Good Country Index by Country 2025

Overall Rank (GCI v1.6)

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180

Venezuela

170

Country	Overall Rank (GCI v1.6)↑	Science and Technology Rank (GCI v1.6)	Culture Rank (GCI v1.6)	International and Peace and Security Rank (GCI v1.6)	World Order Rank (GCI v1.6)	Planet and Climate Rank (GCI v1.6)	Prosperity and Equality Rank (GCI v1.6)	Health and Wellbeing Rank (GCI v1.6)
Finland	1	9	9	18	10	3	2	14
Sweden	2	16	12	26	15	7	1	3
Germany	3	18	30	17	6	17	10	2
Denmark	4	11	6	49	17	21	6	1
France	5	27	18	10	22	26	4	11
United Kingdom	6	3	28	50	16	10	8	8
Canada	7	26	36	35	11	9	17	6
Slovenia	8	7	14	47	19	18	25	22
Estonia	9	29	3	46	18	13	5	39
Belgium	10	19	5	60	9	37	7	18
Austria	11	6	4	53	4	16	49	25
Czech Republic	12	5	7	57	5	43	12	28
Ireland	13	54	24	2	20	20	14	24
Spain	14	36	13	19	29	33	11	21
Portugal	15	22	1	12	30	55	22	26
Switzerland	16	23	15	71	23	1	34	4
Norway	17	58	23	77	12	2	3	7
Netherlands	18	8	8	28	14	91	38	9
Australia	19	20	47	59	8	4	53	17
Hungary	20	1	19	52	24	41	33	40
Lithuania	21	13	11	23	51	46	24	56
Bulgaria	22	21	39	9	37	8	45	69
Poland	23	10	25	41	33	56	28	36
New Zealand	24	34	33	38	13	29	65	19
Luxembourg	25	53	22	75	3	59	30	13
Iceland	26	45	29	74	7	6	92	20
Malta	27	75	17	70	21	34	26	32
Singapore	28	48	27	37	28	66	16	63
Liechtenstein	29	74	2	113	1	12	46	44
Italy	30	40	16	61	31	75	54	23
Latvia	31	2	10	39	34	79	44	101
Slovakia	32	46	21	40	53	25	48	80
Romania	33	39	41	13	57	31	71	85
Japan	34	60	58	95	76	32	23	12
Chile	35	66	60	108	27	23	19	68
Greece	36	30	51	55	47	109	36	45
Moldova	37	76	31	8	88	49	20	114
Cyprus	38	25	37	90	2	19	151	64
South Korea	39	38	38	79	40	152	27	15
Croatia	40	24	20	85	102	14	81	66
Uruguay	41	128	55	20	38	11	52	95
Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	14	35	104	50	40	29	144
Serbia	43	31	42	92	64	110	21	65
Montenegro	44	35	40	102	62	15	39	135
North Macedonia	45	17	50	130	45	84	15	89
Tunisia	46	41	57	7	126	88	59	81
Malaysia	47	50	26	16	116	167	37	50
Ukraine	48	4	46	168	41	114	60	34
Albania	49	86	67	93	78	47	9	94
United States	50	64	84	149	44	86	42	10
Colombia	51	82	82	91	96	28	47	59
Armenia	52	47	59	78	109	72	80	51
Costa Rica	53	111	52	101	36	42	58	105
Morocco	54	37	73	1	117	142	31	117
Turkey	55	28	74	123	142	50	40	62
Bhutan	56	63	94	3	171	104	18	67
Mauritius	57	49	44	58	58	119	64	137
Thailand	58	98	53	27	32	149	121	54
United Arab Emirates	59	73	45	166	52	97	96	5
Georgia	60	72	100	111	70	77	13	92
Sri Lanka	61	123	132	34	56	30	101	72
India	62	78	144	36	105	85	67	33
Belarus	63	55	69	159	80	116	43	30
Israel	64	57	70	145	139	44	61	46
Nicaragua	65	172	71	42	93	54	108	31
Fiji	66	105	72	45	69	153	32	99
Dominican Republic	67	142	83	15	39	71	120	111
Argentina	68	83	96	97	54	53	86	120
Russia	69	52	127	117	101	67	84	42
China	71	77	142	87	72	60	95	60
Namibia	72	81	62	76	99	73	111	93
Gambia	73	51	63	128	87	65	85	116
Lesotho	74	146	110	125	49	89	41	35
Brazil	75	103	113	142	46	39	66	87
Mongolia	76	96	75	22	42	154	73	139
Burkina Faso	77	107	89	94	83	80	106	49
Senegal	78	100	93	4	55	113	89	161
Seychelles	79	69	32	110	26	126	100	158
Jamaica	80	106	56	56	97	90	137	90
Paraguay	81	170	91	73	25	35	123	119
Panama	82	115	115	132	48	81	109	37
Nepal	83	71	88	114	123	62	63	123
South Africa	84	32	49	127	81	156	115	88
Peru	85	79	103	72	95	100	76	124
Mexico	86	121	97	139	82	78	56	76
Madagascar	87	134	116	66	98	82	98	58
