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2022 Social Progress Index

The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative, and is based on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz.[1] The SPI measures the well-being of a society by observing social and environmental outcomes directly rather than the economic factors. The social and environmental factors include wellness (including health, shelter and sanitation), equality, inclusion, sustainability and personal freedom and safety.[2][full citation needed]

Introduction and methodology

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The index combines three dimensions:

  1. Basic human needs
  2. Foundations of well-being
  3. Opportunity

Each dimension includes four components, which are each composed of between three and five specific outcome indicators. The included indicators are selected because they are measured appropriately, with a consistent methodology, by the same organization across all (or essentially all) of the countries in the sample. Together, this framework aims to capture a broad range of interrelated factors revealed by the scholarly literature and practitioner experience as underpinning social progress.

Two key features of the Social Progress Index are:[3]

  1. the exclusion of economic variables
  2. the use of outcome measures rather than inputs

Social Progress Imperative evaluated hundreds of possible indicators while developing the Social Progress Index, including engaging researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to determine what indicators best differentiated the performance of nations. The index uses outcome measures when there are sufficient data available or the closest possible proxies.[4]

Social Progress Index Rankings

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Data are for the year 2022.[5]

Country Social Progress Score Basic Human Needs Foundations of Wellbeing Opportunity Nutrition and Basic Medical Care Water and Sanitation Shelter Personal Safety Access to Basic Knowledge Access to Information and Communications Health and Wellness Environmental Quality Personal Rights Personal Freedom and Choice Inclusiveness Access to Advanced Education
1 Norway 90.74 91.26 90.86 90.11 93.89 98.80 91.59 80.76 98.69 96.12 88.73 79.91 95.63 88.95 92.04 83.81
2 Denmark 90.54 91.81 90.32 89.48 95.33 97.36 94.32 80.22 97.47 97.69 84.65 81.45 98.10 88.86 88.44 82.53
3 Finland 90.46 91.36 90.31 89.71 93.22 98.45 95.79 77.98 96.31 95.72 84.08 85.14 96.97 89.26 89.29 83.33
4 Switzerland 90.26 91.35 91.26 88.16 93.85 98.12 92.12 81.31 98.65 94.99 90.84 80.56 94.65 90.14 86.58 81.26
5 Iceland 89.54 91.18 90.44 87 93.26 98.97 91.59 80.88 99.47 92.68 88.28 81.31 95.10 88.13 87.46 77.32
6 Sweden 89.42 90.35 88.90 88.99 93.86 98.53 91.07 77.96 94.48 93.17 85.44 82.52 95.70 89.19 90.70 80.37
7 Netherlands 88.97 89.49 88.80 88.63 93.57 96.56 88.12 79.73 94.84 95.70 85.97 78.67 95.57 88.39 88.44 82.11
