Countries ranked by Wellbeing Index | ||||
The Wellbeing Index (WI) is the point on the Barometer of Sustainability where the Human Wellbeing Index (HWI) and Ecosystem Wellbeing Index (EWI) intersect. It is expressed here as the average of the HWI and the EWI. Sustainability would be an average of 81.0 or higher. Countries in italics were rated on less than two-thirds of the human or ecosystem subelements (indicator groups). | ||||
Rank | ||||
WI | HWI | EWI | ||
1 | Sweden | 64.0 | 79.0 | 49.0 |
2 | Finland | 62.5 | 81.0 | 44.0 |
3 | Norway | 62.5 | 82.0 | 43.0 |
4 | Iceland | 61.5 | 80.0 | 43.0 |
5 | Austria | 61.0 | 80.0 | 42.0 |
6 | Dominica | 60.5 | 56.0 | 65.0 |
7= | Canada | 60.5 | 78.0 | 43.0 |
7= | Switzerland | 60.5 | 78.0 | 43.0 |
9 | Belize | 57.0 | 50.0 | 64.0 |
10 | Guyana | 57.0 | 51.0 | 63.0 |
11 | Uruguay | 56.5 | 61.0 | 52.0 |
12 | Germany | 56.5 | 77.0 | 36.0 |
13 | Denmark | 56.0 | 81.0 | 31.0 |
14 | New Zealand | 55.5 | 73.0 | 38.0 |
15 | Suriname | 55.0 | 52.0 | 58.0 |
16 | Latvia | 54.0 | 62.0 | 46.0 |
17 | Ireland | 54.0 | 76.0 | 32.0 |
18 | Australia | 53.5 | 79.0 | 28.0 |
19 | Peru | 53.0 | 44.0 | 62.0 |
20 | Slovenia | 53.0 | 71.0 | 35.0 |
21 | St Kitts & Nevis | 52.5 | 52.0 | 53.0 |
22 | Lithuania | 52.5 | 61.0 | 44.0 |
23 | Cyprus | 52.5 | 67.0 | 38.0 |
24 | Japan | 52.5 | 80.0 | 25.0 |
25 | St Lucia | 52.0 | 53.0 | 51.0 |
26 | Grenada | 52.0 | 55.0 | 49.0 |
27 | United States | 52.0 | 73.0 | 31.0 |
28 | Italy | 52.0 | 74.0 | 30.0 |
29 | France | 52.0 | 75.0 | 29.0 |
30= | Czech R | 51.5 | 70.0 | 33.0 |
30= | Greece | 51.5 | 70.0 | 33.0 |
32 | Portugal | 51.5 | 72.0 | 31.0 |
33 | United Kingdom | 51.5 | 73.0 | 30.0 |
34 | Belgium | 51.5 | 80.0 | 23.0 |
35 | Botswana | 51.0 | 34.0 | 68.0 |
36 | Slovakia | 50.5 | 61.0 | 40.0 |
37 | Luxembourg | 50.5 | 77.0 | 24.0 |
38= | Armenia | 50.0 | 45.0 | 55.0 |
38= | Netherlands | 50.0 | 78.0 | 22.0 |
40 | Seychelles | 49.5 | 50.0 | 49.0 |
41 | Ecuador | 49.5 | 43.0 | 56.0 |
42 | Mongolia | 49.5 | 39.0 | 60.0 |
43 | Singapore | 49.0 | 66.0 | 32.0 |
44 | Hungary | 49.0 | 65.0 | 33.0 |
45 | Mauritius | 49.0 | 54.0 | 44.0 |
46 | Solomon Is | 49.0 | 37.0 | 61.0 |
47 | Benin | 49.0 | 27.0 | 71.0 |
48 | Costa Rica | 48.5 | 56.0 | 41.0 |
49 | Sri Lanka | 48.5 | 40.0 | 57.0 |
50 | Bolivia | 48.5 | 34.0 | 63.0 |
51 | Estonia | 48.0 | 62.0 | 34.0 |
52 | Fiji | 48.0 | 50.0 | 46.0 |
53 | Belarus | 48.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 |
54 | Poland | 47.5 | 65.0 | 30.0 |
55 | Argentina | 47.5 | 55.0 | 40.0 |
