Elite consultations score by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
4.18
Norway
Lowest
-2.65
Belarus
Median
0.692
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,403
What the numbers show
Elite consultations score is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 4.18 in Norway; the lowest is -2.65 in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.692, and the mean is 0.6442.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 9,268.4%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 654.2%).
Elite consultations score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4.18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 3.66 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3.51 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 3.31 | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 2.97 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Libya | 2.95 | 2025 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Ireland | 2.91 | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 2.66 | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 2.6 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Bhutan | 2.6 | 2025 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 2.55 | 2025 | up 258.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Slovenia | 2.47 | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sweden | 2.47 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Barbados | 2.4 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 2.38 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Seychelles | 2.37 | 2025 | up 241.0% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 2.35 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 2.32 | 2025 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 2.31 | 2025 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 20 | Lithuania | 2.2 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 2.18 | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Lebanon | 2.17 | 2025 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 2.17 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 2.15 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 2.15 | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Iceland | 2.1 | 2025 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 2.06 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 1.99 | 2025 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 29 | South Korea | 1.96 | 2025 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 1.86 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 1.78 | 2025 | up 9,268.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 1.76 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Senegal | 1.73 | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 1.71 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 1.71 | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Cyprus | 1.71 | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Malta | 1.71 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 1.69 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 1.69 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 1.68 | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.67 | 2025 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 1.64 | 2025 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Taiwan | 1.63 | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Estonia | 1.55 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 1.53 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Czechia | 1.52 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 1.52 | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Mongolia | 1.5 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 1.49 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Lesotho | 1.46 | 2025 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | 1.43 | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Montenegro | 1.42 | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Jordan | 1.38 | 2025 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Panama | 1.35 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Kenya | 1.35 | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Namibia | 1.35 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Israel | 1.32 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Malaysia | 1.3 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 1.26 | 2025 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 1.26 | 2025 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 1.26 | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Vietnam | 1.25 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 63 | Jamaica | 1.23 | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Moldova | 1.21 | 2025 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Haiti | 1.16 | 2025 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.09 | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 1.07 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Paraguay | 1.07 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Canada | 1.05 | 2025 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 71 | Tanzania | 1.03 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | 1.02 | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Suriname | 1.01 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mali | 0.952 | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Togo | 0.945 | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0.944 | 2025 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 78 | East Timor | 0.908 | 2025 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.876 | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.873 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Liberia | 0.831 | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Gambia | 0.806 | 2025 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.75 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 0.731 | 2025 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 0.721 | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.715 | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 0.697 | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Maldives | 0.693 | 2025 | up 286.8% | volatile |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 0.691 | 2025 | up 639.8% | volatile |
| 90 | United States | 0.663 | 2025 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.66 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.585 | 2025 | up 473.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.509 | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 0.499 | 2025 | up 704.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.495 | 2025 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 96 | India | 0.489 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 0.452 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | 0.447 | 2025 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 0.425 | 2025 | up 1,150.0% | rising |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.423 | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.409 | 2025 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 0.395 | 2025 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Niger | 0.387 | 2025 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 0.339 | 2025 | up 445.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.335 | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.3 | 2025 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Qatar | 0.294 | 2025 | up 186.0% | rising |
| 108 | Iraq | 0.288 | 2025 | up 7,100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.285 | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 0.222 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 0.221 | 2025 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Syria | 0.214 | 2025 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Nigeria | 0.205 | 2025 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Nepal | 0.202 | 2025 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0.201 | 2025 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 116 | Pakistan | 0.18 | 2025 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 0.169 | 2025 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.126 | 2025 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Argentina | 0.017 | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 0.001 | 2025 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Angola | -0.018 | 2025 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | -0.025 | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Botswana | -0.047 | 2025 | down 102.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Madagascar | -0.074 | 2025 | down 147.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Bolivia | -0.087 | 2025 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | -0.09 | 2025 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Mexico | -0.128 | 2025 | down 108.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | -0.163 | 2025 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Benin | -0.172 | 2025 | down 110.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Laos | -0.174 | 2025 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Mozambique | -0.19 | 2025 | down 133.0% | volatile |
| 132 | China | -0.194 | 2025 | down 135.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Egypt | -0.296 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Chad | -0.307 | 2025 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | -0.322 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Peru | -0.327 | 2025 | down 135.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | -0.33 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovakia | -0.352 | 2025 | down 126.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Palestine | -0.362 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Cambodia | -0.371 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Congo | -0.376 | 2025 | down 104.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Comoros | -0.409 | 2025 | down 155.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Ecuador | -0.46 | 2025 | down 654.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Romania | -0.471 | 2025 | down 325.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Thailand | -0.487 | 2025 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.511 | 2025 | down 132.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Oman | -0.596 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea | -0.664 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | -0.684 | 2025 | down 191.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Hong Kong | -0.689 | 2025 | down 167.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Iran | -0.724 | 2025 | down 429.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | -0.736 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 153 | South Sudan | -0.794 | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Russia | -0.816 | 2025 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Hungary | -0.893 | 2025 | down 644.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | -0.979 | 2025 | down 150.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | -1.01 | 2025 | down 553.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | -1.01 | 2025 | down 187.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Yemen | -1.07 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Turkey | -1.08 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 161 | El Salvador | -1.16 | 2025 | down 186.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.17 | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 163 | Cameroon | -1.18 | 2025 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 164 | Burundi | -1.2 | 2025 | down 193.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Afghanistan | -1.42 | 2025 | down 208.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Myanmar | -1.46 | 2025 | down 328.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Tajikistan | -1.48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Eritrea | -1.49 | 2025 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | -1.73 | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 170 | North Korea | -1.85 | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | -2.03 | 2025 | down 144.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Vatican | -2.07 | 1870 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | Sudan | -2.26 | 2025 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Venezuela | -2.55 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | -2.64 | 2025 | down 378.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Belarus | -2.65 | 2025 | down 166.5% | rising |