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A developed country is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less ... Developedcountry FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Thisisthelatestacceptedrevision,reviewedon17March2022. Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Countrywithadevelopedindustryandinfrastructure "Industrialnation"redirectshere.Forthemagazine,seeIndustrialnation. Fortheinvestingclassification,seeDevelopedmarket.   Developedcountries  Developingcountries  Undevelopedcountries  DataunavailableThelatestclassificationssortedbytheIMF[1]andtheUN[2] Adevelopedcountry(orindustrializedcountry,high-incomecountry,moreeconomicallydevelopedcountry(MEDC),advancedcountry[3][4])isasovereignstatethathasahighqualityoflife,developedeconomyandadvancedtechnologicalinfrastructurerelativetootherlessindustrializednations.Mostcommonly,thecriteriaforevaluatingthedegreeofeconomicdevelopmentaregrossdomesticproduct(GDP),grossnationalproduct(GNP),thepercapitaincome,levelofindustrialization,amountofwidespreadinfrastructureandgeneralstandardofliving.[5]Whichcriteriaaretobeusedandwhichcountriescanbeclassifiedasbeingdevelopedaresubjectsofdebate.ApointofreferenceofUS$20,000in2021USDnominalGDPpercapitafortheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)isagoodpointofdeparture,itisasimilarlevelofdevelopmenttotheUnitedStatesin1960.[6] Developedcountrieshavegenerallymoreadvancedpost-industrialeconomies,meaningtheservicesectorprovidesmorewealththantheindustrialsector.Theyarecontrastedwithdevelopingcountries,whichareintheprocessofindustrialisationorarepre-industrialandalmostentirelyagrarian,someofwhichmightfallintothecategoryofLeastDevelopedCountries.Asof2015,advancedeconomiescomprise60.8%ofglobalGDPbasedonnominalvaluesand42.9%ofglobalGDPbasedonpurchasing-powerparity(PPP)accordingtotheIMF.[7] Contents 1Definitionandcriteria 1.1Similarterms 2Countrylistsbyvariouscriteria 2.1HumanDevelopmentIndex(HDI) 2.2High-incomeeconomies 2.2.1WorldBankhigh-incomeeconomies 2.2.2High-incomeOECDmembers 2.3DevelopmentAssistanceCommitteemembers 2.4IMFadvancedeconomies 2.5ParisClubmembers 3Comparativetable(2022) 3.1Rankings 4Criticism 5Seealso 6Notes 7References 8Externallinks Definitionandcriteria[edit] Countriesby2021GDP(nominal)percapita[8] Economiccriteriahavetendedtodominatediscussions.Onesuchcriterionisincomepercapita;countrieswithhighgrossdomesticproduct(GDP)percapitawouldthusbedescribedasdevelopedcountries.Anothereconomiccriterionisindustrialisation;countriesinwhichthetertiaryandquaternarysectorsofindustrydominatewouldthusbedescribedasdeveloped.Morerecentlyanothermeasure,theHumanDevelopmentIndex(HDI),whichcombinesaneconomicmeasure,nationalincome,withothermeasures,indicesforlifeexpectancyandeducationhasbecomeprominent.Thiscriterionwoulddefinedevelopedcountriesasthosewithaveryhigh(HDI)rating.Theindex,however,doesnottakeintoaccountseveralfactors,suchasthenetwealthpercapitaortherelativequalityofgoodsinacountry.Thissituationtendstolowertherankingforsomeofthemostadvancedcountries,suchastheG7membersandothers.[9][10] AccordingtotheUnitedNationsStatisticsDivision: Thereisnoestablishedconventionforthedesignationof"developed"and"developing"countriesorareasintheUnitedNationssystem.[11] Anditnotesthat: Thedesignations"developed"and"developing"areintendedforstatisticalconvenienceanddonotnecessarilyexpressajudgementaboutthestagereachedbyaparticularcountryorareainthedevelopmentprocess.