Social Progress Index by Country 2026
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$226,809
$158,733
$140,186
$126,177
$110,048
$107,758
Country | GDP per Capita IMF 2026↓ | Social Progress Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Liechtenstein | $226,809 | |
 | Luxembourg | $158,733 | Tier 1 |
 | Ireland | $140,186 | Tier 1 |
 | Switzerland | $126,177 | Tier 1 |
 | Iceland | $110,048 | Tier 1 |
 | Singapore | $107,758 | Tier 1 |
 | Norway | $105,877 | Tier 1 |
 | United States | $94,430 | Tier 2 |
 | Denmark | $83,445 | Tier 1 |
 | Netherlands | $79,918 | Tier 1 |
 | Macau | $76,446 | |
 | Australia | $75,648 | Tier 1 |
 | Sweden | $70,676 | Tier 1 |
 | San Marino | $70,187 | |
 | Israel | $69,804 | Tier 2 |
 | Qatar | $68,138 | Tier 2 |
 | Austria | $67,761 | Tier 1 |
 | Germany | $65,303 | Tier 1 |
 | Belgium | $65,112 | Tier 1 |
 | United Kingdom | $61,056 | Tier 1 |
 | Canada | $60,305 | Tier 1 |
 | Finland | $60,130 | Tier 1 |
 | Hong Kong | $59,640 | |
 | United Arab Emirates | $54,214 | Tier 2 |
 | Malta | $53,560 | Tier 2 |
 | Andorra | $53,475 | |
 | France | $52,083 | Tier 2 |
 | New Zealand | $52,023 | Tier 1 |
 | Italy | $46,505 | Tier 2 |
 | Cyprus | $45,409 | Tier 2 |
 | Aruba | $42,862 | |
 | Taiwan | $42,103 | |
 | Spain | $41,563 | Tier 2 |
 | Bahamas | $40,892 | |
 | Puerto Rico | $40,650 | |
 | Slovenia | $40,630 | Tier 1 |
 | Czechia | $39,795 | Tier 2 |
 | Saudi Arabia | $37,811 | Tier 3 |
 | Estonia | $37,718 | Tier 1 |
 | South Korea | $37,412 | Tier 2 |
 | Lithuania | $36,545 | Tier 2 |
 | Brunei | $36,288 | |
 | Japan | $35,703 | Tier 1 |
 | Portugal | $35,434 | Tier 2 |
 | Guyana | $33,167 | Tier 4 |
 | Kuwait | $33,164 | Tier 2 |
 | Poland | $31,336 | Tier 2 |
 | Slovakia | $31,242 | Tier 2 |
 | Croatia | $30,030 | Tier 2 |
 | Greece | $29,696 | Tier 2 |
 | Bahrain | $29,569 | Tier 3 |
 | Barbados | $29,020 | Tier 2 |
 | Latvia | $28,913 | Tier 2 |
 | Hungary | $28,430 | Tier 2 |
 | Uruguay | $27,608 | Tier 2 |
 | Romania | $25,693 | Tier 2 |
 | Bulgaria | $23,848 | Tier 2 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | $22,448 | |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $22,146 | |
 | Oman | $21,645 | Tier 2 |
 | Palau | $21,571 | |
 | Panama | $20,564 | Tier 2 |
 | Costa Rica | $20,299 | Tier 2 |
 | Chile | $20,240 | Tier 2 |
 | Maldives | $19,464 | Tier 3 |
 | Turkey | $19,018 | Tier 3 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | $18,616 | Tier 3 |
 | Russia | $18,525 | Tier 3 |
 | Seychelles | $17,675 | |
 | Kazakhstan | $17,503 | Tier 2 |
 | Serbia | $17,252 | Tier 2 |
 | Montenegro | $16,377 | Tier 2 |
 | Nauru | $16,053 | |
 | Mexico | $15,779 | Tier 3 |
 | Saint Lucia | $15,135 | |
 | Malaysia | $15,085 | Tier 2 |
 | China | $14,874 | Tier 3 |
 | Argentina | $14,357 | Tier 2 |
 | Mauritius | $13,812 | Tier 2 |
 | Grenada | $12,689 | |
 | Albania | $12,493 | Tier 2 |
 | Dominican Republic | $12,406 | Tier 3 |
 | Brazil | $12,313 | Tier 2 |
 | Turkmenistan | $12,300 | Tier 4 |