8 Germany 88.72 90.01 87.10 89.05 93.66 95.93 91.06 79.40 97.69 89.21 83.07 78.44 97.75 89.97 84.57 83.92
9 Japan 88.19 91.72 89.93 82.91 92.99 95.61 96.32 81.96 97.62 95.13 88.04 78.93 96.36 84.93 72.48 77.86
10 Canada 88.17 88.60 88.88 87.02 94.02 96.19 88.86 75.32 97.88 91.21 84.74 81.69 95.21 84.34 84.56 83.97
11 Austria 88.05 90.49 88.53 85.14 95.19 95.58 91.38 79.81 97.66 94.57 85.52 76.35 92.88 85.99 81.99 79.72
12 Australia 87.83 89.10 87.72 86.67 93.23 97.24 89.07 76.86 94.04 94.66 85.21 76.97 92.56 84.70 82.14 87.29
13 Ireland 87.69 88.99 86.68 87.41 94.75 92.96 88.33 79.89 94.93 93.24 79.98 78.55 96.70 85.45 91.11 76.36
14 Luxembourg 87.48 89.40 88.80 84.24 94.33 94.98 90.01 78.27 98.97 90.93 86.60 78.69 96.74 87.98 88.84 63.41
15 New Zealand 87.26 86.68 88.45 86.64 93.74 94.39 86.44 72.15 98.31 96.25 83.31 75.95 96.45 85.89 84.30 79.93
16 Belgium 87.22 89.45 85.58 86.64 95.16 93.29 93.17 76.17 95.09 87.45 86.07 73.72 95.41 87.07 83.95 80.14
17 Korea, Republic of 86.47 90.44 87.03 81.96 95.70 93.85 92.12 80.07 91.99 98.54 85.28 72.33 93.98 80.72 68.37 84.76
18 Estonia 86.16 89.80 87.23 81.45 92.93 95.23 94.32 76.73 98.36 96.40 74.02 80.13 95.65 85.36 69.64 75.13
19 United Kingdom 86.13 88.77 87.48 82.15 93.01 94.14 89.59 78.32 92.72 96.57 80.81 79.81 91.28 84.70 72.59 80.05
20 France 86.07 88.30 86.79 83.13 92.82 92.90 90.22 77.26 93 92.38 83.95 77.81 93.52 85.09 76.14 77.79
21 Spain 85.35 89.52 84.71 81.81 96.20 92.22 88.21 81.43 88.56 91.56 83.02 75.70 93.24 80.87 75.91 77.21
22 Italy 85.23 89.37 83.61 82.70 96.19 92.61 91.59 77.08 91.41 85.15 83.03 74.83 96.17 75.13 83.90 75.61
23 Czechia 85.19 89.29 83.76 82.53 92.68 96.30 91.98 76.18 98.22 84.99 79.15 72.69 93.81 81.67 78.61 76.05
24 Portugal 84.75 89.34 82.62 82.28 96.09 95.32 88.43 77.55 87.74 87.98 80.14 74.60 94.56 81.98 82.69 69.89
25 United States 84.65 87.63 84.58 81.74 93.22 94.28 91.17 71.85 92.72 95.88 74.21 75.50 88.06 83.23 68.68 86.98
26 Malta 84.52 89.37 84.64 79.54 95.30 92.72 89.59 79.87 94.65 89.92 86.34 67.64 91.57 78.54 86.48 61.57
27 Slovenia 84.19 89.20 85.45 77.93 93.57 97.13 87.18 78.92 96.07 89.91 79.45 76.36 84.81 80.98 70.77 75.16
28 Singapore 83.76 92.91 85.68 72.68 95.78 98.97 93.69 83.20 91.26 88.26 90.30 72.91 65.07 87.58 66.99 71.08
29 Lithuania 83.71 88.56 81.58 80.98 92.74 94.38 92.15 74.97 96.55 87.21 66.12 76.43 91.93 79.37 75.37 77.25
30 Cyprus 83.18 87.50 84.99 77.04 94.06 89.38 89.38 77.20 94.88 94.60 80.52 69.95 91.61 77.76 63.77 75.01
31 Israel 83.17 88.34 84.20 76.99 97.64 92 88.75 74.96 91.87 87.82 83.28 73.82 92.47 75.99 63.65 75.84
32 Latvia 82.46 87.43 79.68 80.28 91.71 94.55 91.21 72.24 95.08 84.80 64.60 74.23 94.88 83.44 66.51 76.3
33 Greece 82.44 87.77 79.85 79.72 97.57 89.20 90.32 73.98 88.85 85.38 74.56 70.60 91.51 73.97 73.87 79.51
34 Croatia 82.32 89.48 82.18 75.28 93.06 94.52 92.83 77.52 96.25 88.86 71.97 71.66 89.60 75.70 64.53 71.29
