurope	0.526	64	58	-6	46	-18
GeorgiaEurope	0.528	62	63	1	55	-7
GuyanaAmericas	0.483	84	75	-9	65	-19
TunisiaAfrica	0.487	81	54	-27	56	-25
KenyaAfrica	0.501	72	73	1	91	19
PhilippinesAsia and the Pacific	0.420	104	103	-1	103	-1
HondurasAmericas	0.444	101	115	14	124	23
MalaysiaAsia and the Pacific	0.504	71	79	8	89	18
UkraineEurope	0.397	112	117	5	131	19
NigerAfrica	0.457	98	87	-11	88	-10
El SalvadorAmericas	0.327	137	135	-2	101	-36
GuatemalaAmericas	0.339	131	121	-10	116	-15
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope	0.478	90	94	4	78	-12
MadagascarAfrica	0.377	119	116	-3	134	15
NigeriaAfrica	0.357	126	125	-1	124	-2
FijiAsia and the Pacific	0.455	99	97	-2	98	-1
SingaporeAsia and the Pacific	0.810	12	12	0	13	1
KuwaitWestern Asia	0.524	65	79	14	80	15
Papua New GuineaAsia and the Pacific	0.402	110	105	-5	109	-1
BeninAfrica	0.519	68	63	-5	53	-15
SerbiaEurope	0.538	57	62	5	60	3
IraqWestern Asia	0.291	143	144	1	150	7
Côte d’IvoireAfrica	0.406	109	110	1	94	-15
TogoAfrica	0.453	100	98	-2	119	19
LebanonWestern Asia	0.326	138	139	1	126	-12
PakistanAsia and the Pacific	0.372	121	128	7	130	9
TanzaniaAfrica	0.557	51	56	5	61	10
TürkiyeEurope	0.261	148	149	1	151	3
Guinea-BissauAfrica	0.311	141	138	-3	136	-5
JordanWestern Asia	0.492	79	82	3	92	13
MoroccoAfrica	0.416	106	106	0	110	4
MauritaniaAfrica	0.325	139	134	-5	142	3
MozambiqueAfrica	0.407	107	114	7	114	7
ZimbabweAfrica	0.281	145	143	-2	147	2
KyrgyzstanAsia and the Pacific	0.380	117	112	-5	96	-21
UgandaAfrica	0.375	120	119	-1	110	-10
RwandaAfrica	0.399	111	103	-8	98	-13
AlgeriaAfrica	0.380	117	121	4	121	4
AngolaAfrica	0.372	121	126	5	139	18
EthiopiaAfrica	0.359	123	124	1	135	12
BangladeshAsia and the Pacific	0.333	135	142	7	143	8
ComorosAfrica	0.330	136	137	1	118	-18
OmanWestern Asia	0.496	76	82	6	77	1
Central African RepublicAfrica	0.221	155	156	1	149	-6
KazakhstanAsia and the Pacific	0.393	115	118	3	132	17
GabonAfrica	0.436	103	102	-1	106	3
ThailandAsia and the Pacific	0.335	133	136	3	146	13
CameroonAfrica	0.250	152	153	1	152	0
Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica	0.248	153	145	-8	165	12
DjiboutiAfrica	0.358	124	128	4	128	4
EgyptAfrica	0.267	147	147	0	152	5
RussiaEurope	0.335	133	127	-6	133	0
VietnamAsia and the Pacific	0.389	116	110	-6	112	-4
IranWestern Asia	0.358	124	123	-1	117	-7
EswatiniAfrica	0.257	149	146	-3	140	-9
CongoAfrica	0.256	150	151	1	160	10
UzbekistanAsia and the Pacific	0.394	114	113	-1	141	27
BurundiAfrica	0.271	146	151	5	166	20
CambodiaAsia and the Pacific	0.218	156	158	2	158	2
BahrainWestern Asia	0.320	140	140	0	148	8
NicaraguaAmericas	0.165	165	166	1	144	-21
LaosAsia and the Pacific	0.353	128	132	4	145	17
VenezuelaAmericas	0.106	173	173	0	169	-4
AzerbaijanEurope	0.289	144	150	6	157	13
CubaAmericas	0.253	151	154	3	154	3
