Compassion Benchmark
Global Cities Compassion Benchmark · 2026

Top 250 Global Cities Compassion Benchmark Index 2026

Comparative benchmark of 250 cities worldwide across governance, equity, healthcare access, social protection, and structural care capacity.

250Cities ranked
32.6Mean score
29.2Median score
8Dimensions
2026Publication year

Band distribution

BandRangeCount%
exemplary81-100125%
established61-803012%
functional41-603414%
developing21-406626%
critical0-2010843%

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RankCityCountryRegionAWREMPACTEQUBNDACCSYSINTScoreBand
1CopenhagenDenmarkNEur5554.54.5555100exemplary
2HelsinkiFinlandNEur54.554.54.5555100exemplary
3StockholmSwedenNEur4.54.554.54.5554.597.2exemplary
4OsloNorwayNEur4.54.554.54.5554.597.2exemplary
5ViennaAustriaNEur4.54.554.54.54.554.595.6exemplary
6ZurichSwitzerlandNEur4.54.5544.554.54.594.1exemplary
7AarhusDenmarkNEur4.54.54.544.54.54.54.590.9exemplary
8AmsterdamNetherlandsNEur4.54.54.544.54.54.5489.4exemplary
9BernSwitzerlandWEur444.544.554.54.589.4exemplary
10GothenburgSwedenNEur4.54.54.5444.54.5487.8exemplary
11MunichGermanyNEur444.5444.54.5484.7exemplary
12HamburgGermanyWEur444.53.544.54.5481.1exemplary
13WellingtonNew ZealandOcean4443.544.54478established
14MelbourneAustraliaOcean444.53.53.544.53.576.4established
15TaipeiTaiwanEAsia4443.5444476.4established
16MontevideoUruguaySAm4443.5444476.4established
17TallinnEstoniaEEur43.543.544.54476.4established
18LjubljanaSloveniaEEur4443.5444476.4established
19BerlinGermanyWEur4443.53.544.53.574.9established
20BarcelonaSpainWEur4443.53.544.53.574.9established
21RotterdamNetherlandsWEur4443.53.544.53.574.9established
22MontrealCanadaNAm4443.53.5443.573.3established
23LyonFranceWEur43.543.53.5443.571.8established
24AucklandNew ZealandOcean3.53.543.53.5443.570.2established
25BrusselsBelgiumWEur3.53.543.53.53.543.568.6established
26MadridSpainWEur3.53.543.53.53.543.568.6established
27SydneyAustraliaOcean3.53.5433.5443.568.6established
28TokyoJapanEAsia3.53.5433.53.543.567.1established
29ParisFranceWEur3.53.5433.53.54365.5established
30OsakaJapanEAsia3.53.5433.53.53.53.565.5established
31LisbonPortugalWEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
32TorontoCanadaNAm3.53.54333.54363.9established
33VancouverCanadaNAm3.53.54333.54363.9established
34SeoulSouth KoreaEAsia3.53.54333.54363.9established
35PragueCzech RepublicEEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
36PortoPortugalWEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
37ValenciaSpainSEur3.53.53.533.53.54363.9established
38BridgetownBarbadosCarib3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
39VilniusLithuaniaEEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
40RigaLatviaEEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
41BratislavaSlovakiaEEur3.53.53.533.53.53.53.563.9established
42WarsawPolandEEur3.53.54333.53.5362.4established
43MilanItalySEur3.53.53.5333.53.5360.8functional
44SevilleSpainSEur3.53.53.5333.53.5360.8functional
45BostonUSANAm3.53.53.52.533.54357.8functional
46DublinIrelandWEur333.5333.53.5357.7functional
47SingaporeSingaporeEAsia3.534.532.5342.556.2functional
48PortlandUSANAm3.53.53.53333.52.554.7functional
49BogotáColombiaSAm3.53.53.532.533.5354.7functional
50MedellínColombiaSAm3.53.53.532.533.5354.7functional
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51SeattleUSANAm3.53.53.532.533.52.553.1functional
52MinneapolisUSANAm3.53.53.52.52.533.52.551.6functional
53KyivUkraineEEur3332.533.53350functional
54Washington DCUSANAm333.52.52.533.52.548.4functional
55New York CityUSANAm333.52.52.533.52.548.4functional
56SantiagoChileSAm333.52.53332.548.4functional
57Tel AvivIsraelMEast333.52.52.533.52.548.4functional
58San JoséCosta RicaCAm3332.5333348.4functional
59ZagrebCroatiaEEur3332.5333348.4functional
60CastriesSaint LuciaCarib3332.5333348.4functional
61MendozaArgentinaSAm3332.5333348.4functional
62Porto AlegreBrazilSAm3332.52.533.5348.4functional
63Buenos AiresArgentinaSAm333.52.52.5332.546.9functional
64BudapestHungaryEEur333.52.52.5332.546.9functional
65AthensGreeceSEur333.52.52.5332.546.9functional
66La PazBoliviaSAm3332.52.533346.9functional
67CuritibaBrazilSAm3332.52.533.52.546.9functional
68RomeItalySEur3332.52.5332.545.3functional
69CórdobaArgentinaSAm3332.52.5332.545.3functional
70FlorianópolisBrazilSAm3332.52.5332.545.3functional
71San FranciscoUSANAm333.52.52.533.5244.9functional
72Mexico CityMexicoNAm3332.52.52.532.543.8functional
73PhiladelphiaUSANAm3332.52.52.532.543.8functional
74HoustonUSANAm3332.52.52.532.543.8functional
75Belo HorizonteBrazilSAm3332.52.52.532.543.8functional
76Cape TownSouth AfricaAfric33322.5332.541.8functional
77Kuala LumpurMalaysiaSEAsia2.52.532.52.52.532.540.6developing
78BucharestRomaniaEEur2.52.532.52.52.52.52.539.1developing
79SarajevoBosniaEEur2.52.52.52.52.52.52.52.537.5developing
80AtlantaUSANAm2.52.5322.52.532.537.1developing
