Organisation | Survey | Year | Rank | Out of (countries) | Ref | Notes |
Germanwatch |
Climate Change Performance Index |
2018 | 9 | 60 | [1] | |
A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine |
Globalization Index |
2007 | 18 | 72 | [2] | |
2006 | 13 | 62 | [3] | |
Yale University / Columbia University |
Environmental Performance Index |
2010 | 12 | 163 | [4] | |
2008 | 4 | 149 | [5] | |
2006 | 3 | 133 | [6] | |
The Heritage Foundation / The Wall Street Journal |
Index of Economic Freedom |
2010 | 17 | 179 | [7] | |
2008 | 16 | 165 | [8] | |
2007 | 16 | 165 | [9] | |
2006 | 16 | 165 | [9] | |
IMD International |
World Competitiveness Yearbook |
2010 | 19 | 58 | [10] | |
2008 | 15 | 55* | [10] | *economies (countries and regions) |
2007 | 17 | 55 | [10] | |
2006 | 10 | 61 | [11] | |
Legatum Institute |
Legatum Prosperity Index |
2009 | 1 | 104 | [12] | |
Newsweek |
World's Best Countries |
2010 | 1 | 100 | [13] | |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) |
2006 | → | 57 | [14] | rank 1 in science and ability to use scientific knowledge; rank 2 in reading literacy; rank 2 in mathematics |
2003 | → | 41 | [15] | rank 1 in science (tied with Japan); rank 1 in reading literacy; rank 2 in problem solving; rank 2 in mathematics |
2000 | → | 43 | [16] | rank 1 in reading performance |
Reporters Without Borders |
Worldwide Press Freedom Index |
2009 | 1 | 175 | [17] | tied with Denmark, Ireland, Norway and Sweden |
2008 | 4 | 173 | [18] | tied with Estonia and Ireland |
2007 | 5 | 169 | [19] | tied with Belgium and Sweden |
2006 | 1 | 168 | [20] | tied with Iceland, Ireland and Netherlands |
Save the Children |
State of the World's Mothers |
2010 | 7 | 160 | [21] | |
2008 | 7 | 146 | [22] | |
2007 | 7 | 140 | [23] | |
2006 | 2 | 125 | [24] | tied with Denmark |
The Economist Intelligence Unit |
Global Peace Index |
2010 | 9 | 149 | [25] | |
2008 | 8 | 140 | [26] | |
2007 | 6 | 121 | [27] | |
Transparency International |
Corruption Perceptions Index |
2009 | 6 | 180 | [28] | tied with the Netherlands |
2008 | 5 | 180 | [29] | tied with Switzerland |
2007 | 1 | 179 | [30] | tied with Denmark and New Zealand |
2006 | 1 | 163 | [31] | tied with Iceland and New Zealand |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
Human Development Index |
2007–2008 | 11 | 177 | [32] | |
2006 | 11 | 177 | [33] | |
2005 | 13 | 177 | [34] | |
2004 | 13 | 177 | [35] | |
World Economic Forum |
Global Competitiveness Index (Global Competitiveness Report) |
2010–2011 | 7 | 139 | [36] | |
2009–2010 | 6 | 133 | [37] | |
2008–2009 | 6 | 134 | [38] | |
2007–2008 | 6 | 131 | [39] | |
Networked Readiness Index (Global Information Technology Report) |
2012 | 3 | 142 | [40] | |
2013 | 1 | 143 | [41] | |
2016 | 2 | 139 | [42] | |
World Health Organization |
The World Health Organization's ranking
of the world's health systems |
2000 | 31 | 190 | [43] | |
Programme for International Student Assessment |
Science |
2015 | 5 | 72 | | |
Reading |
2015 | 4 | 72 | | |
Fund for Peace |
Fragile States Index |
2018 | 178* | 178 | [44] | *the most sustainable |
United Nations |
World Happiness Report |
2019 | 1 | 156 | [45] | |
World Economic Forum |
Global Gender Gap Report |
2018 | 4 | 147 | [46] | |
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Good Country Index |
2018 | 1 | 153 | [47] | |
World Economic Forum |
Global Social Mobility Index |
2020 | 3 | 82 | [48] | |