56 | Dominican R | 47.5 | 49.0 | 46.0 |
57 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 47.5 | 41.0 | 54.0 |
58 | Korea, R | 47.0 | 67.0 | 27.0 |
59 | Barbados | 47.0 | 62.0 | 32.0 |
60 | Cape Verde | 47.0 | 47.0 | 47.0 |
61 | Spain | 46.5 | 73.0 | 20.0 |
62 | Samoa | 46.5 | 43.0 | 50.0 |
63 | Nepal | 46.0 | 28.0 | 64.0 |
64 | Croatia | 45.0 | 57.0 | 33.0 |
65 | Russian Federation | 45.0 | 48.0 | 42.0 |
66 | Gabon | 45.0 | 28.0 | 62.0 |
67 | Bulgaria | 44.5 | 58.0 | 31.0 |
68 | Jamaica | 44.5 | 54.0 | 35.0 |
69 | Panama | 44.5 | 52.0 | 37.0 |
70 | Antigua & Barbuda | 44.5 | 49.0 | 40.0 |
71 | Georgia | 44.5 | 48.0 | 41.0 |
72 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.5 | 47.0 | 42.0 |
73 | Venezuela | 44.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 |
74 | Macedonia, FYR | 44.0 | 46.0 | 42.0 |
75 | Namibia | 44.0 | 34.0 | 54.0 |
76 | Togo | 43.5 | 21.0 | 66.0 |
77 | Congo, R | 43.5 | 15.0 | 72.0 |
78 | Bahamas | 43.0 | 54.0 | 32.0 |
79 | Chile | 42.5 | 55.0 | 30.0 |
80 | Trinidad & Tobago | 42.5 | 53.0 | 32.0 |
81 | Colombia | 42.5 | 43.0 | 42.0 |
82 | Cuba | 42.5 | 40.0 | 45.0 |
83 | Vanuatu | 42.5 | 35.0 | 50.0 |
84 | Malta | 42.0 | 70.0 | 14.0 |
85 | Israel | 42.0 | 59.0 | 25.0 |
86 | Albania | 42.0 | 38.0 | 46.0 |
87 | Indonesia | 42.0 | 36.0 | 48.0 |
88 | Malawi | 42.0 | 22.0 | 62.0 |
89 | Egypt | 41.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 |
90 | El Salvador | 41.0 | 36.0 | 46.0 |
91 | Central African R | 41.0 | 16.0 | 66.0 |
92 | Brazil | 40.5 | 45.0 | 36.0 |
93 | Paraguay | 40.5 | 35.0 | 46.0 |
94 | Lesotho | 40.5 | 24.0 | 57.0 |
95 | Guinea | 40.5 | 15.0 | 66.0 |
96 | Bhutan | 40.5 | 14.0 | 67.0 |
97 | Romania | 40.0 | 50.0 | 30.0 |
98 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.0 | 38.0 | 42.0 |
99 | Malaysia | 39.5 | 46.0 | 33.0 |
100 | Yugoslavia | 39.5 | 42.0 | 37.0 |
101 | Cameroon | 39.5 | 15.0 | 64.0 |
102 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.5 | 13.0 | 66.0 |
103 | Honduras | 39.0 | 33.0 | 45.0 |
104 | Swaziland | 39.0 | 24.0 | 54.0 |
105 | Zimbabwe | 39.0 | 23.0 | 55.0 |
106 | Djibouti | 39.0 | 18.0 | 60.0 |
107 | Gambia | 39.0 | 16.0 | 62.0 |
108 | Lao PDR | 39.0 | 15.0 | 63.0 |
109 | Lebanon | 38.5 | 40.0 | 37.0 |
110= | Nicaragua | 38.5 | 28.0 | 49.0 |
110= | Viet Nam | 38.5 | 28.0 | 49.0 |
112= | Cambodia | 38.5 | 20.0 | 57.0 |
112= | Côte d'Ivoire | 38.5 | 20.0 | 57.0 |
114 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.5 | 15.0 | 62.0 |
115 | Ethiopia | 38.5 | 13.0 | 64.0 |
