Name: The Sovereo Index, 2026 Edition
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#	Country	Region	Index ▼	Income	Education	Health	Environment	Belonging	Legacy	Capital
1	FinlandFIN	Europe	84.9	76.5	93.3	91.2	73.9	85.8	89.0	93.3
2	IcelandISL	Europe	84.9	71.5	96.4	93.4	64.6	96.7	87.1	88.2
3	NorwayNOR	Europe	84.9	72.5	93.7	95.2	69.9	92.2	85.9	91.1
4	SwedenSWE	Europe	84.9	74.5	92.5	95.0	70.3	90.5	86.8	92.7
5	NetherlandsNLD	Europe	84.7	78.1	92.2	91.9	66.9	94.0	85.3	94.2
6	AustraliaAUS	Oceania	84.4	76.7	92.9	96.9	63.1	88.7	87.8	91.1
7	United KingdomGBR	Europe	84.1	76.0	94.4	89.4	72.6	89.8	82.2	87.6
8	IrelandIRL	Europe	84.0	79.1	89.1	92.6	65.8	91.0	86.4	94.0
9	DenmarkDNK	Europe	83.5	75.5	93.4	91.2	67.8	89.5	83.6	95.6
10	GermanyDEU	Europe	83.5	74.8	95.7	89.7	74.3	86.8	79.7	84.3
11	CanadaCAN	North America	83.2	75.2	90.4	93.2	61.1	91.8	87.3	83.5
12	SwitzerlandCHE	Europe	82.9	74.8	92.8	97.0	67.6	81.8	83.6	92.6
13	LuxembourgLUX	Europe	82.7	72.2	81.8	92.1	74.0	86.5	89.6	94.0
14	New ZealandNZL	Oceania	82.5	75.9	92.9	91.7	57.4	88.7	88.6	87.2
15	BelgiumBEL	Europe	81.9	72.6	92.3	91.8	66.7	86.4	81.6	91.5
16	MaltaMLT	Europe	81.7	74.6	85.6	95.1	67.0	89.1	78.6	83.3
17	LiechtensteinLIE	Europe	81.5	70.0	84.2	96.1	71.2	82.9	84.6	84.1
18	CzechiaCZE	Europe	80.9	76.4	89.9	85.2	63.8	85.1	84.8	86.0
19	EstoniaEST	Europe	80.4	80.3	89.6	83.3	75.7	70.6	82.7	93.5
20	SingaporeSGP	Asia	80.2	87.0	86.5	96.4	52.9	79.2	79.2	94.0
21	AustriaAUT	Europe	80.2	71.8	86.4	91.3	67.7	85.2	78.6	84.2
22	PortugalPRT	Europe	79.6	77.0	80.9	92.5	61.8	83.7	81.9	86.8
23	FranceFRA	Europe	78.9	73.3	83.9	95.2	66.9	76.1	78.2	87.9
24	SpainESP	Europe	78.8	75.6	85.4	96.2	63.9	80.5	71.4	83.6
25	SloveniaSVN	Europe	78.6	69.5	91.7	90.3	62.2	80.1	77.6	74.0
26	GreeceGRC	Europe	78.4	74.5	88.5	91.0	67.3	76.1	72.7	79.9
27	JapanJPN	Asia	78.1	77.2	85.4	99.2	61.4	56.7	88.7	83.8
28	United StatesUSA	North America	77.3	75.9	90.6	83.7	57.2	77.5	78.6	91.0
29	PolandPOL	Europe	77.2	72.2	90.4	81.8	63.7	76.3	78.7	74.5
30	ItalyITA	Europe	76.6	76.4	82.5	96.3	60.2	70.9	73.2	87.9
31	South KoreaKOR	Asia	76.2	73.7	88.6	98.1	50.6	64.2	82.0	83.7
32	CroatiaHRV	Europe	76.1	74.4	85.7	81.7	62.0	78.4	74.6	70.2
33	LatviaLVA	Europe	76.0	78.6	90.5	74.8	59.9	71.7	80.7	89.4
34	CyprusCYP	Asia	75.7	78.2	86.9	90.4	53.9	67.9	76.8	86.1
35	LithuaniaLTU	Europe	75.2	80.1	91.1	74.4	63.7	64.1	77.9	87.4
36	AndorraAND	Europe	75.1	73.5	79.1	97.3	69.3	83.1	48.6	n/a
37	SlovakiaSVK	Europe	75.0	69.5	85.2	81.0	63.4	75.6	75.5	65.8
38	San MarinoSMR	Europe	74.8	72.8	78.4	100.0	62.7	87.9	47.1	70.2
39	ChileCHL	South America	73.8	77.2	84.6	89.0	49.5	64.6	77.9	68.3