TajikistanAsia and the Pacific	0.189	160	164	4	161	1
Equatorial GuineaAfrica	0.173	163	161	-2	163	0
BelarusEurope	0.209	158	160	2	123	-35
SyriaWestern Asia	0.113	171	164	-7	172	1
TurkmenistanAsia and the Pacific	0.163	166	168	2	162	-4
North KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.174	162	162	0	163	1
QatarWestern Asia	0.397	112	109	-3	104	-8
AfghanistanAsia and the Pacific	0.111	172	155	-17	138	-34
Burkina FasoAfrica	0.482	86	72	-14	82	-4
ChadAfrica	0.152	168	169	1	167	-1
ChinaAsia and the Pacific	0.346	130	130	0	120	-10
EritreaAfrica	0.166	164	167	3	173	9
GuineaAfrica	0.305	142	141	-1	137	-5
HaitiAmericas	0.209	158	157	-1	155	-3
LibyaAfrica	0.152	168	170	2	168	0
MaliAfrica	0.337	132	133	1	129	-3
MyanmarAsia and the Pacific	0.215	157	159	2	112	-45
PalestineWestern Asia	0.356	127	120	-7	108	-19
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia	0.352	129	131	2	127	-2
SomaliaAfrica	0.184	161	163	2	159	-2
South SudanAfrica	0.155	167	171	4	171	4
SudanAfrica	0.247	154	148	-6	156	2
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia	0.601	43	42	-1	44	1
YemenWestern Asia	0.127	170	172	2	170	0

Name	Score	Ranking 2022	Ranking 2021	Change 2021→2022	Ranking 2017	Change 2017→2022
SwedenEurope	0.775	13	6	-7	1	-12
DenmarkEurope	0.959	1	1	0	2	1
EstoniaEurope	0.676	39	43	4	49	10
ChileAmericas	0.723	28	30	2	53	25
NetherlandsEurope	0.727	26	25	-1	30	4
GermanyEurope	0.807	10	13	3	14	4
NorwayEurope	0.891	5	4	-1	5	0
FinlandEurope	0.946	2	2	0	3	1
UruguayAmericas	0.833	8	11	3	6	-2
FranceEurope	0.731	24	17	-7	32	8
SpainEurope	0.672	44	45	1	52	8
New ZealandAsia and the Pacific	0.684	36	27	-9	39	3
Costa RicaAmericas	0.761	15	19	4	15	0
ItalyEurope	0.821	9	8	-1	9	0
BelgiumEurope	0.799	11	12	1	13	2
AustraliaAsia and the Pacific	0.725	27	24	-3	24	-3
GreeceEurope	0.699	33	34	1	27	-6
TaiwanAsia and the Pacific	0.897	4	7	3	12	8
United KingdomEurope	0.729	25	23	-2	16	-9
CzechiaEurope	0.661	48	49	1	45	-3
SwitzerlandEurope	0.877	6	5	-1	4	-2
PortugalEurope	0.600	69	76	7	57	-12
LithuaniaEurope	0.633	57	56	-1	62	5
CanadaAmericas	0.754	17	21	4	17	0
IrelandEurope	0.937	3	3	0	7	4
SlovakiaEurope	0.663	47	37	-10	58	11
LuxembourgEurope	0.774	14	13	-1	8	-6
SloveniaEurope	0.692	34	48	14	26	-8
JapanAsia and the Pacific	0.656	52	52	0	56	4
CroatiaEurope	0.598	71	79	8	64	-7
South KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.671	45	45	0	38	-7
AustriaEurope	0.756	16	20	4	10	-6
JamaicaAmericas	0.627	60	70	10	50	-10
CyprusEurope	0.687	35	38	3	28	-7
Cabo VerdeAfrica	0.496	109	107	-2	107	-2
PanamaAmericas	0.587	74	74	0	70	-4
IcelandEurope	0.837	7	9	2	N/A	N/A
IsraelWestern Asia	0.677	38	35	-3	42	4
RomaniaEurope	0.481	115	95	-20	114	-1
Trinidad and TobagoAmericas	0.737	22	18	-4	21	-1
ArgentinaAmericas	0.753	18	22	4	24	6
PeruAmericas	0.593	72	66	-6	60	-12