 | North Macedonia | $11,967 | Tier 3 |
 | Georgia | $11,574 | Tier 2 |
 | Belarus | $11,286 | Tier 3 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $11,098 | |
 | Peru | $10,960 | Tier 3 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $10,701 | Tier 3 |
 | Dominica | $10,459 | |
 | Armenia | $10,410 | Tier 2 |
 | Colombia | $10,104 | Tier 3 |
 | Gabon | $9,918 | Tier 4 |
 | Marshall Islands | $9,677 | |
 | Paraguay | $9,372 | Tier 3 |
 | Moldova | $9,354 | Tier 2 |
 | Suriname | $8,856 | Tier 3 |
 | Botswana | $8,490 | Tier 4 |
 | Jamaica | $8,356 | Tier 2 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | $8,152 | Tier 5 |
 | Belize | $8,134 | |
 | Thailand | $8,105 | Tier 3 |
 | Mongolia | $7,853 | Tier 3 |
 | Ecuador | $7,575 | Tier 3 |
 | South Africa | $7,503 | Tier 3 |
 | Azerbaijan | $7,467 | Tier 4 |
 | Tonga | $7,238 | |
 | Ukraine | $6,980 | Tier 3 |
 | Libya | $6,962 | Tier 4 |
 | Guatemala | $6,810 | Tier 4 |
 | Fiji | $6,802 | Tier 3 |
 | Cape Verde | $6,670 | Tier 3 |
 | Algeria | $6,628 | Tier 4 |
 | Tuvalu | $6,581 | |
 | Samoa | $6,455 | |
 | Bolivia | $6,333 | Tier 4 |
 | El Salvador | $6,196 | Tier 4 |
 | Iraq | $5,677 | Tier 4 |
 | Jordan | $5,601 | Tier 3 |
 | Namibia | $5,573 | Tier 4 |
 | Micronesia | $5,514 | |
 | Indonesia | $5,362 | Tier 3 |
 | Vietnam | $5,115 | Tier 3 |
 | Morocco | $5,107 | Tier 4 |
 | Eswatini | $4,927 | Tier 5 |
 | Tunisia | $4,893 | Tier 3 |
 | Bhutan | $4,867 | Tier 3 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | $4,739 | Tier 4 |
 | Uzbekistan | $4,661 | Tier 3 |
 | Philippines | $4,443 | Tier 3 |
 | Djibouti | $4,421 | Tier 5 |
 | Venezuela | $4,140 | Tier 4 |
 | Vanuatu | $4,082 | |
 | Egypt | $3,904 | Tier 4 |
 | Angola | $3,754 | Tier 5 |
 | Honduras | $3,711 | Tier 4 |
 | Nicaragua | $3,559 | Tier 4 |
 | Iran | $3,415 | Tier 4 |
 | Ghana | $3,314 | Tier 4 |
 | Ivory Coast | $3,313 | Tier 5 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | $3,202 | Tier 3 |
 | Zimbabwe | $3,199 | Tier 5 |
 | Haiti | $3,079 | Tier 5 |
 | Kiribati | $3,051 | |
 | Mauritania | $3,033 | Tier 5 |
 | Bangladesh | $2,911 | Tier 4 |
 | Cambodia | $2,902 | Tier 4 |
 | India | $2,813 | Tier 4 |
 | Kenya | $2,714 | Tier 4 |
 | Papua New Guinea | $2,632 | Tier 5 |
 | Republic of the Congo | $2,554 | Tier 5 |
 | Laos | $2,403 | Tier 4 |
 | Solomon Islands | $2,258 | Tier 5 |
 | Cameroon | $2,125 | Tier 5 |
 | Senegal | $2,054 | Tier 4 |
 | Comoros | $1,951 | Tier 5 |
 | Tajikistan | $1,939 | Tier 4 |
 | Guinea | $1,848 | Tier 6 |
 | Zambia | $1,831 | Tier 5 |
 | Benin | $1,809 | Tier 5 |
 | Nigeria | $1,556 | Tier 5 |
 | Nepal | $1,548 | Tier 4 |
 | Timor-Leste | $1,520 | Tier 4 |
 | Myanmar | $1,519 | Tier 5 |
 | Uganda | $1,476 | Tier 5 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | $1,449 | Tier 5 |
 | Tanzania | $1,362 | Tier 5 |
 | Togo | $1,341 | Tier 5 |
 | Burkina Faso | $1,319 | Tier 5 |
 | Chad | $1,315 | Tier 6 |
 | Mali | $1,301 | Tier 5 |
 | Lesotho | $1,241 | Tier 5 |
 | Rwanda | $1,198 | Tier 5 |
