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] |
|
|
Good Country Index
|
2018 |
1 |
153 |
[47] |
|
World Economic Forum
|
Global Social Mobility Index
|
2020 |
3 |
82 |
[48] |
|