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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
36.3Mean score
33.9Median score
8Dimensions
2026Publication year

Band distribution

BandRangeCount%
exemplary81-100105%
established61-803217%
functional41-602714%
developing21-405629%
critical0-206835%

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RankCountryRegionAWREMPACTEQUBNDACCSYSINTScoreBand
1FinlandNEur5554.55555100exemplary
2DenmarkNEur5554.55555100exemplary
3NorwayNEur5554.55555100exemplary
4IcelandNEur4.554.54.5554.5598.8exemplary
5SwedenNEur4.554.54.554.554.597.2exemplary
6SwitzerlandWEur4.54.54.5454.54.54.592.5exemplary
7New ZealandPac4.554.544.54.54.54.592.5exemplary
8NetherlandsWEur4.54.54.544.54.54.54.590.9exemplary
9GermanyWEur4.54.54.544.54.54.54.590.9exemplary
10LuxembourgWEur4.54.54.544.54.54.54.590.9exemplary
11CanadaNAm44.543.54.544479.6established
12IrelandWEur44.543.54.544479.6established
13AustriaWEur4443.54.544478established
14EstoniaEEur4443.54.544478established
15TaiwanEAsia4443.54.544478established
16UruguayLAm4443.54.544478established
17LiechtensteinWEur4443.54.544478established
18Costa RicaLAm4443.5444476.4established
19BelgiumWEur4443.54443.574.9established
20SingaporeSEAsia44434.53.543.573.3established
21PortugalWEur3.543.53.543.53.53.568.6established
22JapanEAsia3.53.53.534.53.53.5468.6established
23AustraliaPac3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
24United KingdomWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
25FranceWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
26Czech RepublicEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
27SloveniaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
28LatviaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
29LithuaniaEEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
30MauritiusAfrica3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
31Cape VerdeAfrica3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
32South KoreaEAsia3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
33ChileLAm3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
34BarbadosLAm3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
35AndorraWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
36San MarinoWEur3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
37Cabo VerdeAfrica3.53.53.5343.53.53.565.5established
38SpainWEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
39BotswanaAfrica3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
40GhanaAfrica3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
41SeychellesAfrica3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
42MaltaWEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
43PalauPac333.52.53.533.5353.1functional
44BhutanSAsia33.532.53.533351.6functional
45MonacoWEur3332.5433351.6functional
46ItalyWEur3332.53.533350functional
47SlovakiaEEur3332.53.533350functional
48UkraineEEur333.52.5333350functional
49South AfricaAfrica3332.53.533350functional
50NamibiaAfrica3332.53.533350functional
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51SamoaPac3332.53.533350functional
52Cook IslandsPac3332.53.533350functional
53CyprusWEur3332.53.533350functional
54CroatiaEEur3332.5333348.4functional
55SenegalAfrica3332.5333348.4functional
56São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica3332.5333348.4functional
57NepalSAsia3332.5333348.4functional
58MongoliaEAsia3332.5333348.4functional
59ArgentinaLAm3332.5333348.4functional
60Trinidad and TobagoLAm3332.5333348.4functional
61FijiPac3332.5333348.4functional
62MicronesiaPac3332.5333348.4functional
63TuvaluPac3332.5333348.4functional
64ArmeniaEEur3332.5333348.4functional
65Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica3332.5333348.4functional
66GreeceWEur3332.53332.546.9functional
67MalaysiaSEAsia3332.53332.546.9functional
68RwandaAfrica2.533.52.5323.5241.8functional
69PolandEEur32.53232.532.540.2functional
70Timor-LesteSEAsia2.532.52.52.52.52.52.539.1developing
71KiribatiPac2.532.52.52.52.52.52.539.1developing
72Marshall IslandsPac2.532.52.52.52.52.52.539.1developing
73RomaniaEEur2.52.52.5232.52.52.535.5developing
74OmanMEast2.52.52.5232.52.52.535.5developing
75PanamaLAm2.52.52.5232.52.52.535.5developing
76JamaicaLAm2.52.52.5232.52.52.535.5developing
77United StatesNAm2.52.52.5232.52.52.535.5developing
78BulgariaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
79North MacedoniaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
80AlbaniaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
81KosovoEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
82MontenegroEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
83MoldovaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
84JordanMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
85MoroccoMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
86KenyaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
87TanzaniaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
88ZambiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
89MalawiAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
90Côte d'IvoireAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
91Sierra LeoneAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
92LiberiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
93BeninAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
94LesothoAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
95MaldivesSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
96IndonesiaSEAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
97BrazilLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
98ColombiaLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
99EcuadorLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
100PeruLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
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101BoliviaLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
102Dominican RepublicLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
103GuyanaLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
104SurinameLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
105BelizeLAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
106Solomon IslandsPac2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
107VanuatuPac2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
108TongaPac2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
109The GambiaAfrica2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
110SerbiaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
111TunisiaMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
112IndiaSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
113Sri LankaSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
114BangladeshSAsia2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
115VietnamSEAsia2.52.5322.522.5232.4developing
116GeorgiaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
117TurkeyMEast2.52.52.522.522.5230.8developing
118PhilippinesSEAsia2.52.52.522.522.5230.8developing
119ThailandSEAsia2.52.52.522.522.5230.8developing
120MexicoLAm2.52.52.522.522.5230.8developing
121Vatican CityWEur2.52.52.51.532.52.5229.4developing
122KyrgyzstanCAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
123IsraelMEast2.522.51.532.52.5227.8developing
124CubaLAm2.52.532.521.531.527.8developing
125HungaryEEur2.522.51.52.522.51.523.1developing
126KuwaitMEast2221.52.522220critical
127PalestineMEast22.5221.522220critical
128ParaguayLAm2221.52.522220critical
129NauruPac2221.52.522220critical
130Bosnia and HerzegovinaEEur2221.5222218.4critical
131UAEMEast2221.531.521.518.4critical
132NigeriaAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
133MozambiqueAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
134MadagascarAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
135AngolaAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
136TogoAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
137ComorosAfrica2221.5222218.4critical
138BruneiSEAsia2221.52.5221.518.4critical
139GuatemalaLAm2221.5222218.4critical
140AlgeriaMEast2221.521.521.515.3critical
141UgandaAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
142CameroonAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
143ZimbabweAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
144GuineaAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
145DjiboutiAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
146MauritaniaAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
147PakistanSAsia2221.521.521.515.3critical
148ChinaEAsia222.51.5212.5115.3critical
149KazakhstanCAsia2221.521.521.515.3critical
150UzbekistanCAsia2221.521.521.515.3critical
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151HondurasLAm2221.521.521.515.3critical
152El SalvadorLAm2221.521.521.515.3critical
153Papua New GuineaPac2221.521.521.515.3critical
154GabonAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
155Republic of CongoAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
156Guinea-BissauAfrica2221.521.521.515.3critical
157LebanonMEast2221.51.51.51.51.512.2critical
158EgyptMEast1.51.51.51.521.51.51.59.1critical
159LaosSEAsia1.51.51.51.521.51.51.59.1critical
160IraqMEast1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.57.5critical
161Burkina FasoAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.57.5critical
162MaliAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.57.5critical
163NigerAfrica1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.57.5critical
164CambodiaSEAsia1.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.57.5critical
165QatarMEast1.51.51.512.511.515.9critical
166EthiopiaAfrica1.51.51.511.51.51.51.55.9critical
167Democratic Republic of CAfrica1.51.51.511.51.51.51.55.9critical
168ChadAfrica1.51.51.511.51.51.51.55.9critical
169Saudi ArabiaMEast1.51.51.51211.514.4critical
170BahrainMEast1.51.51.51211.514.4critical
171EswatiniAfrica1.51.51.51211.514.4critical
172VenezuelaLAm1.51.51.51.51.511.514.4critical
173AzerbaijanEEur1.51.51.51211.514.4critical
174Equatorial GuineaAfrica1.51.51.51211.514.4critical
175IranMEast1.51.51.511.511.512.8critical
176BurundiAfrica1.51.51.511.511.512.8critical
177TajikistanCAsia1.51.51.511.511.512.8critical
178NicaraguaLAm1.51.51.511.511.512.8critical
179BelarusEEur111111110critical
180RussiaEEur111111110critical
181YemenMEast111111110critical
182SyriaMEast111111110critical
183LibyaMEast1.51.51.5111110critical
184SudanMEast111111110critical
185Central African RepublicAfrica1.51.51.5111110critical
186South SudanAfrica111111110critical
187SomaliaAfrica1.51.51.5111110critical
188EritreaAfrica111111110critical
189AfghanistanSAsia111111110critical
190North KoreaEAsia111111110critical
191MyanmarSEAsia111111110critical
192TurkmenistanCAsia111111110critical
193HaitiLAm1.51.51.5111110critical

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