40	HungaryHUN	Europe	73.7	77.7	84.1	77.2	58.0	74.8	70.2	84.7
41	IsraelISR	Asia	73.0	72.5	86.6	92.6	48.3	67.0	71.3	82.8
42	Antigua and BarbudaATG	North America	72.8	70.7	81.9	78.9	55.6	64.3	85.3	74.4
43	BruneiBRN	Asia	72.7	86.7	69.0	72.4	48.3	98.4	61.2	67.9
44	North MacedoniaMKD	Europe	72.1	76.0	75.2	78.3	49.6	86.5	67.1	56.6
45	United Arab EmiratesARE	Asia	71.4	84.1	86.6	94.0	51.0	66.2	46.2	77.1
46	RomaniaROU	Europe	71.3	74.8	77.5	74.1	57.1	73.1	71.4	74.8
47	Costa RicaCRI	North America	70.8	76.7	74.9	88.0	55.5	50.2	79.3	76.9
48	MauritiusMUS	Africa	70.7	78.3	73.0	71.2	48.0	72.9	80.6	73.9
49	TongaTON	Oceania	70.6	55.4	85.8	65.4	40.7	96.8	79.2	38.0
50	MontenegroMNE	Europe	70.5	79.7	85.7	77.4	47.6	66.3	66.2	57.3
51	SerbiaSRB	Europe	70.5	79.6	80.6	76.5	48.8	68.0	69.3	67.7
52	ArgentinaARG	South America	70.5	65.3	87.3	78.3	47.0	75.2	70.0	42.2
53	BulgariaBGR	Europe	70.4	68.6	80.7	73.2	55.7	72.0	72.4	58.9
54	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH	Europe	69.0	64.7	73.1	79.6	45.8	86.2	64.6	42.8
55	PanamaPAN	North America	69.0	83.6	73.1	84.6	53.0	50.1	69.4	77.4
56	GeorgiaGEO	Europe	68.8	85.8	88.9	70.0	47.2	59.7	61.3	77.4
57	BahrainBHR	Asia	68.3	82.4	81.3	89.4	35.3	78.3	42.9	87.5
58	AlbaniaALB	Europe	68.3	73.2	74.2	84.6	52.2	58.2	67.4	54.8
59	BarbadosBRB	North America	67.8	55.4	79.3	74.8	53.6	59.8	84.1	46.8
60	QatarQAT	Asia	67.3	85.8	72.4	92.5	46.3	54.3	52.6	78.1
61	UruguayURY	South America	67.2	70.1	83.7	80.4	44.4	66.1	58.4	80.7
62	SamoaWSM	Oceania	67.0	57.6	72.3	62.0	47.6	79.1	83.2	39.6
63	VanuatuVUT	Oceania	66.8	67.5	56.8	61.4	45.0	98.9	71.5	76.4
64	PeruPER	South America	66.7	76.8	75.3	79.3	46.5	56.8	65.7	75.5
65	Saudi ArabiaSAU	Asia	66.5	72.4	85.8	82.1	42.2	49.2	67.4	61.5
66	FijiFJI	Oceania	66.4	62.2	73.0	49.5	46.2	93.1	74.6	42.4
67	MalaysiaMYS	Asia	66.3	72.1	72.2	76.2	40.9	68.3	68.4	56.1
68	CubaCUB	North America	66.3	65.9	74.0	80.2	52.5	63.0	62.2	22.2
69	Marshall IslandsMHL	Oceania	66.3	56.1	84.3	48.4	42.9	86.0	80.3	70.2
70	SeychellesSYC	Africa	66.2	70.4	87.3	65.3	47.9	73.4	52.8	72.1
71	ArmeniaARM	Europe	66.2	83.5	77.8	73.4	44.6	53.4	64.7	79.2
72	OmanOMN	Asia	66.2	77.2	77.0	85.8	50.7	51.2	55.1	74.8
73	MaldivesMDV	Asia	65.1	67.8	60.2	88.7	38.1	97.9	38.2	48.0
74	Cabo VerdeCPV	Africa	64.9	72.3	51.9	74.5	38.7	72.2	79.9	80.7
75	Dominican RepublicDOM	North America	64.7	75.8	69.3	67.8	47.7	52.4	75.5	64.9
76	BelarusBLR	Europe	64.4	64.2	79.2	69.8	56.9	59.7	56.4	36.2
77	GrenadaGRD	North America	64.4	57.8	77.5	72.0	46.0	46.6	86.4	16.2
78	JordanJOR	Asia	64.2	78.6	70.5	79.5	47.2	41.8	67.4	78.2