35 Slovakia 81.29 87.72 80.08 76.08 91.80 94.04 91.15 73.90 92.67 88.13 69.47 70.04 93.07 78.31 63.51 69.44
36 Chile 80.78 83.62 79.53 79.20 93.32 86.51 86.33 68.32 88.99 90.63 68.18 70.33 92.59 77.19 70.81 76.21
37 Costa Rica 80.65 85.04 79.06 77.84 90.74 95.39 89.90 64.14 86.47 84.37 77.41 67.98 95.35 75.13 81.93 58.95
38 Uruguay 80.27 83.73 78.41 78.67 90.31 91.48 87.84 65.28 86.17 90.27 71.79 65.41 91.76 77.66 76.07 69.18
39 Poland 80.17 88.12 78.50 73.89 93.88 93.89 88.57 76.13 93.38 89.87 62.61 68.12 80.62 78.55 63.91 72.5
40 Barbados 79.60 84.17 78.81 75.84 87.70 89.42 90.62 68.94 96.79 82.86 69.64 65.94 92.39 76.87 72.06 62.03
41 Argentina 78.64 82.28 76.93 76.70 91.64 87.68 87.36 62.44 84.75 90.11 63.90 68.98 89.91 66 75.54 75.34
42 Hungary 78.21 88.12 75.94 70.59 93.44 93.51 89.30 76.23 91.28 79.36 62.84 70.26 82.69 78.26 57.71 63.69
43 Romania 76.89 86.70 74.78 69.20 93.62 87.77 90.71 74.71 85.92 87.67 58.78 66.76 85.22 71.27 54.69 65.62
44 Bulgaria 76.81 85.70 72.30 72.44 93.01 88.68 89.22 71.88 86.38 85.34 55.66 61.83 86.87 73.51 61.76 67.63
45 Serbia 75.80 85.83 74.08 67.48 93.74 87.96 87.92 73.71 92.41 81.01 61.82 61.08 79.81 67.36 54.31 68.46
46 Trinidad and Tobago 75.58 81.88 74.77 70.08 86.57 87.27 89.69 64 91.38 79.92 62.58 65.21 89 67.49 68.46 55.35
47 Mauritius 75.44 85.83 75.58 64.91 86.22 94.64 90.27 72.17 88.65 79.22 67.91 66.54 82.71 69.89 57.83 49.19
48 Armenia 74.78 86.97 72.18 65.19 93.79 88.67 90.88 74.52 90.33 84.92 59.18 54.28 83 63.68 53.25 60.81
49 Montenegro 74.64 86.37 71.85 65.69 96.52 90.91 85.25 72.78 93.77 77.21 62.01 54.42 83.36 63.06 51.83 64.52
50 Georgia 74.43 85.17 72.88 65.25 88.76 89.16 89.31 73.46 94.85 80.49 56.35 59.82 78.26 61.36 52.98 68.39
51 Moldova 74.19 83.13 71.98 67.46 90.02 81.34 91.57 69.59 94.82 80.73 57.12 55.27 88.51 62.80 57.97 60.57
52 Ukraine 74.17 80.47 73.23 68.82 89.30 82.65 89.81 60.12 92.64 84.84 50.99 64.46 75.75 70.56 57.06 71.9
53 Albania 74.12 84.56 76.43 61.36 92.15 81.03 89.84 75.22 92.63 79.95 68.50 64.64 82.80 52.59 53.29 56.74
54 Malaysia 74.08 85.20 77.44 59.58 87.53 93.53 91.98 67.78 89.85 86.61 70.14 63.15 64.47 70.79 44.98 58.11
55 Kuwait 74.06 87.36 77.30 57.51 95.14 93.75 89.59 70.94 83.71 92.78 81.22 51.51 64.58 66.60 38.33 60.55
56 Panama 74.02 82.87 73.11 66.09 85.11 86.34 92.28 67.75 80.76 75.42 67.28 68.99 88.97 63.36 54.67 57.35
57 Jamaica 73.48 81.22 71.38 67.85 88.56 81.79 85.69 68.83 87 71.71 61.96 64.86 88.26 69.27 62.29 51.56
58 Republic of North Macedonia 72.74 86.12 68.79 63.30 95.61 87.99 86.95 73.94 77.64 83.45 58.88 55.18 79.07 64.79 51.78 57.57
59 Russia 71.99 80.72 75.69 59.55 90.88 86.76 87.35 57.90 93.27 82.75 55.86 70.89 53.96 71 36.20 77.05
60 Ecuador 71.75 80.13 71.03 64.09 85.12 89.94 88.41 57.06 81.41 76.09 60.78 65.84 85.39 62.83 49.86 58.28
61 Belarus 71.49 84.60 74.80 55.06 94.73 89.14 91.35 63.19 96.21 77.97 59.41 65.61 30.20 75.92 50.60 63.51