[12] Similarterms[edit] Seealso:GlobalNorthandGlobalSouth Termslinkedtotheconceptdevelopedcountryinclude"advancedcountry","industrializedcountry","'moredevelopedcountry"(MDC),"moreeconomicallydevelopedcountry"(MEDC),"GlobalNorthcountry","firstworldcountry",and"post-industrialcountry".Thetermindustrializedcountrymaybesomewhatambiguous,asindustrialisationisanongoingprocessthatishardtodefine.ThefirstindustrializedcountrywastheUnitedKingdom,followedbyBelgium.LateritspreadfurthertoGermany,UnitedStates,FranceandotherWesternEuropeancountries.AccordingtosomeeconomistssuchasJeffreySachs,however,thecurrentdividebetweenthedevelopedanddevelopingworldislargelyaphenomenonofthe20thcentury.[13] MathisWackernagelcallsthebinarylabelingofcountriesas"neitherdescriptivenorexplanatory.ItismerelyathoughtlessanddestructiveendorsementofGDPfetish.Inreality,therearenottwotypesofcountries,butover200differentcountries,allfacedwiththesamelawsofnature,yeteachwithuniquefeatures."[14] A2021analysisproposesthetermemergedtodescribemarkets,economies,orcountriesthathavegraduatedfromemergingmarketstatus,buthavenotyetreachedthelevelequivalenttodevelopedcountries.[15]Multinationalcorporationsfromtheseemergedmarketspresentuniquepatternstooverseasexpansionandknowledgeacquisitionfromforeigncountries. Countrylistsbyvariouscriteria[edit] HumanDevelopmentIndex(HDI)[edit] Mainarticles:HumanDevelopmentIndexandListofcountriesbyHumanDevelopmentIndex Countriesrankedinthe"VeryHigh"categoryoftheHumanDevelopmentIndex(basedon2019data,publishedin2020) TheUNHDIisastatisticalmeasurethatgaugesacountry'slevelofhumandevelopment.WhilethereisastrongcorrelationbetweenhavingahighHDIscoreandbeingaprosperouseconomy,theUNpointsoutthattheHDIaccountsformorethanincomeorproductivity.UnlikeGDPpercapitaorpercapitaincome,theHDItakesintoaccounthowincomeisturned"intoeducationandhealthopportunitiesandthereforeintohigherlevelsofhumandevelopment." Since1990,Norway(2001–2006,2009–2019),Japan(1990–1991and1993),Canada(1992and1994–2000)andIceland(2007–2008)havehadthehighestHDIscore. ManycountrieslistedbyIMFas"advanced",possessanHDIover0.800,thethresholdfor"veryhigh"humandevelopment.Manycountries[Note1]possessinganHDIof0.800andoverareconverselylistedbyIMFas"advanced".Thus,many"advancedeconomies"arecharacterizedbyanHDIscoreof0.800orhigher.[16] The2020HumanDevelopmentReportbytheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgrammewasreleasedon15December2020,andcalculatesHDIvaluesbasedonestimatesfor2019.Belowisthelistofthe"veryhighhumandevelopment"countries:[17][18] =increase. =steady. =decrease. Thenumberinparenthesesrepresentsthenumberofranksthecountryhasclimbed(upordown)relativetotherankingintheyearof2018. Rank Economy HDI 2019data(2020report)rankings[18] Changeinrankfrompreviousyear[18] 2019data(2020report)rankings[18] Changefrompreviousyear[18] 1  Norway 0.957 0.003 2 (1)  Ireland 0.955 0.013 2   Switzerland 0.955 0.009 4  HongKong 0.949 0.010 4 (2)  Iceland 0.949 0.011 6 (2)  Germany 0.947 0.008 7 (1)  Sweden 0.945 0.008 8 (1)  Australia 0.944 0.006 8 (2)  Netherlands 0.944 0.011 10 (1)  Denmark 0.940 0.010 11 (1)  Finland 0.938 0.013 11 (2)  Singapore 0.938 0.003 13 (2)  UnitedKingdom 0.932 0.012 14 (2)  Belgium 0.931 0.012 14  NewZealand 0.931 0.010 16 (3)  Canada 0.929 0.007 17 (1)  UnitedStates 0.926 0.006 18 (2)  Austria 0.922 0.008 19 (3)  Israel 0.919 0.013 19  Japan 0.919 0.004 19 (1)  Liechtenstein 0.919 0.002 22 (2)  Slovenia 0.917 0.015 23 (2)  Luxembourg 0.916 0.007 23  SouthKorea 0.916 0.010 25  Spain 0.904 0.011 26  France 0.901 0.010 27 (1)  Czechia 0.900 0.009 28  Malta 0.895 0.010 29 (1)  Estonia 0.892 0.010 29  Italy 0.892 0.009 31 (4)  UnitedArabEmirates 0.890 0.024 32  Greece 0.888 0.016 33 (2)  Cyprus 0.887 0.012 Rank Economy HDI 2019data(2020report)rankings[18] Changeinrankfrompreviousyear[18] 