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World Countries Compassion Benchmark · 2026

World Countries Compassion Benchmark Index 2026

Comparative benchmark of 207 countries and territories across the full institutional compassion framework. Scores are derived from public evidence across governance, policy, healthcare, social protection, rights, equity, and institutional accountability.

193Countries ranked
36.7Mean score
35.9Median score
8Dimensions
2026Publication year

Band distribution

BandRangeCount%
exemplary81-100147%
established61-802613%
functional41-602915%
developing21-408343%
critical0-204121%

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RankCountryRegionAWREMPACTEQUBNDACCSYSINTScoreBand
1SwitzerlandWEur4.54.54.5454.54.54.597.5exemplary
2IcelandNEur4.44.74.44.44.74.44.44.787.5exemplary
3CanadaNAm44.543.54.544484.6exemplary
4IrelandWEur44.543.54.544484.6exemplary
5FinlandNEur4.54.54.344.54.54.54.384.4exemplary
6AustriaWEur4443.54.544483exemplary
7EstoniaEEur4443.54.544483exemplary
8LiechtensteinWEur4443.54.544483exemplary
9TaiwanEAsia4443.54.544483exemplary
10UruguayLAm4443.54.544483exemplary
11Costa RicaLAm4443.5444481.4exemplary
12DenmarkNEur4.54.543.84.54.54.5481.3exemplary
13LuxembourgWEur4.14.44.13.84.44.14.13.881.3exemplary
14SwedenNEur4.34.543.84.54.34.54.381.3exemplary
15NorwayNEur4.34.34.33.844.34.3478.1established
16BelgiumWEur4443.54443.577.9established
17GermanyWEur4.344.33.543.843.572.8established
18New ZealandPac4443.343.843.570.3established
19BotswanaAfrica3.63.63.73.73.83.73.73.867.5established
20JapanEAsia3.53.53.534.53.53.5465.6established
21NetherlandsWEur44433.53.53.83.365.6established
22PortugalWEur3.543.53.543.53.53.565.6established
23AndorraWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
24AustraliaPac3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
25BarbadosLAm3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
26Cabo VerdeAfrica3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
27Cape VerdeAfrica3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
28ChileLAm3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
29Czech RepublicEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
30FranceWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
31LatviaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
32LithuaniaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
33San MarinoWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
34SloveniaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
35South KoreaEAsia3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
36United KingdomWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.562.5established
37SingaporeSEAsia3.83.543.33.8342.862.2established
38GhanaAfrica3.53.53.533.53.53.53.560.9established
39MaltaWEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.560.9established
40SeychellesAfrica3.53.53.533.53.53.53.560.9established
41MauritiusAfrica3.43.43.42.83.83.23.43.360functional
42SpainWEur3.53.53.43.33.43.23.53.460functional
43MongoliaEAsia3.13.1333.13.43.33.554.7functional
44PalauPac333.52.53.533.5353.1functional
45BhutanSAsia33.532.53.533351.6functional
46MonacoWEur3332.5433351.6functional
47Cook IslandsPac3332.53.533350functional
48CyprusWEur3332.53.533350functional
49NamibiaAfrica3332.53.533350functional
50SamoaPac3332.53.533350functional
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51South AfricaAfrica3332.53.533350functional
52UkraineEEur333.52.5333350functional
53HungaryEEur32.932.73.13.13.13.150functional
54ArgentinaLAm3332.5333348.4functional
55ArmeniaEEur3332.5333348.4functional
56FijiPac3332.5333348.4functional
57MicronesiaPac3332.5333348.4functional
58NepalSAsia3332.5333348.4functional
59Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica3332.5333348.4functional
60São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica3332.5333348.4functional
61Trinidad and TobagoLAm3332.5333348.4functional
62TuvaluPac3332.5333348.4functional
63MalaysiaSEAsia3332.53332.546.9functional
64ItalyWEur2.832.82.532.632.846functional
65PolandEEur32.53232.532.542.2functional
66Marshall IslandsPac2.82.62.42.42.52.83.12.841.4functional
67VanuatuPac2.82.52.52.32.52.83.3341.4functional
68CroatiaEEur2.62.62.62.52.82.52.82.640.6functional
69Timor-LesteSEAsia2.62.62.42.42.52.832.840.6functional
70GreeceWEur32.52.52.52.52.53239.1developing
71KiribatiPac2.532.52.52.52.52.52.539.1developing
72JamaicaLAm2.52.52.5232.52.52.537.5developing
73OmanMEast2.52.52.5232.52.52.537.5developing
74PanamaLAm2.52.52.5232.52.52.537.5developing
75RomaniaEEur2.52.52.5232.52.52.537.5developing
76AlbaniaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
77BelizeLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
78BeninAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
79BrazilLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
80ColombiaLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
81Côte d'IvoireAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
82Dominican RepublicLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
83EcuadorLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
84GuyanaLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
85IndonesiaSEAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
86JordanMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
87KenyaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
88KosovoEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
89LesothoAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
90LiberiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
91MalawiAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
92MaldivesSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
93MoldovaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
94MontenegroEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
95MoroccoMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
96North MacedoniaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
97PeruLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
98Sierra LeoneAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
99Solomon IslandsPac2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
100SurinameLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
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101TanzaniaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
102The GambiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
103TongaPac2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
104ZambiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.535.9developing
105BangladeshSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.5234.4developing
106GeorgiaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.5234.4developing
107SerbiaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.5234.4developing
108Sri LankaSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.5234.4developing
109TunisiaMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.5234.4developing
110Vatican CityWEur2.52.52.51.532.52.5234.4developing
111VietnamSEAsia2.52.5322.522.5234.4developing
112SenegalAfrica322.51.252.51.7532.533.6developing
113CubaLAm2.52.532.521.531.532.8developing
114MexicoLAm2.52.52.522.522.5232.8developing
115PhilippinesSEAsia2.52.52.522.522.5232.8developing
116ThailandSEAsia2.52.52.522.522.5232.8developing
117SlovakiaEEur2.22.32.22.12.12.12.42.231.6developing
118KyrgyzstanCAsia2.52.52.52222.5231.3developing
119BulgariaEEur2.32.32.32222.42.130.4developing
120BoliviaLAm2.42.41.91.92.31.82.4228.4developing
121RwandaAfrica2.2522.7522.251.52.51.527.3developing
122KuwaitMEast2221.52.522225developing
123NauruPac2221.52.522225developing
124PalestineMEast22.5221.522225developing
125ParaguayLAm2221.52.522225developing
126United StatesNAm1.91.91.91.72.31.921.923.4developing
127AngolaAfrica2221.5222223.4developing
128Bosnia and HerzegovinaEEur2221.5222223.4developing
129BruneiSEAsia2221.52.5221.523.4developing
130ComorosAfrica2221.5222223.4developing
131GuatemalaLAm2221.5222223.4developing
132MadagascarAfrica2221.5222223.4developing
133MozambiqueAfrica2221.5222223.4developing
134TogoAfrica2221.5222223.4developing
135UAEMEast2221.531.521.523.4developing
136IndiaSAsia21.91.81.81.91.92.1222.7developing
137NigeriaAfrica21.7521.5221.75221.9developing
138AlgeriaMEast2221.521.521.520.3developing
139CameroonAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
140DjiboutiAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
141El SalvadorLAm2221.521.521.520.3developing
142GabonAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
143GuineaAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
144Guinea-BissauAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
145HondurasLAm2221.521.521.520.3developing
146KazakhstanCAsia2221.521.521.520.3developing
147MauritaniaAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
148Papua New GuineaPac2221.521.521.520.3developing
149Republic of CongoAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
150UgandaAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
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151UzbekistanCAsia2221.521.521.520.3developing
152ZimbabweAfrica2221.521.521.520.3developing
153ChinaEAsia222.51.51.7512.5119.5critical
154VenezuelaLAm1.81.81.61.61.51.91.81.918critical
155LebanonMEast2221.51.51.51.51.517.2critical
156PakistanSAsia1.8751.8751.8751.3751.8751.3751.8751.37517.2critical
157EgyptMEast1.51.51.51.521.51.51.514.1critical
158LaosSEAsia1.51.51.51.521.51.51.514.1critical
159Burkina FasoAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.512.5critical
160CambodiaSEAsia1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.512.5critical
161IraqMEast1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.512.5critical
162MaliAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.512.5critical
163NigerAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.512.5critical
164ChadAfrica1.51.51.511.51.51.51.510.9critical
165QatarMEast1.51.51.512.511.5110.9critical
166TurkeyMEast1.61.61.61.41.21.151.61.1510.3critical
167AzerbaijanEEur1.51.51.51211.519.4critical
168BahrainMEast1.51.51.51211.519.4critical
169Equatorial GuineaAfrica1.51.51.51211.519.4critical
170EswatiniAfrica1.51.51.51211.519.4critical
171Saudi ArabiaMEast1.61.41.61.31.61.11.619.4critical
172BurundiAfrica1.51.51.511.511.517.8critical
173NicaraguaLAm1.51.51.511.511.517.8critical
174TajikistanCAsia1.51.51.511.511.517.8critical
175Central African RepublicAfrica1.51.51.5111114.7critical
176EthiopiaAfrica1.51.5111.51114.7critical
177HaitiLAm1.51.51.5111114.7critical
178LibyaMEast1.51.51.5111114.7critical
179SomaliaAfrica1.51.51.5111114.7critical
180IranMEast1.211.211.211.212.5critical
181Democratic Republic of CAfrica1.12511.111.11.11.11.22.3critical
182AfghanistanSAsia111111110critical
183BelarusEEur111111110critical
184EritreaAfrica111111110critical
185IsraelMEast111111110critical
186MyanmarSEAsia111111110critical
187North KoreaEAsia111111110critical
188RussiaEEur111111110critical
189South SudanAfrica111111110critical
190SudanMEast111111110critical
191SyriaMEast111111110critical
192TurkmenistanCAsia111111110critical
193YemenMEast111111110critical