79	ThailandTHA	Asia	63.2	76.7	72.8	75.5	45.7	47.6	60.9	50.0
80	ParaguayPRY	South America	63.0	77.4	68.6	68.1	39.0	59.1	65.9	59.3
81	Sao Tome and PrincipeSTP	Africa	62.9	66.7	55.7	56.3	36.4	89.2	72.8	55.5
82	SurinameSUR	South America	62.9	63.5	58.5	67.5	56.9	62.3	68.9	27.1
83	KazakhstanKAZ	Europe	62.7	71.9	80.7	69.7	47.7	41.7	64.7	41.9
84	NicaraguaNIC	North America	62.5	79.2	65.1	71.3	47.4	54.2	57.7	69.7
85	ColombiaCOL	South America	62.2	75.3	69.8	79.2	49.7	36.7	62.2	51.9
86	KiribatiKIR	Oceania	62.1	65.2	63.4	47.1	44.3	76.3	76.1	56.5
87	UkraineUKR	Europe	62.0	61.9	74.1	66.9	54.5	55.6	58.9	n/a
88	TurkeyTUR	Europe	61.9	65.2	80.0	77.6	37.3	54.6	56.9	42.2
89	Timor-LesteTLS	Asia	61.8	63.6	57.6	50.5	50.0	86.4	62.8	49.1
90	BotswanaBWA	Africa	61.7	76.6	66.7	54.8	45.2	52.6	74.5	75.0
91	BrazilBRA	South America	61.5	57.7	72.0	73.9	53.0	46.9	65.8	35.7
92	KuwaitKWT	Asia	61.4	75.9	69.4	86.9	43.9	52.4	40.1	58.0
93	PalauPLW	Oceania	61.3	57.8	83.4	55.1	63.2	62.6	46.0	n/a
94	BoliviaBOL	South America	60.7	68.7	76.8	53.1	44.3	62.0	59.6	33.4
95	TunisiaTUN	Africa	60.6	62.0	66.1	75.7	45.2	52.5	61.9	29.7
96	AzerbaijanAZE	Asia	60.3	74.1	72.8	69.8	40.5	42.9	61.5	55.7
97	MoroccoMAR	Africa	60.2	68.9	62.5	72.3	39.5	55.0	63.1	49.6
98	MoldovaMDA	Europe	60.2	63.2	80.1	60.6	45.7	54.3	57.4	39.3
99	UzbekistanUZB	Asia	60.0	70.3	74.3	64.0	41.7	47.9	61.6	43.3
100	EcuadorECU	South America	60.0	69.5	71.2	78.3	51.3	27.0	62.8	51.7
101	RussiaRUS	Europe	59.8	61.0	78.0	66.2	46.7	52.9	53.9	26.0
102	AlgeriaDZA	Africa	59.7	63.2	67.8	75.0	41.7	55.4	55.3	28.5
103	BahamasBHS	North America	59.7	55.9	75.7	70.1	56.1	20.4	80.0	34.8
104	MongoliaMNG	Asia	59.6	80.2	69.3	62.1	34.4	42.1	69.8	66.2
105	VietnamVNM	Asia	59.4	62.0	72.9	70.3	24.6	61.6	65.0	52.3
106	El SalvadorSLV	North America	59.2	75.0	55.2	63.1	41.6	58.4	61.9	65.3
107	MexicoMEX	North America	59.2	75.8	71.4	71.6	44.2	32.7	59.7	66.3
108	DominicaDMA	North America	59.0	69.1	73.1	60.4	49.4	22.7	79.4	54.5
109	PhilippinesPHL	Asia	58.9	68.9	68.9	56.7	32.1	71.2	55.5	56.1
110	KyrgyzstanKGZ	Asia	58.8	73.0	75.5	61.9	42.6	44.3	55.2	51.7
111	GuyanaGUY	South America	58.8	74.2	65.2	57.7	49.0	39.9	66.9	58.0
112	LebanonLBN	Asia	58.7	60.8	67.0	79.5	40.0	53.2	51.7	34.2
113	TuvaluTUV	Oceania	58.7	59.4	70.3	48.9	47.5	39.0	87.0	n/a
114	Solomon IslandsSLB	Oceania	58.5	43.7	51.0	58.7	42.2	87.6	68.0	27.2
115	TurkmenistanTKM	Asia	58.4	61.2	74.1	57.4	40.6	59.5	57.5	17.7
116	MicronesiaFSM	Oceania	58.2	49.6	56.5	49.1	41.4	97.0	55.7	70.3
117	EgyptEGY	Africa	57.9	73.7	70.3	61.8	43.3	47.9	50.3	49.3
118	BhutanBTN	Asia	57.4	61.5	56.0	65.6	41.8	54.3	65.2	33.0