2019data(2020report)rankings[18] Changefrompreviousyear[18] 34  Lithuania 0.882 0.013 35 (3)  Poland 0.880 0.008 36  Andorra 0.868 0.011 37 (2)  Latvia 0.866 0.012 38 (2)  Portugal 0.864 0.014 39 (3)  Slovakia 0.860 0.003 40 (3)  Hungary 0.854 0.009 40 (4)  SaudiArabia 0.854 0.003 42 (3)  Bahrain 0.852 0.014 43 (1)  Chile 0.851 0.004 43 (3)  Croatia 0.851 0.014 45 (4)  Qatar 0.848 46 (2)  Argentina 0.845 0.015 47 (4)  Brunei 0.838 0.007 48 (4)  Montenegro 0.829 0.013 49 (3)  Romania 0.828 0.012 50 (5)  Palau 0.826 0.012 51 (1)  Kazakhstan 0.825 0.008 52 (3)  Russia 0.824 53 (3)  Belarus 0.823 0.006 54 (5)  Turkey 0.820 0.014 55 (2)  Uruguay 0.817 0.009 56 (4)  Bulgaria 0.816 57 (10)  Panama 0.815 0.020 58 (2)  Bahamas 0.814 0.009 58 (2)  Barbados 0.814 0.001 60 (13)  Oman 0.813 0.021 61 (9)  Georgia 0.812 0.026 62 (6)  CostaRica 0.810 0.016 62 (1)  Malaysia 0.810 0.006 64 (7)  Kuwait 0.806 0.002 64 (1)  Serbia 0.806 0.007 66  Mauritius 0.804 0.008 Asanon-UNmember,thegovernmentofTaiwancalculatesitsownHDIbasedonUNDP's2010methodology,[19][20]whichhadavalueof0.916in2019,[Note2]ranked23globally.Additionally,whiletheHDIfortheChinesespecialadministrativeregion(SAR)ofHongKongiscalculatedbytheUNDP,itisnotapplicablefortheotherSARofMacau.Accordingtothe2021annualreportpublishedbyStatisticalBureauofMacau,itsHDIwasestimatedas0.922in2019.[21]ThesevaluesplacebothTaiwanandMacauwellwithinthegroupof"Veryhighhumandevelopment".Furthermore,in2009aUnitedNationsprojectcalculatedtheHDIforallofitsmembers,aswellasTaiwan,Macau,andmanydependentterritories.TheHDIvaluesforthecountriesofSanMarinoandMonaco,whichhavenotbeenincludedinofficialannualHDIreports,werefoundtobeat0.961and0.956respectively.Thisplacesbothcountriesfirmlywithinthecategoryofcountrieswith"Veryhighhumandevelopment"aswell.ThedependentterritorieswithHDIvaluesequivalentto"Veryhighhumandevelopment"were:Jersey,CaymanIslands,Bermuda,Guernsey,Gibraltar,NorfolkIsland,FaroeIslands,IsleofMan,BritishVirginIslands,FalklandIslands,Aruba,PuertoRico,Martinique,Greenland,andGuam.[22]Ofnote,theHDIvaluesinthe2009reportwerecalculatedusingtheoldHDIformula,whileHDIvaluesaftertheyear2010arecalculatedwithadifferentformula. High-incomeeconomies[edit] Someinstitutionshaveproducedlistsofdevelopedcountries:theUN(listshownabove),theCIA,[23]andsomeprovidersofstockmarketindices(theFTSEGroup,MSCI,S&P,DowJones,STOXX,etc.).Thelatterisnotincludedherebecauseitsassociationofdevelopedcountrieswithcountrieswithbothhighincomesanddevelopedmarketsisnotdeemedasdirectlyrelevant.[why?][Note3] However,manyotherinstitutionshavecreatedmoregenerallistsreferredtowhendiscussingdevelopedcountries.Forexample,theInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)identifies39"advancedeconomies".[16][24]TheOECD's37membersareknownasthe"developedcountriesclub".[25][26][27]TheWorldBankidentifies81"highincomecountries".[28]Otherstandards,suchasthe30-50Club(GDPpercapitaover$30,000andpopulationover50million)havebeendevelopedtocategorizehighlydevelopedandinfluentialcountries. WorldBankhigh-incomeeconomies[edit] Mainarticles:WorldBankhigh-incomeeconomyandListofcountriesbyGNI(nominal)percapita WorldBankhigh-incomeeconomiesin2019 AccordingtotheWorldBankthefollowing80countriesandterritoriesareclassifiedas"high-incomeeconomies".Asofthe2022fiscalyear,high-incomeeconomiesarethosethathadaGNIpercapitaof$12,696ormorein2020.