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World Countries Compassion Benchmark Index 2026 — Complete Rankings

World Countries Compassion Benchmark Index 2026193 entities ranked by composite compassion score
RankCountryComposite ScoreBandAWREMPACTEQUBNDACCSYSINT
1Switzerland97.5exemplary4.54.54.5454.54.54.5
2Iceland87.5exemplary4.44.74.44.44.74.44.44.7
3Canada84.6exemplary44.543.54.5444
4Ireland84.6exemplary44.543.54.5444
5Finland84.4exemplary4.54.54.344.54.54.54.3
6Austria83exemplary4443.54.5444
7Estonia83exemplary4443.54.5444
8Liechtenstein83exemplary4443.54.5444
9Taiwan83exemplary4443.54.5444
10Uruguay83exemplary4443.54.5444
11Costa Rica81.4exemplary4443.54444
12Denmark81.3exemplary4.54.543.84.54.54.54
13Luxembourg81.3exemplary4.14.44.13.84.44.14.13.8
14Sweden81.3exemplary4.34.543.84.54.34.54.3
15Norway78.1established4.34.34.33.844.34.34
16Belgium77.9established4443.54443.5
17Germany72.8established4.344.33.543.843.5
18New Zealand70.3established4443.343.843.5
19Botswana67.5established3.63.63.73.73.83.73.73.8
20Japan65.6established3.53.53.534.53.53.54
21Netherlands65.6established44433.53.53.83.3
22Portugal65.6established3.543.53.543.53.53.5
23Andorra62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
24Australia62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
25Barbados62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
26Cabo Verde62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
27Cape Verde62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
28Chile62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
29Czech Republic62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
30France62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
31Latvia62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
32Lithuania62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
33San Marino62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
34Slovenia62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
35South Korea62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
36United Kingdom62.5established3.53.53.5343.53.53.5
37Singapore62.2established3.83.543.33.8342.8
38Ghana60.9established3.53.53.533.53.53.53.5
39Malta60.9established3.53.53.533.53.53.53.5
40Seychelles60.9established3.53.53.533.53.53.53.5
41Mauritius60functional3.43.43.42.83.83.23.43.3
42Spain60functional3.53.53.43.33.43.23.53.4
43Mongolia54.7functional3.13.1333.13.43.33.5
44Palau53.1functional333.52.53.533.53
45Bhutan51.6functional33.532.53.5333
46Monaco51.6functional3332.54333
47Cook Islands50functional3332.53.5333
48Cyprus50functional3332.53.5333
49Namibia50functional3332.53.5333
50Samoa50functional3332.53.5333
51South Africa50functional3332.53.5333
52Ukraine50functional333.52.53333
53Hungary50functional32.932.73.13.13.13.1
54Argentina48.4functional3332.53333
55Armenia48.4functional3332.53333
56Fiji48.4functional3332.53333
57Micronesia48.4functional3332.53333
58Nepal48.4functional3332.53333
59Sao Tome and Principe48.4functional3332.53333
60São Tomé and Príncipe48.4functional3332.53333
61Trinidad and Tobago48.4functional3332.53333
62Tuvalu48.4functional3332.53333
63Malaysia46.9functional3332.53332.5
64Italy46functional2.832.82.532.632.8
65Poland42.2functional32.53232.532.5
66Marshall Islands41.4functional2.82.62.42.42.52.83.12.8
67Vanuatu41.4functional2.82.52.52.32.52.83.33
68Croatia40.6functional2.62.62.62.52.82.52.82.6
69Timor-Leste40.6functional2.62.62.42.42.52.832.8
70Greece39.1developing32.52.52.52.52.532
71Kiribati39.1developing2.532.52.52.52.52.52.5
72Jamaica37.5developing2.52.52.5232.52.52.5
73Oman37.5developing2.52.52.5232.52.52.5
74Panama37.5developing2.52.52.5232.52.52.5
75Romania37.5developing2.52.52.5232.52.52.5
76Albania35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
77Belize35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
78Benin35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
79Brazil35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
80Colombia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
81Côte d'Ivoire35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
82Dominican Republic35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
83Ecuador35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
84Guyana35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
85Indonesia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
86Jordan35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
87Kenya35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
88Kosovo35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
89Lesotho35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
90Liberia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
91Malawi35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
92Maldives35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
