List of countries by Social Progress Index

The Social Progress Index measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative, and is based on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz.^[1] The SPI measures the well-being of a society by observing social and environmental outcomes directly rather than the economic factors. The social and environmental factors include wellness (including health, shelter and sanitation), equality, inclusion, sustainability and personal freedom and safety.^[2]

The Index defines social progress as the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.

Introduction and methodology

The Index combines three dimensions

Each dimension comprises four components, which are each composed of between three and five specific outcome indicators. The included indicators are selected because they are measured appropriately, with a consistent methodology, by the same organization across all (or essentially all) of the countries in the sample. Together, this framework aims to capture a broad range of interrelated factors revealed by the scholarly literature and practitioner experience as underpinning social progress.

Two key features of the Social Progress Index are ^[2]

The complete exclusion of economic variables and
The use of outcome measures rather than inputs

The Social Progress Imperative evaluated hundreds of possible indicators while developing the Social Progress Index, including engaging researchers at MIT to determine what indicators best differentiated the performance of nations. The index uses outcome measures when there is sufficient data available or the closest possible proxies.^[2]

History

In 2010, a group of global leaders from the social sector embarked on a goal of developing a better measure to assess a country’s level of development and, by extension, better understand its development priorities. Funded by private foundations and under the technical guidance of Professors Michael Porter from Harvard Business School and Scott Stern from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the group formed the Social Progress Imperative and launched a beta version of the Social Progress Index for 50 countries in 2013 to measure a comprehensive array of components of social and environmental performance and aggregate them into an overall framework.

The Index was developed based on extensive discussions with stakeholders around the world about what has been missed when policymakers focus on GDP to the exclusion of social performance.

This work was influenced by the seminal contributions of Amartya Sen on social development, as well as by the recent call for action in the report Mismeasuring Our Lives by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress.^[3] The Social Progress Index was released in 2014 for 133 countries with a second version in 2015.^[2]

On 11 July 2013, Social Progress Imperative Chairman, and professor at Harvard Business School, Michael Porter addressed the United Nations 6th Ministerial Forum for Development and discussed the Social Progress Index.^[2]

In addition to the global Social Progress Index, the methodology used to create the Social Progress Index has been adapted to measure social and environmental performance in smaller areas, such as the entire Amazon region of Brazil.^[4] Other projects include a Social Progress Index for the Municipality of Guatemala City.^[5] Fundacion Paraguaya has integrated elements of the Social Progress Index into its Poverty Stoplight tool. The national government of Paraguay is setting a target for Social Progress Index performance alongside GDP targets.

The Guardian news organization recently reported that the European Commission had agreed to partner with the Social Progress Imperative to create a Social Progress Index for the European Union.^[6]