116= | Philippines | 38.0 | 44.0 | 32.0 |
116= | Tunisia | 38.0 | 44.0 | 32.0 |
118 | Moldova | 38.0 | 41.0 | 35.0 |
119 | Kuwait | 37.5 | 50.0 | 25.0 |
120 | Kazakhstan | 37.5 | 43.0 | 32.0 |
121 | Papua New Guinea | 37.5 | 22.0 | 53.0 |
122 | Burkina Faso | 37.5 | 17.0 | 58.0 |
123 | Angola | 37.5 | 8.0 | 67.0 |
124 | Madagascar | 37.0 | 24.0 | 50.0 |
125 | Senegal | 37.0 | 20.0 | 54.0 |
126 | Liberia | 37.0 | 9.0 | 65.0 |
127 | Thailand | 36.5 | 50.0 | 23.0 |
128 | Ukraine | 36.5 | 47.0 | 26.0 |
129 | Turkey | 36.5 | 45.0 | 28.0 |
130 | Algeria | 36.5 | 29.0 | 44.0 |
131 | Bangladesh | 36.5 | 27.0 | 46.0 |
132 | Tanzania | 36.0 | 18.0 | 54.0 |
133 | Nigeria | 36.0 | 16.0 | 56.0 |
134 | Chad | 36.0 | 13.0 | 59.0 |
135 | Congo, DR | 36.0 | 7.0 | 65.0 |
136 | South Africa | 35.0 | 43.0 | 27.0 |
137 | Azerbaijan | 35.0 | 42.0 | 28.0 |
138 | Iran | 35.0 | 38.0 | 32.0 |
139 | Myanmar | 35.0 | 21.0 | 49.0 |
140 | Eritrea | 35.0 | 10.0 | 60.0 |
141 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 34.5 | 24.0 | 45.0 |
142 | Maldives | 34.5 | 22.0 | 47.0 |
143 | Kenya | 34.5 | 18.0 | 51.0 |
144 | Rwanda | 34.5 | 12.0 | 57.0 |
145 | Sierra Leone | 34.5 | 6.0 | 63.0 |
146 | Morocco | 34.0 | 36.0 | 32.0 |
147 | Tajikistan | 33.5 | 28.0 | 39.0 |
148 | Guatemala | 33.5 | 23.0 | 44.0 |
149 | Niger | 33.5 | 11.0 | 56.0 |
150 | Mexico | 33.0 | 45.0 | 21.0 |
151 | Jordan | 33.0 | 38.0 | 28.0 |
152 | Uzbekistan | 33.0 | 36.0 | 30.0 |
153 | Korea, DPR | 33.0 | 21.0 | 45.0 |
154 | Yemen | 33.0 | 15.0 | 51.0 |
155 | Mozambique | 33.0 | 11.0 | 55.0 |
156 | Burundi | 33.0 | 6.0 | 60.0 |
157 | Mali | 32.5 | 21.0 | 44.0 |
158 | Somalia | 32.5 | 3.0 | 62.0 |
159 | Qatar | 32.0 | 40.0 | 24.0 |
160 | China | 32.0 | 36.0 | 28.0 |
161 | Comoros | 32.0 | 20.0 | 44.0 |
162 | Bahrain | 31.5 | 46.0 | 17.0 |
163 | São Tomé & Principe | 31.5 | 10.0 | 53.0 |
164 | Libyan Arab J | 31.0 | 38.0 | 24.0 |
165 | Turkmenistan | 31.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 |
166 | Haiti | 31.0 | 19.0 | 43.0 |
167 | Pakistan | 31.0 | 18.0 | 44.0 |
168 | Ghana | 30.0 | 22.0 | 38.0 |
169 | Oman | 29.5 | 31.0 | 28.0 |
170 | Zambia | 29.5 | 16.0 | 43.0 |
171 | Sudan | 29.5 | 13.0 | 46.0 |
172 | India | 29.0 | 31.0 | 27.0 |
173 | United Arab Emirates | 28.5 | 41.0 | 16.0 |
174 | Mauritania | 28.5 | 17.0 | 40.0 |
175 | Tonga | 28.0 | 26.0 | 30.0 |
176 | Saudi Arabia | 27.0 | 31.0 | 23.0 |
177 | Uganda | 27.0 | 10.0 | 44.0 |
178 | Afghanistan | 27.0 | 6.0 | 48.0 |
179 | Syrian Arab R | 26.5 | 28.0 | 25.0 |
180 | Iraq | 25.0 | 19.0 | 31.0 |