81DetroitUSANAm2.52.52.522.52.532.535.5developing
82SucreBoliviaSAm2.52.52.522.532.52.535.5developing
83ChicagoUSANAm2.52.53222.53233.9developing
84Los AngelesUSANAm2.52.53222.53233.9developing
85KigaliRwandaAfric2.52.532.5223233.9developing
86YerevanArmeniaMEast2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
87SofiaBulgariaEEur2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
88AmmanJordanMEast2.52.53222.52.52.533.9developing
89MuscatOmanMEast2.52.53222.52.52.533.9developing
90GaboroneBotswanaAfric2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
91NassauBahamasCarib2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
92BucaramangaColombiaSAm2.52.52.522.52.52.52.533.9developing
93AccraGhanaAfric2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
94DakarSenegalAfric2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
95ColomboSri LankaSAsia2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
96TunisTunisiaAfric2.52.52.522.52.52.5232.4developing
97WindhoekNamibiaAfric2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
98ParamariboSurinameSAm2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
99GeorgetownGuyanaSAm2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
100Port of SpainTrinidad & T.Carib2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
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101BarranquillaColombiaSAm2.52.52.5222.52.52.532.4developing
102BangkokThailandSEAsia2.52.532222.5230.8developing
103JakartaIndonesiaSEAsia2.52.532222.5230.8developing
104MumbaiIndiaSAsia2.52.532222.5230.8developing
105DelhiIndiaSAsia2.52.532222.5230.8developing
106BangaloreIndiaSAsia2.52.52.52223230.8developing
107São PauloBrazilSAm2.52.532222.5230.8developing
108IstanbulTurkeyMEast2.52.532222.5230.8developing
109JohannesburgSouth AfricaAfric2.52.532222.5230.8developing
110TbilisiGeorgiaMEast2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
111PhoenixUSANAm2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
112Panama CityPanamaCAm2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
113NaplesItalySEur2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
114RecifeBrazilSAm2.52.532222.5230.8developing
115KumasiGhanaAfric2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
116SurabayaIndonesiaSEAsia2.52.52.52222.52.530.8developing
117RosarioArgentinaSAm2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
118Campo GrandeBrazilSAm2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
119PalmasBrazilSAm2.52.52.5222.52.5230.8developing
120KolkataIndiaSAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
121ChennaiIndiaSAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
122LimaPeruSAm2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
123NairobiKenyaAfric2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
124Santo DomingoDom. RepublicCarib2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
125HyderabadIndiaSAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
126PuneIndiaSAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
127CasablancaMoroccoAfric2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
128QuitoEcuadorSAm2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
129AnkaraTurkeyMEast2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
130BandungIndonesiaSEAsia2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
131CaliColombiaSAm2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
132BelémBrazilSAm2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
133GoiâniaBrazilSAm2.52.52.52222.5229.2developing
134Hong KongChinaEAsia2.52.53.52.51.51.531.527.8developing
135SuratIndiaSAsia2.522.52222.5227.7developing
136UlaanbaatarMongoliaEAsia222.5222.52226.1developing
137JaipurIndiaSAsia2.522.52222226.1developing
138ShanghaiChinaEAsia2.52.5321.51.531.524.7developing
139ChengduChinaEAsia2.52.5321.51.531.524.7developing
140Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamSEAsia2.52.532.51.51.52.51.524.7developing
141ShenzhenChinaEAsia2.52321.51.531.523.1developing
142Kuwait CityKuwaitMEast2.522.521.522.5223.1developing
143NanjingChinaEAsia2.522.521.51.52.51.520critical
144HangzhouChinaEAsia2.522.521.51.52.51.520critical
145ChangshaChinaEAsia2.522.521.51.52.51.520critical
146SuzhouChinaEAsia2.522.521.51.52.51.520critical
147BeijingChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
148GuangzhouChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
149ManilaPhilippinesSEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
150DhakaBangladeshSEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
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151AlmatyKazakhstanCAsia2.522.521.51.521.518.4critical
152HavanaCubaCarib22.532112.51.518.4critical
153ChongqingChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
154TianjinChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
155WuhanChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