62 Brazil 71.26 80.19 72.95 60.63 89.36 87.99 86.88 56.54 77.17 88.20 57.04 69.40 77.47 67.16 41.81 56.08
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.23 85.23 69.04 59.44 94.13 91.10 80.65 75.04 85.45 77.96 60.51 52.23 73.66 60.22 48.80 55.06
64 Suriname 71.22 81.73 67.56 64.36 84.86 88.25 88.37 65.44 79.72 70.33 61.56 58.65 90.73 70.25 55.84 40.64
65 Kazakhstan 71.21 84.49 72.99 56.15 92.87 88.20 91.31 65.57 90.85 83.70 55.81 61.61 55.77 72 35.93 60.89
66 Mexico 70.84 80.62 70.08 61.83 88.52 89.36 86.06 58.53 79.95 83.87 57.79 58.71 75.71 65.47 48.70 57.43
67 Peru 70.70 79.16 71.47 61.48 85.49 83.47 84.46 63.21 77.96 80.53 62.58 64.79 82.86 58.58 43.11 61.37
68 United Arab Emirates 70.70 87.17 72.98 51.93 92.28 96.69 96.53 63.18 90.60 85.87 65.08 50.38 41.59 69.60 35.17 61.37
69 South Africa 69.95 71.29 69 69.56 75.85 75.88 83.06 50.37 78.29 83.42 55.64 58.66 89.88 70.68 61.61 56.09
70 Colombia 69.83 79.47 74.05 55.96 87.74 91.57 87.70 50.88 77.46 85.17 67.35 66.22 66.03 61.91 38.84 57.06
71 Thailand 69.80 81.63 75.50 52.28 87.85 88.55 93.15 56.96 78.24 81.63 74.02 68.10 45.15 62.07 47.97 53.93
72 Tunisia 69.77 80.34 66.43 62.54 93.37 77.54 85.02 65.43 73.22 82.15 60.88 49.48 77.19 69.21 48.56 55.2
73 Dominican Republic 69.76 79.84 68.15 61.31 86.60 87.28 87.72 57.75 74.31 80.72 57.28 60.28 85.73 57.41 49.17 52.92
74 Sri Lanka 69.22 78.82 75 53.86 86.48 86.75 77.10 64.94 88.17 69.90 72.74 69.18 68.98 63.68 34.73 48.03
75 Cabo Verde 69.01 78.21 63.81 65.01 85.33 82.56 83.58 61.37 67.06 71.08 62.37 54.71 90.06 70.30 59.45 40.22
76 Paraguay 68.96 81.34 68.69 56.85 86.75 92.34 82.64 63.61 68.54 82.13 55.77 68.33 80.96 62.93 36.44 47.06
77 Vietnam 68.18 81.92 69.36 53.26 86.65 87.33 87.80 65.91 84.46 72.57 62.83 57.57 43.93 66.10 56.77 46.23
78 Bhutan 68.05 80.22 66.33 57.59 77.81 90.26 88.49 64.31 64.85 72.69 69.74 58.04 73.90 66.68 57.48 32.3
79 Maldives 68.02 82.21 69.39 52.47 85.62 82.94 87.59 72.69 73.17 71.90 62.81 69.68 64.42 57.97 49.88 37.62
80 Oman 67.70 83.49 68.40 51.21 91.50 91.83 90.58 60.05 80.92 82.45 69.60 40.63 48.79 64.45 39.91 51.68
81 Philippines 67.46 77.29 67.52 57.58 81.49 87.40 78.19 62.09 81.19 76.42 51.55 60.92 70.94 62.80 42.51 54.06
82 Jordan 67.32 83.84 65.07 53.05 89.72 89.91 88.08 67.65 80.38 58.18 70.58 51.16 62.83 62.63 29.88 56.89
83 Kyrgyzstan 67.23 81.71 69.01 50.97 88.56 87.36 85.48 65.45 92.81 73.16 55.20 54.88 58.99 60.66 32.98 51.24
84 Mongolia 67.21 73.02 63.92 64.71 84.29 70.59 73.17 64.02 91.22 75.50 41.44 47.51 87.20 65.13 51.62 54.88
85 Bolivia 67.15 77.50 64.84 59.11 79.77 87.38 83.92 58.95 74.77 74.39 48.82 61.37 74.03 61.19 54.87 46.33
86 Fiji 67.02 79.64 63.88 57.53 84.31 90.35 79.34 64.56 89.16 70.98 34.60 60.76 63.60 67.85 48.43 50.24
87 Indonesia 66.67 78.89 65.23 55.89 78.55 78.32 88.28 70.39 72.69 78.07 53.16 56.98 69.43 64.80 34.77 54.58
88 Turkey 66.59 82.66 67.68 49.43 95.67 84.15 84.66 66.15 73.65 80.43 68.97 47.65 38.18 60.61 30.63 68.32