119	Saint LuciaLCA	North America	57.3	66.8	64.1	64.8	51.2	19.0	77.9	53.3
120	IranIRN	Asia	57.1	48.4	75.0	79.0	41.5	50.0	49.0	10.1
121	BelizeBLZ	North America	57.1	66.3	62.5	67.3	47.4	23.9	74.9	40.0
122	IndonesiaIDN	Asia	56.8	66.8	66.0	60.4	33.6	51.8	62.3	48.1
123	NamibiaNAM	Africa	56.3	62.3	57.0	49.7	43.0	56.0	69.6	39.6
124	JamaicaJAM	North America	56.2	64.8	67.6	61.4	48.5	19.1	75.9	55.0
125	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT	North America	56.2	61.4	82.8	60.7	54.2	0.0	78.4	47.3
126	ZambiaZMB	Africa	55.9	71.7	55.3	46.7	44.5	57.4	59.9	66.6
127	Sri LankaLKA	Asia	55.9	57.8	72.4	78.5	38.8	51.9	36.3	25.1
128	South AfricaZAF	Africa	55.7	55.8	77.0	46.1	42.3	47.0	66.2	36.0
129	Trinidad and TobagoTTO	North America	55.6	69.1	75.5	67.1	52.5	0.0	69.6	58.5
130	ChinaCHN	Asia	55.5	57.8	69.8	79.9	35.4	53.6	36.3	28.9
131	Saint Kitts and NevisKNA	North America	55.4	59.6	86.2	63.3	53.1	0.0	70.4	16.2
132	EswatiniSWZ	Africa	55.2	62.9	71.3	40.4	38.6	58.3	59.7	35.3
133	Guinea-BissauGNB	Africa	54.9	55.0	41.8	40.2	41.9	96.3	54.2	24.9
134	KenyaKEN	Africa	54.7	71.4	60.6	39.0	36.2	65.7	55.2	59.8
135	BangladeshBGD	Asia	54.7	61.7	56.8	70.5	28.0	57.2	53.7	34.2
136	IndiaIND	Asia	54.3	61.6	58.9	62.9	27.6	59.0	56.1	35.8
137	GuatemalaGTM	North America	54.3	81.1	49.2	64.6	32.5	37.7	60.7	76.7
138	GhanaGHA	Africa	54.2	61.1	55.4	44.3	36.8	58.9	69.0	35.2
139	GabonGAB	Africa	54.1	65.2	67.0	52.4	53.4	28.0	58.4	38.5
140	HondurasHND	North America	53.9	66.3	53.3	65.4	40.2	37.6	60.7	40.2
141	CambodiaKHM	Asia	53.3	74.3	48.4	59.1	31.2	47.8	59.1	69.8
142	TajikistanTJK	Asia	53.0	62.8	67.7	62.3	30.0	38.7	56.7	30.4
143	VenezuelaVEN	South America	52.8	39.4	68.3	64.3	53.3	53.6	37.7	4.7
144	ZimbabweZWE	Africa	51.8	59.3	60.5	36.5	50.0	58.0	46.8	28.9
145	UgandaUGA	Africa	51.6	67.0	53.2	52.1	34.9	51.2	51.2	52.6
146	NauruNRU	Oceania	51.6	63.6	67.2	34.6	47.5	n/a	44.9	n/a
147	Papua New GuineaPNG	Oceania	51.6	51.0	48.5	46.1	37.0	68.9	57.8	31.3
148	NepalNPL	Asia	51.5	58.7	53.2	58.2	31.7	72.3	34.7	24.4
149	Congo (Republic)COG	Africa	51.3	55.6	63.0	45.1	41.6	n/a	51.2	26.6
150	TanzaniaTZA	Africa	51.1	59.5	44.1	48.6	43.6	50.6	60.3	37.0
151	IraqIRQ	Asia	50.9	79.7	56.9	63.8	30.2	36.3	38.3	n/a
152	SenegalSEN	Africa	50.8	60.0	35.2	53.4	43.6	44.8	67.8	41.4
153	PalestinePSE	Asia	50.6	69.0	69.9	43.3	35.6	51.7	33.8	n/a
154	RwandaRWA	Africa	50.1	68.9	51.2	50.8	32.5	40.8	56.1	65.8
155	MalawiMWI	Africa	49.4	60.4	45.0	49.6	32.9	45.9	62.6	34.0
156	MauritaniaMRT	Africa	49.4	61.1	38.3	52.8	34.6	57.2	52.3	32.2
157	Cote d'IvoireCIV	Africa	48.9	60.0	47.9	34.1	42.9	n/a	59.7	38.3
158	AngolaAGO	Africa	48.5	59.5	53.7	41.8	40.1	42.7	53.2	20.9
