Equal Resource Distribution Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.986
Norway
Lowest
0.04
Yemen
Median
0.5675
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,802
What the numbers show
Equal Resource Distribution Index is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.986 in Norway; the lowest is 0.04 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5675, and the mean is 0.5552.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 327.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 77.2%).
Equal Resource Distribution Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 0.986 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 0.984 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 0.973 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0.965 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.964 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Taiwan | 0.964 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 0.96 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 0.956 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 0.956 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 0.954 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 0.952 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 14 | South Korea | 0.951 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Iceland | 0.941 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.938 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.934 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Greece | 0.923 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.912 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Seychelles | 0.912 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 0.91 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 22 | Netherlands | 0.909 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 0.906 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 0.905 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 0.905 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 0.902 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Kuwait | 0.901 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 0.901 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.898 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 0.895 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.887 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 32 | Austria | 0.885 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 0.874 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia | 0.871 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 0.871 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 0.87 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.865 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 38 | Belarus | 0.86 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 38 | Oman | 0.86 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 0.856 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 0.854 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 42 | Croatia | 0.853 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | Montenegro | 0.831 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 0.825 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 46 | Georgia | 0.823 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 0.82 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 0.82 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | Slovakia | 0.819 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Moldova | 0.812 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 51 | France | 0.8 | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 52 | Israel | 0.796 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 0.793 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 54 | Portugal | 0.792 | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Bahrain | 0.791 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 0.791 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 0.765 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 58 | Albania | 0.759 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 0.751 | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.743 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 61 | Vietnam | 0.738 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 0.735 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 0.735 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 0.733 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 0.731 | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 66 | Tanzania | 0.719 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Argentina | 0.709 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 68 | Benin | 0.704 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Lesotho | 0.7 | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 70 | Guyana | 0.692 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Fiji | 0.685 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.681 | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 0.677 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 0.676 | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.673 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 0.665 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Rwanda | 0.651 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 0.65 | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mongolia | 0.645 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 0.641 | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Suriname | 0.64 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 0.625 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 83 | Russia | 0.621 | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 84 | Gabon | 0.62 | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 0.601 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 0.6 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 87 | Chile | 0.589 | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 0.577 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Senegal | 0.568 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.567 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 91 | Iran | 0.564 | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.551 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Gambia | 0.548 | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Morocco | 0.547 | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 0.542 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 96 | North Korea | 0.537 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 0.534 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 0.533 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 0.519 | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 0.517 | 2025 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 101 | United States | 0.509 | 2025 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | 0.505 | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 0.503 | 2025 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 0.472 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 105 | Togo | 0.469 | 2025 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Turkey | 0.469 | 2025 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 107 | Ghana | 0.456 | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Djibouti | 0.442 | 2025 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Comoros | 0.417 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Zambia | 0.417 | 2025 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 111 | East Timor | 0.409 | 2025 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Lebanon | 0.4 | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 113 | Eritrea | 0.383 | 2025 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.379 | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Iraq | 0.373 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Palestine | 0.371 | 1948 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 0.365 | 2025 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Nigeria | 0.36 | 2025 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.345 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Peru | 0.326 | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Bolivia | 0.325 | 2025 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.323 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Ecuador | 0.319 | 2025 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Laos | 0.317 | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Colombia | 0.315 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Cameroon | 0.314 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 126 | India | 0.314 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Uganda | 0.308 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 129 | China | 0.304 | 2025 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 0.3 | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Mexico | 0.298 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Congo | 0.296 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Syria | 0.292 | 2025 | up 180.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 0.288 | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 135 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.284 | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 0.283 | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.276 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.275 | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 0.274 | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Liberia | 0.273 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 0.273 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 0.269 | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 0.266 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 144 | Algeria | 0.263 | 2025 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Libya | 0.257 | 2025 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 146 | Cambodia | 0.248 | 2025 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Niger | 0.241 | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 148 | Philippines | 0.24 | 2025 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 149 | Guatemala | 0.228 | 2025 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Egypt | 0.225 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.211 | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Mali | 0.206 | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Mauritania | 0.198 | 2025 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.197 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Chad | 0.186 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.173 | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Angola | 0.172 | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 158 | El Salvador | 0.167 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.156 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Pakistan | 0.15 | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 161 | Paraguay | 0.148 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.143 | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Malawi | 0.134 | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.132 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 165 | Honduras | 0.11 | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 165 | Myanmar | 0.11 | 2025 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 167 | Sudan | 0.105 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 0.097 | 2025 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 169 | South Sudan | 0.094 | 2025 | up 327.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.092 | 2025 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Madagascar | 0.085 | 2025 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 172 | Burundi | 0.076 | 2025 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 0.072 | 2025 | down 77.2% | rising |
| 174 | Venezuela | 0.052 | 2025 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.04 | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.