89 Lebanon 66.48 80.98 62.52 55.94 93.48 80.25 86.33 63.85 80.20 63.30 58.15 48.41 70.96 58.67 31.32 62.79
90 Qatar 66.47 86.51 66.59 46.29 96.59 92.02 90.62 66.82 83.27 78.32 75.93 28.86 34.23 72.81 28.41 49.72
91 Uzbekistan 66.12 86.29 63.78 48.30 90.86 91.95 91.61 70.76 92.51 76.22 49.75 36.64 51.19 63.19 33.57 45.25
92 Bahrain 66.09 86.57 69.99 41.72 95.95 95.86 93.15 61.33 80.34 82.47 73.69 43.46 34.91 64.74 14.11 53.1
93 Botswana 65.89 65.52 66.14 66.01 66.71 74.44 72.90 48 83.46 69.49 56.27 55.34 84.55 69.02 64.80 45.67
94 China 65.74 83.74 66.24 47.25 93.96 87.33 87.13 66.55 81.14 78.92 65.25 39.63 29.70 65.65 32.67 60.99
95 Algeria 65.59 80.37 62.40 54.01 89.93 84.72 86.35 60.50 78.07 62.32 62.37 46.85 53.43 65.28 47.07 50.24
96 Guyana 65.54 78.58 60.66 57.37 83.32 87.18 83.84 59.99 79.52 64.03 49.79 49.30 82.99 57.48 49.54 39.46
97 West Bank and Gaza 65.19 78.13 65.58 51.85 91.28 74.68 87.07 59.52 84.15 68.43 61.42 48.32 60.79 55.09 35.46 56.05
98 Ghana 64.80 69.14 63.27 62 79.67 73.11 66.21 57.55 70.68 76.12 52.23 54.06 80.54 59.09 61.68 46.68
99 El Salvador 64.42 78.57 62.97 51.73 86.19 82.06 88.21 57.81 64.62 73.30 60.95 53.03 64.38 58.03 44.03 40.47
100 Morocco 64.04 81.05 59.90 51.17 89.62 81.64 89.62 63.33 62.59 77.76 49.71 49.52 62.59 59.47 34.30 48.31
101 Saudi Arabia 63.89 83.37 66.37 41.92 91.23 96.18 93.78 52.31 82.32 80.11 72.83 30.21 22.50 66.03 19.05 60.12
102 Iran 63.72 79.83 66.51 44.82 93.97 87.15 83.36 54.83 81.52 72.13 64.18 48.20 38.97 51.40 30.11 58.78
103 Azerbaijan 63.26 84.54 62.87 42.37 91.83 83.27 92.41 70.64 81.05 75.56 42.76 52.09 39.48 53.10 31.15 45.75
104 Sao Tome and Principe 62.49 72.75 56.56 58.14 80.71 89.29 61.33 59.68 69.55 48.60 51.47 56.63 88.19 59.87 53.35 31.16
105 Gabon 62.18 67.17 59.62 59.74 76.18 68.79 80.92 42.80 74.87 66.75 45.55 51.31 69.06 58.70 63.45 47.77
106 Namibia 62 62.33 62.29 61.38 71.99 69.16 60.65 47.53 74.06 67.91 48.26 58.92 83.91 68.90 50.33 42.39
107 Honduras 61.17 75.76 56.45 51.30 81.44 86.11 74.15 61.33 61.96 55.95 50.33 57.54 73.95 56.24 35.58 39.44
108 Nicaragua 60.23 74.79 66.33 39.57 79.25 82.63 78.06 59.20 75.01 61.47 65.26 63.57 36.91 56.47 34.18 30.73
109 Guatemala 60.21 72.35 61.69 46.60 75.74 75.92 78.92 58.81 67.06 69.10 55.13 55.46 67.84 55.01 26.58 36.98
110 India 60.19 73.80 52 54.77 72.22 80.47 81.43 61.08 58.32 70.42 51.39 27.86 69.13 56 44.97 49
111 Nepal 59.39 74.59 50.16 53.42 78.94 78.76 72.16 68.51 56.05 61.60 49.77 33.22 73.36 51.16 51.26 37.91
112 Timor-Leste 58.92 64.27 57.90 54.58 64.07 65.60 65.75 61.67 59.96 63.27 45.20 63.17 76.74 56.70 50.24 34.66
113 Egypt 58.73 80.64 51.11 44.45 90.84 86.25 87.25 58.20 76.56 66.66 40.89 20.35 43.67 61.18 20.37 52.58
114 Venezuela 58.62 71.77 57.96 46.12 80.31 76.44 84.19 46.12 73.68 47.29 49.07 61.82 41.26 59.58 43.53 40.14
115 Kenya 57.96 58.81 61.49 53.59 66.81 62.47 58.55 47.42 65.49 67.56 50.16 62.73 72.84 62.24 36.88 42.39