93Moldova35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
94Montenegro35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
95Morocco35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
96North Macedonia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
97Peru35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
98Sierra Leone35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
99Solomon Islands35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
100Suriname35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
101Tanzania35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
102The Gambia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
103Tonga35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
104Zambia35.9developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52.5
105Bangladesh34.4developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52
106Georgia34.4developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52
107Serbia34.4developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52
108Sri Lanka34.4developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52
109Tunisia34.4developing2.52.52.522.52.52.52
110Vatican City34.4developing2.52.52.51.532.52.52
111Vietnam34.4developing2.52.5322.522.52
112Senegal33.6developing322.51.252.51.7532.5
113Cuba32.8developing2.52.532.521.531.5
114Mexico32.8developing2.52.52.522.522.52
115Philippines32.8developing2.52.52.522.522.52
116Thailand32.8developing2.52.52.522.522.52
117Slovakia31.6developing2.22.32.22.12.12.12.42.2
118Kyrgyzstan31.3developing2.52.52.52222.52
119Bulgaria30.4developing2.32.32.32222.42.1
120Bolivia28.4developing2.42.41.91.92.31.82.42
121Rwanda27.3developing2.2522.7522.251.52.51.5
122Kuwait25developing2221.52.5222
123Nauru25developing2221.52.5222
124Palestine25developing22.5221.5222
125Paraguay25developing2221.52.5222
126United States23.4developing1.91.91.91.72.31.921.9
127Angola23.4developing2221.52222
128Bosnia and Herzegovina23.4developing2221.52222
129Brunei23.4developing2221.52.5221.5
130Comoros23.4developing2221.52222
131Guatemala23.4developing2221.52222
132Madagascar23.4developing2221.52222
133Mozambique23.4developing2221.52222
134Togo23.4developing2221.52222
135UAE23.4developing2221.531.521.5
136India22.7developing21.91.81.81.91.92.12
137Nigeria21.9developing21.7521.5221.752
138Algeria20.3developing2221.521.521.5
139Cameroon20.3developing2221.521.521.5
140Djibouti20.3developing2221.521.521.5
141El Salvador20.3developing2221.521.521.5
142Gabon20.3developing2221.521.521.5
143Guinea20.3developing2221.521.521.5
144Guinea-Bissau20.3developing2221.521.521.5
145Honduras20.3developing2221.521.521.5
146Kazakhstan20.3developing2221.521.521.5
147Mauritania20.3developing2221.521.521.5
148Papua New Guinea20.3developing2221.521.521.5
149Republic of Congo20.3developing2221.521.521.5
150Uganda20.3developing2221.521.521.5
151Uzbekistan20.3developing2221.521.521.5
152Zimbabwe20.3developing2221.521.521.5
153China19.5critical222.51.51.7512.51
154Venezuela18critical1.81.81.61.61.51.91.81.9
155Lebanon17.2critical2221.51.51.51.51.5
156Pakistan17.2critical1.8751.8751.8751.3751.8751.3751.8751.375
157Egypt14.1critical1.51.51.51.521.51.51.5
158Laos14.1critical1.51.51.51.521.51.51.5
159Burkina Faso12.5critical1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
160Cambodia12.5critical1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
161Iraq12.5critical1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
162Mali12.5critical1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
163Niger12.5critical1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
164Chad10.9critical1.51.51.511.51.51.51.5
165Qatar10.9critical1.51.51.512.511.51
166Turkey10.3critical1.61.61.61.41.21.151.61.15
167Azerbaijan9.4critical1.51.51.51211.51
168Bahrain9.4critical1.51.51.51211.51
169Equatorial Guinea9.4critical1.51.51.51211.51
170Eswatini9.4critical1.51.51.51211.51
171Saudi Arabia9.4critical1.61.41.61.31.61.11.61
172Burundi7.8critical1.51.51.511.511.51
173Nicaragua7.8critical1.51.51.511.511.51
174Tajikistan7.8critical1.51.51.511.511.51
175Central African Republic4.7critical1.51.51.511111
176Ethiopia4.7critical1.51.5111.5111
177Haiti4.7critical1.51.51.511111
178Libya4.7critical1.51.51.511111
179Somalia4.7critical1.51.51.511111
180Iran2.5critical1.211.211.211.21
181Democratic Republic of C2.3critical1.12511.111.11.11.11.2
182Afghanistan0critical11111111
183Belarus0critical11111111
184Eritrea0critical11111111
185Israel0critical11111111
186Myanmar0critical11111111
187North Korea0critical11111111
188Russia0critical11111111
189South Sudan0critical11111111
190Sudan0critical11111111
191Syria0critical11111111
192Turkmenistan0critical11111111
193Yemen0critical11111111

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