Economic and Social Rights Performance Score by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
4.99
New Zealand
Lowest
0.01
Ethiopia
Median
4.17
Years covered
14
2007–2020
Data points
2,550
What the numbers show
Economic and Social Rights Performance Score is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 4.99 in New Zealand; the lowest is 0.01 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.17, and the mean is 3.68.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 499.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 264.7%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 93.8%).
Economic and Social Rights Performance Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 4.99 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 4.99 | 2020 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 4.99 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 4.98 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Austria | 4.98 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Burundi | 4.98 | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Bahrain | 4.98 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Chile | 4.98 | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 4.98 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 4.98 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | South Korea | 4.98 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Kuwait | 4.98 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Malta | 4.98 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Switzerland | 4.97 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Spain | 4.97 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Italy | 4.97 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Qatar | 4.97 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 4.97 | 2020 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | San Marino | 4.97 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Seychelles | 4.97 | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 4.97 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 4.97 | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 4.96 | 2020 | up 134.0% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 4.95 | 2020 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 24 | Somalia | 4.95 | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Palau | 4.93 | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 4.93 | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 28 | United States | 4.92 | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Denmark | 4.91 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Malaysia | 4.91 | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 31 | Albania | 4.9 | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 4.9 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Finland | 4.9 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Cyprus | 4.89 | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 35 | Fiji | 4.88 | 2020 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 35 | Lebanon | 4.88 | 2020 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 37 | Maldives | 4.87 | 2020 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 4.87 | 2020 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 4.87 | 2020 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 4.86 | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.86 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Sweden | 4.86 | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Czechia | 4.85 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Germany | 4.85 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Greece | 4.85 | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Turkey | 4.85 | 2020 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 4.84 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Thailand | 4.83 | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 49 | Canada | 4.82 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 4.81 | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 51 | Barbados | 4.79 | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 4.78 | 2020 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 52 | Ukraine | 4.78 | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 52 | Samoa | 4.78 | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 55 | France | 4.77 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Iceland | 4.76 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Belarus | 4.75 | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 57 | Jordan | 4.75 | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 57 | Serbia | 4.75 | 2020 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 4.74 | 2020 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 60 | Tunisia | 4.74 | 2020 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 4.74 | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 63 | Egypt | 4.73 | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Montenegro | 4.72 | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 4.7 | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 4.7 | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 65 | Slovenia | 4.7 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 4.68 | 2020 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 69 | Slovakia | 4.64 | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 4.6 | 2020 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 4.6 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | Netherlands | 4.57 | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.54 | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 74 | Croatia | 4.53 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Tonga | 4.53 | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 76 | Rwanda | 4.52 | 2020 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 77 | Mauritius | 4.45 | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 78 | Argentina | 4.42 | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 78 | Armenia | 4.42 | 2020 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 4.4 | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 81 | Colombia | 4.36 | 2020 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 4.36 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.3 | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 84 | Paraguay | 4.28 | 2020 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 85 | Brunei | 4.26 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 85 | Ecuador | 4.26 | 2020 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 87 | Bahamas | 4.23 | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.23 | 2020 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 89 | China | 4.19 | 2020 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 90 | Mozambique | 4.17 | 2020 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 4.17 | 2020 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 92 | Grenada | 4.16 | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 93 | Belize | 4.14 | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 4.14 | 2020 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 4.13 | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 96 | Lithuania | 4.09 | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 96 | Vietnam | 4.09 | 2020 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 98 | Iran | 4.06 | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 98 | Morocco | 4.06 | 2020 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 100 | Brazil | 4.03 | 2020 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 4.01 | 2020 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 102 | Marshall Islands | 4 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 103 | Latvia | 3.97 | 2020 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 3.96 | 2020 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 3.94 | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 106 | Nepal | 3.85 | 2020 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 107 | Algeria | 3.82 | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.8 | 2020 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 3.78 | 2020 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 3.71 | 2020 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 111 | Philippines | 3.69 | 2020 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 3.68 | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 112 | Georgia | 3.68 | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 3.67 | 2020 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 115 | Russia | 3.66 | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.61 | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 3.56 | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 118 | Guyana | 3.55 | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 119 | Laos | 3.53 | 2020 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 120 | Myanmar | 3.47 | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 3.42 | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 3.41 | 2020 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 123 | Dominica | 3.36 | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 124 | Romania | 3.32 | 2020 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 3.25 | 2020 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 3.25 | 2020 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 3.21 | 2020 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 128 | Ireland | 3.18 | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 128 | Moldova | 3.18 | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 130 | Botswana | 3.16 | 2020 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 131 | India | 3.13 | 2020 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 132 | Pakistan | 3.12 | 2020 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 132 | Panama | 3.12 | 2020 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 3.1 | 2020 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 135 | South Africa | 3.09 | 2020 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 136 | Kiribati | 2.96 | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 137 | Gambia | 2.94 | 2020 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 2.88 | 2020 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 139 | Senegal | 2.81 | 2020 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 2.77 | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 141 | Guatemala | 2.71 | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 142 | Mali | 2.68 | 2020 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 143 | Bolivia | 2.62 | 2020 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 2.57 | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 2.46 | 2020 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 146 | Mongolia | 2.38 | 2020 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 147 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.34 | 2020 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 148 | Nauru | 2.27 | 2020 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 2.25 | 2020 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.11 | 2020 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 2.06 | 2020 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 152 | Mauritania | 2.02 | 2020 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 153 | Cameroon | 1.99 | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 154 | Malawi | 1.98 | 2020 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 155 | Angola | 1.96 | 2020 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.75 | 2020 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 1.75 | 2020 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 158 | Haiti | 1.69 | 2020 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 159 | Nigeria | 1.67 | 2020 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 160 | Comoros | 1.57 | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 161 | Sudan | 1.51 | 2020 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 162 | Tanzania | 1.5 | 2020 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea | 1.33 | 2020 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 163 | Niger | 1.33 | 2020 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 165 | Liberia | 1.31 | 2020 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 165 | Zambia | 1.31 | 2020 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.21 | 2020 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 167 | Kenya | 1.21 | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 169 | Gabon | 1.06 | 2020 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 0.98 | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 0.87 | 2020 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.85 | 2020 | up 174.2% | rising |
| 173 | Uganda | 0.78 | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 174 | Togo | 0.77 | 2020 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 175 | Namibia | 0.68 | 2020 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 176 | Madagascar | 0.62 | 2020 | up 264.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Congo | 0.6 | 2020 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 178 | Ghana | 0.59 | 2020 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 179 | Chad | 0.53 | 2020 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 0.49 | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 181 | Benin | 0.4 | 2020 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 0.01 | 2020 | down 93.8% | volatile |