116 Senegal 57.70 65.39 52.80 54.91 74.56 66.48 58.74 61.78 38.69 67.79 48.28 56.45 80.74 52.06 53.59 33.24
117 Iraq 56.82 72.90 54.32 43.25 80.48 74.09 87.39 49.64 64.35 66.16 55.14 31.65 46.04 46.77 27.62 52.56
118 Turkmenistan 56.75 81.71 58.07 30.46 89.94 77.35 91.77 67.77 87.42 43.84 50.19 50.82 15.95 58.16 26.54 21.19
119 Bangladesh 56.06 72.64 55.09 40.45 74.57 85.56 73 57.44 65.54 61.93 52.99 39.90 51.64 51.27 21.32 37.56
120 Tajikistan 56.05 80.84 56.59 30.72 84.43 85.09 89.04 64.79 87.78 50.17 49.59 38.83 20.88 52.13 16.29 33.58
121 Cambodia 55.71 69.37 55.58 42.17 75.76 69.13 68.66 63.95 53.83 54.81 52.76 60.93 43.88 57.59 35.40 31.8
122 Benin 55.59 55.33 55.41 56.02 64.76 57.39 44.20 54.98 56.71 59.75 49.36 55.82 76.98 46.60 64.83 35.66
123 Tanzania 54.87 54.97 58.49 51.14 66.65 57.39 45.60 50.23 61.08 57.55 53.31 62.03 65.57 54.69 50.48 33.84
124 Gambia, The 54.68 62.07 49.97 52.01 65.05 71.92 49.30 61.99 54.96 51.47 42.24 51.20 78.81 48.36 48.07 32.8
125 Malawi 54.29 55.69 52.80 54.36 68.56 64.66 36.02 53.52 62.28 40.88 44.75 63.30 83.46 59.09 41.12 33.79
126 Libya 54.28 75.68 46.18 40.98 89.22 87.77 75.54 50.18 60.96 25.67 50.72 47.37 39.46 45.59 29.51 49.35
127 Côte d'Ivoire 54.01 60.54 53.29 48.20 66.16 64.64 57.05 54.32 51.50 61.25 41.97 58.44 68.68 47.09 46.63 30.39
128 Nigeria 52.97 56.96 52.69 49.28 62.48 55.59 52.54 57.23 53.26 64.90 46.92 45.65 71.02 45.82 34.78 45.51
129 Lesotho 52.90 49.54 51.57 57.60 51.38 49.55 53.85 43.38 72.91 54.51 35.45 43.42 80.97 54.69 63.23 31.52
130 Solomon Islands 52.40 57.63 45.75 53.82 74.82 64.72 36.40 54.58 62.13 44.44 26.26 50.18 82.58 61.72 35.90 35.09
131 Rwanda 52.18 55.49 57.88 43.17 69.61 61.56 49.14 41.66 62.71 52.89 59.34 56.57 46.26 66.23 33.95 26.23
132 Zimbabwe 52.17 55.10 58.61 42.79 63.23 61.80 52.41 42.97 79.56 56.85 37.64 60.38 56.20 55.29 27.24 32.45
133 Comoros 52.11 60.94 52.17 43.23 69.53 62.44 59.97 51.80 58.11 42.54 44.11 63.94 55.10 46.12 44.23 27.49
134 Zambia 52.07 52.22 55.69 48.30 63.39 53.08 49.63 42.76 64.42 55.01 42.36 60.95 62.61 55.51 40.73 34.36
135 Syria 51.98 75.23 50.38 30.33 85.19 77.59 80.90 57.24 58.28 55.19 47.82 40.25 21.07 46.11 12 42.16
136 Togo 51.58 53.28 54.24 47.20 65.38 43.19 47.46 57.11 65.75 54.34 42.06 54.82 57.68 56.85 43.67 30.61
137 Myanmar 51.46 70.94 52.97 30.47 77.14 81.35 64.19 61.07 63.39 50.07 46.30 52.14 24.56 53.65 21.73 21.93
138 Cameroon 51.40 56.19 51.63 46.37 70.32 52.98 58.05 43.41 69.54 56.88 43.03 37.07 60.26 51.33 41.03 32.87
139 Pakistan 51.32 65.84 45.02 43.09 65.49 74.09 67.72 56.06 48.15 56.62 40.37 34.94 55.05 47.86 26 43.44
140 Laos 51.17 66.32 50.71 36.48 75.87 67.49 66.20 55.73 62.58 33.83 47.13 59.30 24.29 56.50 41.78 23.35
141 Sierra Leone 50.48 44.83 52.49 54.11 52.60 45.90 33.87 46.94 54.13 53.80 42.75 59.30 79.87 56.53 49.10 30.93
142 Burkina Faso 49.83 51.38 48.88 49.23 62.07 55.52 33.46 54.49 32.27 62.97 44.08 56.21 64.47 48.22 51.39 32.83