Botswana	88	148	66	32	119	87	55	146
Ethiopia	89	92	159	51	113	76	112	55
Egypt	90	44	136	14	143	133	133	57
El Salvador	91	151	109	115	74	112	69	41
Ecuador	92	116	135	81	131	45	62	102
Trinidad and Tobago	93	89	61	124	84	147	35	136
Philippines	94	120	98	88	89	130	75	78
Benin	95	85	128	29	60	121	93	162
Ghana	97	94	92	5	130	155	83	125
Saint Lucia	98	90	43	138	135	58	90	138
Bangladesh	99	153	152	21	86	51	159	71
Qatar	100	125	118	134	94	103	91	29
Jordan	101	62	130	54	148	124	68	108
Rwanda	102	108	111	48	141	36	103	151
Bahrain	103	102	78	96	111	158	57	96
Saudi Arabia	104	101	141	154	100	138	50	16
Malawi	105	133	138	100	77	64	82	110
Honduras	106	145	139	80	79	102	113	47
Barbados	107	43	65	137	122	107	149	84
Liberia	108	59	68	82	107	139	87	168
Kazakhstan	109	93	125	43	136	94	145	75
Brunei	110	152	77	24	59	166	79	155
Bolivia	111	154	106	126	43	61	140	86
Timor-Leste	112	84	101	83	151	131	94	77
Niger	113	141	107	44	114	99	97	122
Kenya	114	88	119	89	91	83	117	142
Grenada	115	15	54	160	66	136	125	174
Sierra Leone	116	113	129	86	112	135	129	38
Kyrgyzstan	118	110	134	116	75	57	118	141
Zimbabwe	119	114	131	98	169	48	116	79
Pakistan	120	68	163	65	161	118	74	107
Nigeria	121	104	168	31	71	92	160	134
Togo	122	119	80	129	124	70	139	103
Cape Verde	123	124	90	157	35	27	166	166
Azerbaijan	124	117	137	109	61	120	114	115
Guyana	125	173	81	144	90	38	138	129
Cuba	126	171	155	84	134	5	141	106
Eswatini	127	159	79	143	110	125	107	82
Uganda	128	130	123	1,120	129	95	126	83
Tonga	129	132	34	121	173	143	156	52
Lebanon	130	12	126	167	150	162	104	91
Guinea	131	156	157	11	144	98	152	97
Republic of the Congo	132	137	156	25	104	93	155	150
Antigua and Barbuda	133	65	114	169	67	101	153	156
Micronesia	134	70	147	151	127	170	51	109
Kuwait	135	129	153	106	85	161	173	27
Cambodia	136	160	121	67	138	141	110	98
DR Congo	137	136	165	170	162	22	132	53
Zambia	138	161	143	6	120	145	148	121
Burundi	139	150	112	135	133	134	78	104
Samoa	140	33	105	122	165	106	162	153
Mozambique	141	157	133	119	128	117	77	118
Tanzania	142	140	99	99	132	111	144	128
Vietnam	143	95	108	69	163	159	128	132
Tajikistan	144	163	158	150	65	132	122	70
Saint Kitts and Nevis	145	97	48	164	149	160	99	143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	146	158	76	165	145	108	70	149
Mali	147	167	150	63	137	129	119	112
Dominica	148	67	87	152	152	144	127	154
Vanuatu	149	135	64	146	168	52	154	164
Chad	150	168	160	112	108	150	150	48
Uzbekistan	151	126	117	140	103	151	142	126
Iran	152	56	169	171	147	157	163	43
Algeria	153	87	164	62	121	169	168	140
Belize	154	118	86	161	68	163	157	160
Cameroon	155	109	162	103	125	127	131	163
Eritrea	156	164	170	64	174	24	174	152
Suriname	157	165	122	155	73	68	171	170
Oman	158	144	124	141	140	148	143	100
Laos	159	143	140	156	160	74	147	127
Comoros	160	112	161	136	158	137	105	147
Angola	161	169	167	105	153	63	169	130
Djibouti	162	139	148	133	106	140	124	167
Myanmar	163	122	120	148	115	128	161	165
Bahamas	164	138	102	118	157	168	135	159
Equatorial Guinea	165	166	154	158	159	123	165	61
Gabon	166	131	146	163	154	69	167	171
Mauritania	167	162	145	68	164	165	136	172
Libya	168	149	171	147	92	171	158	131
Syria	169	61	173	174	170	173	130	145
Venezuela	170	174	151	162	155	115	172	113
Yemen	171	42	174	173	172	174	164	148
Afghanistan	172	80	166	153	167	172	146	173
Iraq	173	99	172	131	166	164	170	157
Sudan	174	147	149	172	156	146	134	169