 | DR Congo | $1,122 | Tier 6 |
 | Ethiopia | $1,081 | Tier 5 |
 | Liberia | $964 | Tier 5 |
 | Gambia | $953 | Tier 5 |
 | Sierra Leone | $919 | Tier 5 |
 | Sudan | $864 | Tier 5 |
 | Niger | $822 | Tier 6 |
 | Somalia | $813 | Tier 6 |
 | Malawi | $733 | Tier 5 |
 | Madagascar | $656 | Tier 5 |
 | Mozambique | $632 | Tier 5 |
 | Central African Republic | $613 | Tier 6 |
 | Burundi | $546 | Tier 6 |
 | South Sudan | $488 | Tier 6 |
 | Yemen | $384 | Tier 5 |
 | Pakistan | Tier 5 | |
 | Afghanistan | Tier 6 | |
 | Syria | Tier 5 | |
 | Sri Lanka | Tier 3 | |
 | Cuba | Tier 3 | |
 | Lebanon | Tier 3 | |
 | Palestine | Tier 3 | |
 | Eritrea | Tier 6 |
- Higher SPI scores are preferable.
- The Social Progress Initiative (SPI), ranks states and districts into 6 tiers of social progress:
- Tier 1: Very High Social Progress
- Tier 2: High Social Progress
- Tier 3: Upper Middle Social Progress
- Tier 4: Lower Middle Social Progress
- Tier 5: Low Social Progress
- Tier 6: Very Low Social Progress
The Social Progress Index (SPI) is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate social performance globally using transparent, actionable data. It assesses the performance of 170 countries, utilizing 57 indicators across three dimensions – Basic Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity.
Key Highlights of the Social Progress Index:
- Denmark: Leads the SPI with a score of 92, excelling in access to basic medical care, water and sanitation, personal rights, and inclusiveness.
- Norway: Ties with Denmark with a score of 92. Notable for basic nutrition, healthcare, personal safety, and environmental quality.
- Finland: Ranked third with a score of 91.3. The country’s performance is reflected in its access to basic knowledge, shelter, and personal freedom and choice.
- Sweden: Achieves an SPI score of 90.8, excelling in environmental sustainability, access to advanced education, and gender equality.
- Switzerland: Scores 90.4 in the SPI, particularly strong in wellness and healthcare infrastructure, personal safety, and access to quality education.
- Iceland: Holds the sixth position with an SPI score of 89.6, scoring highest in food security, clean water, and access to medical care.
- Netherlands: Places an honorable number 9 with an SPI of 88.8, doing particularly well in water and sanitation, shelter, and freedom of expression.
- Ireland: Ties with the Netherlands for spot #7 on the list with a score of 88.8, excelling in personal rights, access to higher education, and tolerance and inclusion.
- Luxembourg: Stands at ninth place with an SPI score of 88.7, excelling in personal safety, education access, and income equality.
- Germany: Rounds out the list with a score of 88.2, noted for high performance in basic human needs, housing, and healthcare access.
The SPI has noted a decline in 6 of its 12 components since 2017, including aspects like personal rights and inclusiveness. This decline highlights areas needing improvement and directs focus towards holistic social development.