143 Djibouti 49.39 62.58 42.91 42.68 64.91 74.74 57.30 53.39 41.60 40.79 46.35 42.90 49.83 59.17 36.27 25.44
144 Uganda 49.34 53.93 54.63 39.47 74.97 59.18 45.12 36.44 68.78 48.42 45.13 56.17 47.99 48.37 27.78 33.73
145 Eswatini 49.19 57.79 54 35.76 69.39 52.86 69.48 39.45 66.03 54.41 40.59 54.98 27.96 57.29 29.18 28.62
146 Liberia 49.03 48.31 45.54 53.25 53.46 52.61 39.59 47.58 47.47 34.61 42 58.09 80.44 55.55 44.18 32.84
147 Mozambique 48.27 50.81 51.03 42.97 57.67 53.65 41.90 50.03 59.62 43.31 40.73 60.44 61.64 42.02 41.73 26.49
148 Papua New Guinea 48.12 52.14 42.62 49.61 60.11 52.68 44.10 51.67 53.38 36.43 19.21 61.47 74.93 51.11 40.06 32.34
149 Congo, Republic of 47.54 54.82 51.57 36.25 61.92 58.64 58.69 40.04 71.31 44.97 39.64 50.35 44.43 41.97 24.78 33.81
150 Ethiopia 47.43 51.66 46.17 44.46 66.68 41.35 47.53 51.08 46.35 32.72 47.78 57.83 61.06 54.18 29.39 33.2
151 Madagascar 47.07 45.67 49.47 46.06 56.28 32.45 41.50 52.46 66.81 39.89 34 57.19 68.51 51.27 34.13 30.32
152 Mali 46.93 52.29 44.81 43.68 65.10 53.67 42.25 48.14 25.30 58.06 39.61 56.29 65.28 39.45 44.08 25.89
153 Angola 46.87 54.18 47.02 39.41 67.83 44.25 56.10 48.54 53.47 42.42 38.23 53.95 56.19 50.78 25.71 24.96
154 Guinea-Bissau 46.65 46.45 44.56 48.94 64.97 34.49 36.56 49.77 42.50 48.84 33.43 53.46 72.68 54.56 39.39 29.12
155 Mauritania 46.60 58.59 46.53 34.68 66.33 54.50 59.24 54.28 44.48 54.08 45.11 42.46 48.99 45.30 19.59 24.84
156 Equatorial Guinea 46.58 65.11 42.80 31.84 69.99 72.87 66.57 51.02 53.32 25.67 47.22 45 37.34 36.73 21.47 31.81
157 Haiti 45.42 49.66 44.92 41.68 60.35 44.41 38.96 54.90 53.30 45.73 29.05 51.61 59.45 54.62 20.82 31.82
158 Sudan 45.41 62.42 42.06 31.75 75.05 57.69 63.84 53.09 45.77 47.05 41.78 33.66 31.43 39.77 21.49 34.33
159 Niger 43.14 47.21 37.47 44.74 58.23 46.23 33.32 51.08 24.95 39.39 42.91 42.61 69.99 34.76 49.68 24.51
160 Burundi 42.91 48.56 44.47 35.71 61.68 50.71 33.40 48.47 46.24 32.32 42.90 56.41 34.68 51.41 35.26 21.49
161 Congo, Democratic Republic of 42.70 44.69 47.61 35.81 54.50 44.28 37.15 42.85 62 33.92 38.58 55.94 45.06 42.72 27.36 28.11
162 Guinea 42.41 49.13 45.56 32.54 57.80 55.80 38.50 44.43 34.77 57.99 33.10 56.38 40.89 39.84 26.82 22.59
163 Yemen 39.08 56.96 36.37 23.91 60.05 54.21 69.41 44.19 43.54 34.23 34.37 33.32 24.50 37.27 5.90 27.98
164 Afghanistan 37.34 53.69 32.60 25.73 60.78 61.74 59.76 32.47 35.43 40.39 23.19 31.39 26.11 30.81 18.13 27.85
165 Somalia 35.85 43.34 37.44 26.77 47.10 47.15 34.36 44.74 27.88 36.57 28.52 56.78 30.45 31.49 17.75 27.39
166 Eritrea 34.85 48.16 34.16 22.25 59.34 40.23 49.27 43.80 37.19 16.90 34.94 47.60 13.07 33.82 23.01 19.08
167 Chad 34.69 37.70 36.68 29.70 49.03 25.17 29.35 47.25 25.64 35.75 37.20 48.12 47.09 28.68 21.36 21.66
168 Central African Republic 32.39 28.96 33.29 34.91 36.38 21.97 21.13 36.37 38.48 27.79 18.21 48.68 56.58 29.20 30.39 23.47
169 South Sudan 30.65 38.70 30.05 23.19 58.87 32.67 27.61 35.67 27.24 8.16 29.89 54.90 32.36 28.64 14.13 17.64