[28] 36countriesandterritoriesinEurope:  Andorra  Austria  Belgium /ChannelIslands  Croatia  CzechRepublic  Denmark  Estonia  FaroeIslands  Finland  France  Germany  Gibraltar  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  IsleofMan  Italy  Liechtenstein  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Monaco  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  SanMarino  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  UnitedKingdom 20countriesandterritoriesintheAmericas:  AntiguaandBarbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  BritishVirginIslands  Canada  CaymanIslands  Chile  Curaçao*  Greenland  PuertoRico  SaintMartin  SintMaarten*  SaintKittsandNevis  TurksandCaicosIslands  TrinidadandTobago  UnitedStates  Uruguay  U.S.VirginIslands 15countriesandterritoriesinAsia:  Bahrain  Brunei  Cyprus[Note4]  HongKong  Israel  Japan  Kuwait  Macau  Oman  Qatar  SaudiArabia  Singapore  SouthKorea  Taiwan  UnitedArabEmirates eightcountriesandterritoriesinOceania:  Australia  FrenchPolynesia  Guam  Nauru  NewCaledonia  NewZealand  NorthernMarianaIslands  Palau onecountryinAfrica:  Seychelles nineformerhigh-incomeeconomies:[29]  AmericanSamoa(1987–89)  Argentina(2013,2015,2017)  EquatorialGuinea(2007–14)  Mauritius(2019)  NetherlandsAntilles(1994–2009)#  Panama(2017–19)  Romania(2019)  Russia(2012–14)  Venezuela(2014) *Between1994and2009,asapartofthe NetherlandsAntilles. #Dissolvedon10October2010,succeededbyCuraçaoandSintMaarten. High-incomeOECDmembers[edit] AccordingtotheWorldBank,thefollowing34membersareclassifiedas"OECDHigh-Income":[30][31] 26countriesinEurope:  Austria  Belgium  CzechRepublic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  UnitedKingdom threecountriesintheAmericas:  Canada  Chile  UnitedStates threecountriesinAsia:  Israel  Japan  SouthKorea twocountriesinOceania:  Australia  NewZealand DevelopmentAssistanceCommitteemembers[edit] Seealso:DevelopmentAssistanceCommittee MembernationsoftheDevelopmentAssistanceCommittee Thereare29OECDmembercountriesandtheEuropeanUnion—intheDevelopmentAssistanceCommittee(DAC),[32]agroupoftheworld'smajordonorcountriesthatdiscussissuessurroundingdevelopmentaidandpovertyreductionindevelopingcountries.[33]ThefollowingOECDmembercountriesareDACmembers: 23countriesinEurope:  Austria  Belgium  CzechRepublic  Denmark  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  UnitedKingdom twocountriesintheAmericas:  Canada  UnitedStates twocountriesinAsia:  Japan  SouthKorea twocountriesinOceania:  Australia  NewZealand IMFadvancedeconomies[edit]   CountriesdescribedasAdvancedEconomiesbytheIMF AccordingtotheInternationalMonetaryFund,40countriesandterritoriesareofficiallylistedas"advancedeconomies",[1][34]withtheadditionof7microstatesanddependenciesmodifiedbytheCIAwhichwereomittedfromtheIMFversion :[23] 28countriesanddependenciesinEuropeclassifiedbytheIMF,6othersgivenbytheCIA :  Andorra  Austria  Belgium  Cyprus  CzechRepublic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Iceland  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  SanMarino  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  UnitedKingdom Plusd  FaroeIslands  Guernsey   HolySee  Jersey  Liechtenstein  Monaco sevencountriesandterritoriesinAsia:  HongKong  Israel  Japan  Macau  Singapore  SouthKorea  Taiwan threecountriesandterritoriesintheAmericasclassifiedbytheIMF,oneterritorygivenbytheCIA :  Canada  PuertoRico  UnitedStates  Bermudad twocountriesinOceania:  Australia  NewZealand dTheCIAhasmodifiedanolderversionoftheIMF'slistof38AdvancedEconomies,notingthattheIMF'sAdvancedEconomieslist"wouldpresumablyalsocoverthefollowingninesmallercountriesofAndorra,Bermuda,FaroeIslands,Guernsey,HolySee,Jersey,Liechtenstein,Monaco,andSanMarino[...]".SanMarino(2012)andAndorra(2021)werelaterincludedintheIMF'slist.