2015 Social Progress Index

Country	Rank (SPI)	Social Progress Index	Rank (BHN)	Basic Human Needs	Rank (FW)	Foundations of Well-being	Rank (O)	Opportunity
Norway	1	88.36	9	94.8	1	88.46	9	81.82
Sweden	2	88.06	8	94.83	3	86.43	5	82.93
Switzerland	3	87.97	2	95.66	2	86.5	10	81.75
Iceland	4	87.62	6	95	4	86.11	11	81.73
New Zealand	5	87.08	17	92.87	6	82.77	2	85.61
Canada	6	86.89	7	94.89	14	79.22	1	86.58
Finland	7	86.75	3	95.05	8	82.58	7	82.63
Denmark	8	86.63	1	96.03	7	82.63	12	81.23
Netherlands	9	86.5	9	94.8	5	83.81	13	80.88
Australia	10	86.42	13	93.73	12	79.98	3	85.55
United Kingdom	11	84.68	19	92.22	15	79.04	6	82.78
Ireland	12	84.66	15	93.68	29	76.34	4	83.97
Austria	13	84.45	4	95.04	9	82.53	18	75.77
Germany	14	84.04	12	94.12	10	81.5	16	76.49
Japan	15	83.15	5	95.01	20	78.78	19	75.66
United States	16	82.85	21	91.23	35	75.15	8	82.18
Belgium	17	82.83	13	93.73	27	76.57	14	78.19
Portugal	18	81.91	18	92.81	31	76.17	15	76.76
Slovenia	19	81.62	16	92.88	11	80.87	24	71.12
Spain	20	81.17	23	91.09	26	76.79	20	75.62
France	21	80.82	22	91.16	17	78.83	23	72.46
Czech Republic	22	80.59	11	94.23	15	79.04	27	68.49
Estonia	23	80.49	28	88.44	13	79.61	22	73.42
Uruguay	24	79.21	37	86.18	36	75.03	17	76.41
Slovakia	25	78.45	20	92.19	19	78.8	35	64.35
Chile	26	78.29	35	86.32	38	74.85	21	73.69
Poland	27	77.98	34	86.67	24	77.19	26	70.07
Costa Rica	28	77.88	41	84.22	17	78.83	25	70.59
South Korea	29	77.7	26	89.11	34	75.6	28	68.4
Cyprus	30	77.45	25	89.3	33	75.95	29	67.11
Italy	31	77.38	29	88.39	25	77	30	66.76
Hungary	32	74.8	27	88.8	62	70.4	33	65.21
Latvia	33	74.12	42	83.84	21	77.76	42	60.75
Greece	34	74.03	31	87.64	42	74.53	43	59.91
Lithuania	35	74	43	83.75	39	74.79	36	63.47
Mauritius	36	73.66	30	88.02	53	72.09	40	60.88
Croatia	37	73.3	32	87.49	32	76.09	52	56.32
Argentina	38	73.08	54	80.51	47	73.57	34	65.17
United Arab Emirates	39	72.79	24	89.63	43	74.16	57	54.59
Israel	40	72.6	33	86.96	48	72.99	49	57.85
Panama	41	71.79	67	75.91	22	77.55	38	61.9
Brazil	42	70.89	74	71.14	30	76.21	32	65.33
Bulgaria	43	70.19	40	84.73	66	69.57	53	56.29
Jamaica	44	69.83	78	70.52	49	72.84	31	66.14
Serbia	45	69.79	45	83.38	40	74.74	63	51.25
Malaysia	46	69.55	38	86.13	37	74.87	76	47.66
Kuwait	47	69.19	36	86.28	44	73.96	77	47.35
Montenegro	48	69.01	50	81.89	53	72.09	58	53.04
Colombia	49	68.85	77	70.98	23	77.3	47	58.26
Romania	50	68.37	63	77.35	58	71.53	54	56.24
Ecuador	51	68.25	72	73.56	28	76.46	56	54.72
Albania	52	68.19	53	80.71	46	73.64	68	50.23
Macedonia	53	67.79	44	83.53	80	67.04	59	52.8
Mexico	54	67.5	73	72.81	71	68.82	40	60.88
Peru	55	67.23	79	69.89	45	73.89	48	57.92
Paraguay	56	67.1	76	71.11	59	71.11	45	59.09
Thailand	57	66.34	68	75.77	51	72.35	65	50.9
Turkey	58	66.24	51	81.5	83	66.61	67	50.61
Bosnia and Herzegovina	59	66.15	39	85.78	63	70.35	94	42.33
Georgia	60	65.89	55	80.15	65	69.61	75	47.92
Armenia	61	65.7	49	82.6	68	69.28	83	45.24
Ukraine	62	65.69	60	78.28	97	61.74	50	57.05
South Africa	63	65.64	92	64.59	64	69.94	37	62.38
Philippines	64	65.46	83	68.23	70	68.86	44	59.3
Botswana	65	65.22	89	65.51	57	71.69	46	58.46
Belarus	66	64.98	46	83.03	82	66.72	85	45.19
Tunisia	67	64.92	52	81.13	73	68.43	84	45.2
El Salvador	68	64.31	82	68.38	72	68.81	55	55.75
Saudi Arabia	69	64.27	47	82.87	61	70.46	107	39.49
Moldova	70	63.68	62	77.65	90	64.85	73	48.54
Russia	71	63.64	70	74.1	77	67.63	70	49.19
Venezuela	72	63.45	87	66.12	41	74.69	69	49.55
Bolivia	73	63.36	85	67.24	60	70.86	61	51.98