Criticism

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The index's measure of good governance has been criticized for using data biased against the Global South, and some critics have noted that many of the criteria are based on progressive Western Values. There has also been debate on the relevance or accuracy of many of the measurements for gender equality.[6] A 2016 survey of online users browsing the SPI website indicated that as one of the index's flaws, 34% of respondents found the data incomplete and/or inaccurate, primarily referencing environmental hazards, energy usage, specific health issues, employment availability and quality, income inequality, gender inequality, and corruption as areas not sufficiently taken into account.[7]

From an econometric stand point, the Index appears to be similar to other efforts aimed at overcoming the limitation of traditional economic measures such as the gross domestic product (GDP). A notable criticism is that although the Social Progress Index can be seen as a superset of indicators used by earlier econometric models such as Gross National Well-being Index 2005, Bhutan Gross National Happiness Index of 2012, and World Happiness Report of 2012, unlike them, it ignores measures of subjective life satisfaction and psychological well-being. Other critics point out that "there remain certain dimensions that are currently not included in the SPI. These are the concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent of the population, efficiency of the judicial system, and quality of the transportation infrastructure."[8]

Some critics argue for caution. Though words such as "inclusive capitalism" are now bandied around increasingly to signal a new age, free from ideological battlegrounds between public and private, much of what the organization's founders say about it, in the view of critics, confirms that the index is more about "business inclusivity" than "inclusive capitalism".[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Beyond GDP". The Economist. April 18, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Home". socialprogressimperative.org. Social Progress Imperitive. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Data - Social Progress Index - Methodology". socialprogressimperative.org. Social Progress Imperative. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Fehder, Daniel; Stern, Scott (2013). "The Social Progress Index Methodology" (PDF). Social Progress Index 2013. Social Progress Imperative. pp. 39–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 23, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Global Index: Results". Social Progress Imperative. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Ruggeri, Amanda (January 12, 2018). "How can you measure what makes a country great?". BBC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  7. ^ Social Progress Imperative User Study (PDF) (Report). Weisblatt & Associés. March 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Balangue, David L. (November 29, 2014). "Social Progress Index". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Ensor, Charlie (May 3, 2016). "A new index to measure social progress, but what is it really telling us?". Humanosphere. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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