[23] ParisClubmembers[edit] PermanentmembersoftheParisClub Thereare22permanentmembersintheParisClub(French:ClubdeParis),agroupofofficialsfrommajorcreditorcountrieswhoseroleistofindcoordinatedandsustainablesolutionstothepaymentdifficultiesexperiencedbydebtorcountries. 15countriesinEurope:  Austria  Belgium  Denmark  Finland  France  Germany  Ireland  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Russia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  UnitedKingdom threecountriesintheAmericas:  Brazil  Canada  UnitedStates threecountriesinAsia:  Israel  Japan  SouthKorea onecountryinOceania:  Australia Comparativetable(2022)[edit] Comparativetableofcountrieswitha"veryhigh"humandevelopment(0.800orhigher),accordingtoUNDP;OECDmembers;"advanced"economies,accordingtotheIMF;"highincome"economies,accordingtotheWorldBank;andincomepercapita(purchasingpowerparity)higherthan$22,000,accordingtotheIMF. DevelopedCountries Countries HDI[18] OECD[35] IMF[36] WB[37] PercapitaPPP[38] 2018  Lithuania Yessince2005 Yessince2018 Yessince2015 Yessince2012 Yessince2011 2016  Latvia Yessince2005 Yessince2016 Yessince2014 Yessince2012 Yessince2013 2011  Estonia Yessince2003 Yessince2010 Yessince2011 Yessince2006 Yessince2010 2010  Israel Yessince1991 Yessince2010 Yessince1997[39] Yessince1987 Yessince2004  Slovenia Yessince1998 Yessince2010 Yessince2007 Yessince1997 Yessince2004 2009  CzechRepublic Yessince2001 Yessince1995 Yessince2009 Yessince2006 Yessince2005  Slovakia Yessince2006 Yessince2000 Yessince2009 Yessince2007 Yessince2007 2005  Portugal Yessince2005 Yessince1961 Yessince1989[40] Yessince1994 Yessince2004  SouthKorea Yessince1999 Yessince1996 Yessince1997[41] Yessince2001 Yessince2005 2003  Greece Yessince2001 Yessince1961 Yessince1989[40] Yessince1996 Yessince2003 2000  NewZealand Yesbefore1990 Yessince1973 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince2000 1999  Spain Yessince1995 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1999 1997  Finland Yessince1994 Yessince1969 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1997  Ireland Yessince1996 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1997  UnitedKingdom Yessince1992 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1997 1996  Iceland Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1996 1995  Italy Yessince1995 Yessince1962 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1993  Sweden Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1995 1994  Australia Yesbefore1990 Yessince1971 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1994  Belgium Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1994  Canada Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1994  France Yessince1993 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1994 1992  Austria Yessince1992 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1992  Germany Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1992  Japan Yesbefore1990 Yessince1964 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1992  Luxembourg Yessince1992 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1985 1991  Denmark Yessince1991 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1991  Netherlands Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1991 1989  UnitedStates Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1989 1987  Norway Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1985   Switzerland Yesbefore1990 Yessince1961 Yessince1945 Yessince1987 Yessince1984 Countriestobeconsidereddeveloped(1pendingrecognition) Countries HDI[18] OECD[35] IMF[36] WB[37] PercapitaPPP[38]  Andorra Yessince2003 No Yessince2021 