MaltaEurope	0.629	58	47	-11	43	-15
LatviaEurope	0.702	31	39	8	55	24
BrazilAmericas	0.679	37	40	3	47	10
BulgariaEurope	0.562	82	64	-18	77	-5
BarbadosAmericas	0.676	39	36	-3	40	1
GhanaAfrica	0.716	29	32	3	20	-9
SurinameAmericas	0.660	49	50	1	48	-1
United StatesAmericas	0.776	12	10	-2	11	-1
MoldovaEurope	0.528	99	108	9	113	14
VanuatuAsia and the Pacific	0.650	53	57	4	66	13
EcuadorAmericas	0.615	63	72	9	89	26
South AfricaAfrica	0.674	42	44	2	36	-6
Timor-LesteAsia and the Pacific	0.553	87	101	14	97	10
ColombiaAmericas	0.557	85	102	17	76	-9
MalawiAfrica	0.629	58	32	-26	63	5
PolandEurope	0.545	92	83	-9	81	-11
LesothoAfrica	0.571	79	68	-11	74	-5
IndonesiaAsia and the Pacific	0.737	22	26	4	31	9
NepalAsia and the Pacific	0.600	69	73	4	71	2
BhutanAsia and the Pacific	0.460	122	117	-5	120	-2
MongoliaAsia and the Pacific	0.521	103	99	-4	80	-23
NamibiaAfrica	0.580	76	78	2	53	-23
Dominican RepublicAmericas	0.702	31	42	11	75	44
IndiaAsia and the Pacific	0.561	83	83	0	71	-12
SenegalAfrica	0.747	21	28	7	44	23
AlbaniaEurope	0.561	83	92	9	96	13
MexicoAmericas	0.432	132	127	-5	116	-16
North MacedoniaEurope	0.553	87	76	-11	71	-16
Sri LankaAsia and the Pacific	0.572	78	90	12	41	-37
MauritiusAfrica	0.750	19	29	10	22	3
KosovoEurope	0.531	98	114	16	115	17
ParaguayAmericas	0.451	123	127	4	127	4
LiberiaAfrica	0.603	67	64	-3	64	-3
BoliviaAmericas	0.658	51	51	0	33	-18
The GambiaAfrica	0.638	56	60	4	108	52
Solomon IslandsAsia and the Pacific	0.481	115	117	2	92	-23
ArmeniaEurope	0.581	75	81	6	101	26
ZambiaAfrica	0.667	46	86	40	82	36
BotswanaAfrica	0.650	53	31	-22	59	6
Sierra LeoneAfrica	0.749	20	15	-5	35	15
MaldivesAsia and the Pacific	0.542	93	94	1	124	31
MontenegroEurope	0.603	67	55	-12	46	-21
HungaryEurope	0.443	125	129	4	117	-8
GeorgiaEurope	0.541	94	96	2	99	5
GuyanaAmericas	0.555	86	91	5	83	-3
TunisiaAfrica	0.540	95	60	-35	37	-58
KenyaAfrica	0.676	39	63	24	51	12
PhilippinesAsia and the Pacific	0.607	66	67	1	61	-5
HondurasAmericas	0.532	97	104	7	103	6
MalaysiaAsia and the Pacific	0.519	104	100	-4	99	-5
UkraineEurope	0.590	73	86	13	109	36
NigerAfrica	0.619	62	58	-4	34	-28
El SalvadorAmericas	0.442	126	121	-5	88	-38
GuatemalaAmericas	0.439	127	123	-4	104	-23
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope	0.512	106	108	2	91	-15
MadagascarAfrica	0.479	117	119	2	104	-13
NigeriaAfrica	0.547	90	80	-10	67	-23
FijiAsia and the Pacific	0.659	50	54	4	86	36
SingaporeAsia and the Pacific	0.488	112	115	3	119	7
KuwaitWestern Asia	0.495	110	120	10	112	2
Papua New GuineaAsia and the Pacific	0.487	113	116	3	138	25
BeninAfrica	0.620	61	59	-2	18	-43
SerbiaEurope	0.540	95	96	1	78	-17
IraqWestern Asia	0.407	137	139	2	136	-1
Côte d’IvoireAfrica	0.573	77	88	11	85	8
TogoAfrica	0.614	64	62	-2	87	23
LebanonWestern Asia	0.610	65	70	5	69	4
PakistanAsia and the Pacific	0.566	81	75	-6	83	2