159	SyriaSYR	Asia	48.3	59.5	40.4	63.2	31.0	55.9	39.7	n/a
160	ComorosCOM	Africa	48.1	58.7	57.0	47.9	38.0	34.7	52.4	32.1
161	LibyaLBY	Africa	47.1	69.9	61.8	55.3	38.7	18.9	37.9	n/a
162	MozambiqueMOZ	Africa	46.6	54.9	45.4	38.9	38.8	54.4	47.2	29.0
163	CameroonCMR	Africa	46.5	58.8	51.9	39.1	38.6	41.1	49.6	27.0
164	BeninBEN	Africa	46.4	59.8	39.7	30.8	37.6	45.8	65.0	36.4
165	LaosLAO	Asia	46.4	57.9	46.9	54.2	24.9	36.6	58.0	31.3
166	PakistanPAK	Asia	46.3	63.4	36.3	50.4	25.3	53.1	49.0	36.5
167	Sierra LeoneSLE	Africa	46.2	55.3	37.0	33.7	39.9	61.1	50.3	27.1
168	GambiaGMB	Africa	46.0	71.7	40.5	45.3	37.7	24.4	56.2	70.8
169	LiberiaLBR	Africa	45.8	65.9	49.6	34.8	34.3	58.1	32.3	56.9
170	AfghanistanAFG	Asia	45.6	71.2	38.4	45.8	30.8	46.1	41.2	n/a
171	Equatorial GuineaGNQ	Africa	45.2	56.4	62.3	39.2	41.7	n/a	26.3	26.4
172	Burkina FasoBFA	Africa	44.9	58.7	31.8	31.7	39.6	62.7	44.7	34.3
173	EthiopiaETH	Africa	44.4	54.8	33.6	49.5	35.3	42.5	50.6	25.5
174	TogoTGO	Africa	44.0	60.8	55.9	36.4	35.5	15.8	59.6	40.0
175	BurundiBDI	Africa	43.8	52.3	38.9	39.0	31.7	57.1	44.0	25.6
176	DjiboutiDJI	Africa	43.4	70.2	30.4	45.7	32.7	28.9	52.8	55.6
177	SudanSDN	Africa	43.4	59.8	37.2	46.7	38.9	40.4	37.3	28.7
178	LesothoLSO	Africa	43.2	61.2	56.3	21.1	35.6	20.9	64.3	36.8
179	MadagascarMDG	Africa	42.7	58.3	40.5	38.9	30.1	28.2	60.3	33.0
180	YemenYEM	Asia	42.7	75.2	39.1	55.1	38.1	38.5	10.1	n/a
181	MyanmarMMR	Asia	42.5	61.8	53.2	48.3	27.1	50.0	14.8	22.0
182	NigerNER	Africa	42.4	55.1	27.8	32.0	37.1	57.5	45.0	30.3
183	NigeriaNGA	Africa	42.4	64.6	54.5	12.7	37.9	45.5	38.9	32.9
184	HaitiHTI	North America	42.4	61.2	48.2	42.7	36.4	16.9	49.2	40.2
185	EritreaERI	Africa	41.3	46.6	37.4	53.2	29.1	48.0	33.3	5.3
186	South SudanSSD	Africa	40.6	52.6	34.8	21.8	37.7	40.3	56.7	n/a
187	GuineaGIN	Africa	40.5	54.1	37.2	30.7	36.3	30.6	54.2	24.9
188	Central African RepublicCAF	Africa	36.3	47.9	34.0	21.2	37.3	32.9	44.7	24.8
189	Congo (DRC)COD	Africa	34.3	61.3	54.9	34.0	39.5	0.0	16.0	26.9
190	MaliMLI	Africa	33.0	56.2	24.9	29.8	32.9	15.3	38.8	34.2
191	ChadTCD	Africa	32.4	52.7	31.0	14.5	33.6	27.2	35.7	31.2
192	SomaliaSOM	Africa	31.8	67.7	27.1	25.2	32.4	0.0	38.1	n/a

Method. Each pillar is scored 0 to 100 from public datasets (UNDP, World Bank, WHO, Yale EPI, Heritage Foundation, EF, Williams Institute); the Sovereo Index is their equal-weighted mean. Countries with fewer than three available pillars are excluded. An educational research instrument, not legal, tax, immigration or financial advice. © 2026 Sovereo Intelligence Research. Research and briefings are AI-assisted with human editorial oversight.