Yessince1990 Yesbefore2010  Chile Yessince2007 Yessince2010 No Yessince2012 Yessince2013  Hungary Yessince2005 Yessince1996 No Yessince2014 Yessince2010  Poland Yessince2003 Yessince1996 No Yessince2009 Yessince2011  Malta Yessince2003 No Yessince2008 Yessince2002 Yessince2005  Cyprus Yessince2001 No Yessince2001 Yessince1988 Yessince2000  Singapore Yessince1999 No Yessince1997[41] Yessince1987 Yessince1990 Inprocess(2pendingrecognitions) Countries HDI[18] OECD[35] IMF[36] WB[37] percapitaPPP[38]  Croatia Yessince2007 No No Yessince2017 Yessince2014  Uruguay Yessince2014 No No Yessince2012 Yessince2016  Bahamas Yessince2016 No No Yessince1987 Yessince1996  Turkey Yessince2015 Yessince1961 No No Yessince2013  Kuwait Yessince2014 No No Yessince1987 Yesbefore1980  Oman Yessince2012 No No Yessince2007 Yessince1990  SanMarino Nodata No Yessince2012 Yessince2000 Yesbefore2004  Bahrain Yessince2012 No No Yessince2001 Yessince1981  SaudiArabia Yessince2010 No No Yessince2004 Yesbefore1980  UnitedArabEmirates Yessince2004 No No Yessince1987 Yesbefore1980  Taiwan Nodata No Yessince1997[41] Yessince1987 Yessince2002  Brunei Yessince1999 No No Yessince1990 Yesbefore1985  Qatar Yessince1996 No No Yessince1987 Yesbefore1980  CostaRica Yessince2019 Yessince2021 No No Yessince2022 Otherrecognitions Countries HDI[18] OECD[35] IMF[36] WB[37] percapitaPPP[38]  Panama Yessince2019 No No No Yessince2014  Bulgaria Yessince2015 No No No Yessince2018  Palau Yessince2013 No No Yessince2016 No  Romania Yessince2013 No No No Yessince2016  Malaysia Yessince2016 No No No Yessince2012  Kazakhstan Yessince2015 No No No Yessince2013  Seychelles No No No Yessince2014 Yessince2013  SaintKittsandNevis No No No Yessince2012 Yessince2014  Russia Yessince2013 No No No Yessince2011  Barbados Yessince2011 No No Yessince2006 No  TrinidadandTobago No No No Yessince2006 Yessince2005  Liechtenstein Yessince2000 No No Yessince1994 Nodata  Colombia No Yessince2020 No No No  Georgia Yessince2019 No No No No  Mauritius Yessince2019 No No No Yessince2022  Serbia Yessince2019 No No No No  Nauru No No No Yessince2019 No  Montenegro Yessince2013 No No No Yessince2022  AntiguaandBarbuda No No No Yessince2012 No  Belarus Yessince2012 No No No Yessince2022  Argentina Yessince2006 No No No Yessince2021  Mexico No Yessince1994 No No Yessince2022  Monaco Nodata No No Yessince1994 Nodata Rankings[edit] Thelistbelowfeaturessomeoutstandingcountriesselectedfromthecomparativetableabovewithaveragedataofquality(bestplaceinrankings)andquantity(consideredinhowmanyofthe36rankings)withanevaluationgreaterthan65%. Outstandingcountries Rank Country INDEX QUALITY QUANTITY Democracy Corruption[42] Qualityofliving[43] Qualityofdigitalliving[44] Costofliving[45] HDI[46] percapitaPPP[47] Peace[48] Prosperity[49] EconomicFreedomHeritage[50] HumanFreedomFraser[51] Politic/SocialFreedomHouse[52] Competitiveness DoingBusiness[53] Gayfriendly[54] Energytransition[55] EnvironmentalPerformance[56] GreenFuture[57] Happiness[58] SocialProgress[59] GlobalTalent[60] PISAscience[7] PISAread PISAmaths Mobileinternetspeed[61] Fixedinternetspeed Resilience[62] Fragilestate[63] Growthpromise[64] E-gov[65] Englishskills[66] Citiesinmotion[67] Pressfreedom[68] Ruleoflaw[69] GoodGovernment[70] Laborrights[71] 2021 2021 2019 2021 2021 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2019 2019 2021 2021 2020 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 AVG (quality; quantity) >65% 1- ((AVG ranks-1)/ (100-1)) #ranks/ Totalranks full >score70 top100 >score0.6 lowtop100 >veryhigh >22000 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