TanzaniaAfrica	0.551	89	83	-6	98	9
TürkiyeEurope	0.386	139	138	-1	134	-5
Guinea-BissauAfrica	0.567	80	69	-11	95	15
JordanWestern Asia	0.469	119	103	-16	110	-9
MoroccoAfrica	0.497	108	110	2	111	3
MauritaniaAfrica	0.465	120	105	-15	122	2
MozambiqueAfrica	0.420	135	131	-4	126	-9
ZimbabweAfrica	0.523	102	89	-13	92	-10
KyrgyzstanAsia and the Pacific	0.413	136	133	-3	123	-13
UgandaAfrica	0.516	105	98	-7	79	-26
RwandaAfrica	0.329	150	151	1	145	-5
AlgeriaAfrica	0.446	124	124	0	121	-3
AngolaAfrica	0.436	131	141	10	151	20
EthiopiaAfrica	0.525	101	111	10	135	34
BangladeshAsia and the Pacific	0.487	113	113	0	102	-11
ComorosAfrica	0.509	107	106	-1	89	-18
OmanWestern Asia	0.293	155	159	4	156	1
Central African RepublicAfrica	0.391	138	140	2	132	-6
KazakhstanAsia and the Pacific	0.351	146	149	3	154	8
GabonAfrica	0.650	53	53	0	23	-30
ThailandAsia and the Pacific	0.470	118	121	3	131	13
CameroonAfrica	0.526	100	112	12	104	4
Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica	0.492	111	92	-19	94	-17
DjiboutiAfrica	0.378	141	142	1	142	1
EgyptAfrica	0.293	155	153	-2	156	1
RussiaEurope	0.327	151	148	-3	146	-5
VietnamAsia and the Pacific	0.428	133	126	-7	129	-4
IranWestern Asia	0.331	149	150	1	147	-2
EswatiniAfrica	0.438	129	132	3	139	10
CongoAfrica	0.438	129	134	5	144	15
UzbekistanAsia and the Pacific	0.344	148	154	6	161	13
BurundiAfrica	0.345	147	143	-4	136	-11
CambodiaAsia and the Pacific	0.266	158	157	-1	148	-10
BahrainWestern Asia	0.362	143	144	1	149	6
NicaraguaAmericas	0.324	152	152	0	130	-22
LaosAsia and the Pacific	0.258	159	162	3	165	6
VenezuelaAmericas	0.353	145	145	0	141	-4
AzerbaijanEurope	0.192	166	169	3	168	2
CubaAmericas	0.212	165	165	0	164	-1
TajikistanAsia and the Pacific	0.185	167	167	0	166	-1
Equatorial GuineaAfrica	0.236	163	164	1	162	-1
BelarusEurope	0.252	161	160	-1	153	-8
SyriaWestern Asia	0.166	170	170	0	170	0
TurkmenistanAsia and the Pacific	0.069	171	171	0	169	-2
North KoreaAsia and the Pacific	0.032	172	172	0	171	-1
QatarWestern Asia	0.234	164	166	2	167	3
AfghanistanAsia and the Pacific	0.172	169	156	-13	140	-29
Burkina FasoAfrica	0.673	43	15	-28	28	-15
ChadAfrica	0.369	142	135	-7	132	-10
ChinaAsia and the Pacific	0.296	154	158	4	155	1
EritreaAfrica	0.019	173	173	0	172	-1
GuineaAfrica	0.547	90	81	-9	67	-23
HaitiAmericas	0.383	140	136	-4	127	-13
LibyaAfrica	0.439	127	137	10	143	16
MaliAfrica	0.713	30	40	10	19	-11
MyanmarAsia and the Pacific	0.286	157	145	-12	118	-39
PalestineWestern Asia	0.428	133	125	-8	125	-8
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia	0.182	168	168	0	163	-5
SomaliaAfrica	0.355	144	147	3	152	8
South SudanAfrica	0.251	162	161	-1	160	-2
SudanAfrica	0.461	121	130	9	149	28
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia	0.314	153	155	2	158	5
YemenWestern Asia	0.253	160	163	3	159	-1