Jordan	74	63.31	48	82.63	89	64.93	93	42.38
Namibia	75	62.71	100	59.73	56	71.93	51	56.47
Azerbaijan	76	62.62	66	76.43	76	68.03	88	43.41
Dominican Republic	77	62.47	91	64.8	55	71.95	66	50.65
Nicaragua	78	62.2	88	65.87	52	72.17	72	48.58
Guatemala	79	62.19	80	69.32	69	68.96	74	48.29
Lebanon	80	61.85	69	75.69	87	65.89	86	43.97
Mongolia	81	61.52	103	58.36	92	64.49	39	61.71
Honduras	82	61.44	90	65.29	50	72.71	79	46.32
Kazakhstan	83	61.38	64	77.17	110	58.21	71	48.75
Cuba	84	60.83	56	80.08	105	60.51	97	41.9
Algeria	85	60.66	58	78.88	85	66.22	113	36.87
Indonesia	86	60.47	86	66.52	67	69.54	82	45.35
Guyana	87	60.42	81	68.8	104	60.57	62	51.89
Sri Lanka	88	60.1	75	71.12	81	67.03	95	42.14
Egypt	89	59.91	61	77.69	78	67.59	118	34.47
Uzbekistan	90	59.71	57	79.31	118	54.25	81	45.56
Morocco	91	59.56	65	76.64	93	64.14	112	37.89
China	92	59.07	71	73.74	88	65.4	110	38.08
Kyrgyzstan	93	58.58	84	67.87	101	61.16	78	46.7
Ghana	94	58.29	105	55.5	73	68.43	64	50.93
Iran	95	56.82	59	78.42	102	61.14	121	30.9
Tajikistan	96	56.49	95	62.58	94	63.09	87	43.79
Senegal	97	56.46	99	60.35	86	65.97	90	43.07
Nepal	98	55.33	96	62.54	96	62.71	102	40.74
Cambodia	99	53.96	106	53.86	79	67.52	104	40.52
Bangladesh	100	53.39	97	61.94	95	62.73	115	35.5
India	101	53.06	101	58.87	113	57.38	91	42.93
Laos	102	52.41	98	60.43	98	61.7	117	35.09
Lesotho	103	52.27	111	48.62	116	55.82	60	52.35
Kenya	104	51.67	117	46.48	75	68.17	105	40.36
Zambia	105	51.62	121	43.87	91	64.82	80	46.19
Rwanda	106	51.6	108	52.52	103	60.63	99	41.67
Swaziland	107	50.94	107	53.34	115	57.02	92	42.45
Benin	108	50.04	109	50.41	108	58.96	103	40.73
Congo	109	49.6	127	40.67	84	66.56	100	41.58
Uganda	110	49.49	114	47.91	99	61.54	108	39.02
Malawi	111	48.95	118	46.42	114	57.31	89	43.12
Burkina Faso	112	48.82	116	46.56	112	57.79	96	42.11
Iraq	113	48.35	94	63.11	117	55.29	129	26.67
Cameroon	114	47.42	112	48.48	111	58.15	114	35.61
Djibouti	115	47.27	93	64.18	133	44.02	119	33.62
Tanzania	116	47.14	124	41.39	109	58.23	98	41.79
Togo	117	46.66	119	45.11	106	59.4	116	35.46
Mali	118	46.51	112	48.48	122	52.45	109	38.6
Myanmar	119	46.12	101	58.87	128	49.19	123	30.28
Mozambique	120	46.02	122	43.13	120	53.49	101	41.43
Mauritania	121	45.85	115	47.73	107	59.08	122	30.73
Pakistan	122	45.66	104	56.37	125	50.71	124	29.9
Liberia	123	44.89	126	41.15	121	53.23	106	40.3
Madagascar	124	44.5	123	41.93	119	53.53	111	38.04
Nigeria	125	43.31	130	39.04	100	61.51	125	29.37
Ethiopia	126	41.04	120	44.04	126	50.49	126	28.59
Niger	127	40.56	128	40.55	129	48.99	120	32.15
Yemen	128	40.3	110	49.72	127	50.07	133	21.12
Angola	129	40	125	41.27	123	52.2	130	26.51
Guinea	130	39.6	129	40	124	51.2	127	27.59
Afghanistan	131	35.4	131	37.17	130	46.5	132	22.51
Chad	132	33.17	132	28.09	132	44.12	128	27.3
Central African Republic	133	31.42	133	26.81	131	44.84	131	22.62
North Korea	134	20	134	20	132	20	132	20
Burundi	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	46.63	not ranked	32.2
Bahrain	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	67.17	not ranked	46.94
Belize	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	65.56	not ranked	no score
Bhutan	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	69.17	not ranked	no score
Côte d'Ivoire	not ranked	no score	not ranked	47.09	not ranked	no score	not ranked	31.58
Comoros	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	55.01	not ranked	42.51
Cape Verde	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	70.5	not ranked	no score