Good Country Index rankings are based on 35 large datasets produced by United Nations agencies and other international organisations. Most of these datasets take several years to compile, analyze and publish.
Good Country Index v1.6 was released in late 2024 and used mostly 2022 data.
Good Country Index v1.5 used mostly 2020 data.

The Good Country Index attempts to rank countries based on their contributions to the common good of all humanity in five different categories. This index makes comparing different countries simpler by placing all evaluated 169 nations on a list from first to 169th place.

What Is a Good Country According to the Good Country Index?

The Good Country Index defines a country based on the number of ways a country contributes to the rest of the planet and how much it uses. To ensure the scores don’t wrongfully penalize smaller countries, the nation’s size goes into account in the overall rankings.

What Indicators Does the Good Country Index Use?

Thirty-five indicators fall into seven categories to calculate the Good Country Index. Each category has five elements within it.

These categories include contributions in the following areas, science and technology, planet and climate, world order, prosperity and equality, culture, international peace and security, and health and wellbeing.

Indicators within each category account for the nation’s economy size when necessary. For example, within the contributions to culture category, the exports of cultural goods and services and international festivals are both proportionate to the country’s economy.

Some of the indicators impact the score negatively. For instance, higher birthrates and higher numbers of citizens living overseas detract from the overall Good Country Index score.

Calculating the Good Country Index

To create the list, the Good Country Index averages evenly the scores from each of the seven categories and ranks per the other 168 countries evaluated. In the ratings, if two nations have the same overall score, the country that has the lowest category rating falls below.

What Country Topped the Good Country Index

Countries that have higher ratings in their seven contribution categories have higher total rankings in the Good Country Index.

The most recent list as of 2023 places Sweden at the top of the Good Country Index. The second place scores in health and wellbeing and planet and climate and the first place finish in prosperity made Sweden the top nation.

Other countries in the top five of the Good Country Index were Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland.

What Country Placed Lowest on the Good Country Index

Syria finished at the bottom of the Good Country Index listing at 169th place. However, none of the category ratings were the lowest of the 169 nations.

The other nations at the bottom of the list include Mauritania, Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan.