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Based on ranking results and their shifts, a Democracy Improvement Ranking is being carried out, with a full result release. The Democracy Improvement Ranking places the emphasis on increases or decreases of the ranking scores of democracies. Individual annual rankings of the Democracy Ranking are also published in separate book volumes. [17]
The top three countries in the 2014 list were Ireland, Finland and Switzerland. [7] Nine of the top 10 countries in overall rankings are in Western Europe, while Canada tops overall rankings in North America. [8] The last three countries on the list are Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan.
For the first time, two countries displaced North Korea as the lowest-ranked states in the Democracy Index – in Myanmar, the elected government was overthrown in a military coup, and protests were suppressed by the junta, which ultimately resulted in its score going down by 2.02 points; Afghanistan, as a result of the 2021 Taliban offensive ...
The Czech Republic earned the coveted title of second best country to live in Europe in 2025, a spectacular climb from ninth in last year’s rankings, with a cost of living score of 43 and a ...
Moldova ranks lowest on the Human Development Index and Social Progress Index in Europe. Netherlands has highest Human Development Index figure in the European Union and the eurozone, and also ranks first in the EU and eurozone on the Social Progress Index, as well as being the highest ranked country in the eurozone on the World Happiness Index.
In all, the 60 countries in the rankings represent about three-fourths of the world's population and about 90 percent of global GDP. Click through to see all 25 countries ranked:
With a good healthcare system, work life balance for its citizens, and its expected economic growth, the Netherlands ranks #6 on our list of 15 Best Countries to Live in the Future. Pixabay/Public ...
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) [1] for countries in Europe as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2020). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in ...