Gabon	not ranked	no score	not ranked	61.91	not ranked	no score	not ranked	48.07
The Gambia	not ranked	no score	not ranked	57.9	not ranked	55.36	not ranked	no score
Guinea-Bissau	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score
Haiti	not ranked	no score	not ranked	36.02	not ranked	no score	not ranked	36.89
Libya	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	56.43	not ranked	no score
Luxembourg	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	82.42	not ranked	81.95
Malta	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	73.61	not ranked	70.38
Oman	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	70.47	not ranked	no score
Papua New Guinea	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	55.39	not ranked	no score
Qatar	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	70.6	not ranked	52.15
Sudan	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	25.14
Singapore	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	62.83
Sierra Leone	not ranked	no score	not ranked	34.43	not ranked	no score	not ranked	36.16
Suriname	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	75.4	not ranked	58.02
Syria	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	not ranked	56.14	not ranked	24.25
Turkmenistan	not ranked	no score	not ranked	75.82	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score
Timor-Leste	not ranked	no score	not ranked	50.55	not ranked	59.34	not ranked	no score
Trinidad and Tobago	not ranked	no score	not ranked	75.18	not ranked	no score	not ranked	63.83
Vietnam	not ranked	no score	not ranked	74.19	not ranked	no score	not ranked	36.28
Democratic Republic of Congo	not ranked	no score	not ranked	no score	47.69	no score	26.26	no score
Zimbabwe	not ranked	no score	not ranked	45.16	not ranked	no score	not ranked	33.4

Missing data

On 25 September 2015, the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Development Agenda titled Transforming our world'.'

This included these goals.^[7]

Out of these 193 countries, 133 countries provided information to make the comparison of the countries based on the SPI indicators, rather than based on the elderly GDP (1944). As of 2015, 60 countries had still not provided data to the well known sources which the SPI uses.^[8]

References

↑ "Beyond GDP". The Economist. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 "Social Progress Imperitive Website". Social Progress Imperitive. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ "Beyond GDP". The Economist. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ "Conservation of Amazon threatened by poor social conditions of its people: study". GlobalPost. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
↑ "ÍNDICE DE PROGRESO SOCIAL DE LA CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA - Progreso Social". progresosocial.org. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
↑ Jo Confino. "European Commission agrees to investigate using social progress tool alongside GDP". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
↑ "United Nations General Assembly Draft outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda". UN. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
↑ "SPI Definitions/Source of Data". Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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