156Xi'anChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
157ZhengzhouChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
158LusakaZambiaAfric2221.5222218.4critical
159NanningChinaEAsia222.521.51.52.51.518.4critical
160Rio de JaneiroBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.52.51.516.9critical
161DubaiUAEMEast2.5231.511.52.5116.9critical
162Dar es SalaamTanzaniaAfric2221.51.522216.9critical
163HarbinChinaEAsia222.521.51.521.516.9critical
164ShenyangChinaEAsia222.521.51.521.516.9critical
165KunmingChinaEAsia222.521.51.521.516.9critical
166FuzhouChinaEAsia222.521.51.521.516.9critical
167JinanChinaEAsia222.521.51.521.516.9critical
168AlgiersAlgeriaAfric222.521.51.521.516.9critical
169Abu DhabiUAEMEast2.5231.511.52.5116.9critical
170LilongweMalawiAfric2221.51.522216.9critical
171CotonouBeninAfric2221.51.522216.9critical
172KingstonJamaicaCarib222.51.51.5221.516.9critical
173CairoEgyptMEast222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
174LagosNigeriaAfric222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
175San SalvadorEl SalvadorCAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
176GuayaquilEcuadorSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
177SalvadorBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
178FortalezaBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
179Quezon CityPhilippinesSEAsia222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
180ManausBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
181NatalBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
182João PessoaBrazilSAm222.51.51.51.521.515.3critical
183KarachiPakistanSAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
184LahorePakistanSAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
185Addis AbabaEthiopiaAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
186AbidjanCôte d'IvoireAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
187TashkentUzbekistanCAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
188KathmanduNepalSAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
189Phnom PenhCambodiaSEAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
190BakuAzerbaijanMEast2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
191IslamabadPakistanSAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
192Guatemala CityGuatemalaCAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
193AhmedabadIndiaSAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
194KampalaUgandaAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
195AsunciónParaguaySAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
196BeirutLebanonMEast2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
197IbadanNigeriaAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
198ChittagongBangladeshSEAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
199MedanIndonesiaSEAsia2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
200MaputoMozambiqueAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
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201LibrevilleGabonAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
202MaseruLesothoAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
203FreetownSierra LeoneAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
204MonroviaLiberiaAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
205AbujaNigeriaAfric2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
206TegucigalpaHondurasCAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
207MaceióBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
208TeresinaBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
209São LuísBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
210MacapáBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
211Rio BrancoBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
212Boa VistaBrazilSAm2221.51.51.521.513.8critical
213DongguanChinaEAsia21.521.51.51.521.512.2critical
214RiyadhSaudi ArabiaMEast222.51.5112110.6critical
215TehranIranMEast222.51.5112110.6critical
216MoscowRussiaEEur222.51.5112110.6critical
217Porto VelhoBrazilSAm1.51.521.51.51.51.51.59.1critical
218YangonMyanmarSEAsia1.51.521.511215.9critical
219MinskBelarusEEur1.51.521.511215.9critical
220Porto-NovoBeninAfric1.51.51.51.511.51.51.55.9critical
221BaghdadIraqMEast1.51.521.5111.514.4critical
222DavaoPhilippinesSEAsia1.51.521.5111.514.4critical
223CaracasVenezuelaSAm1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
224KinshasaDRCAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
225TripoliLibyaAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
226KhartoumSudanAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
227MogadishuSomaliaAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
228HarareZimbabweAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
229KanoNigeriaAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
230ConakryGuineaAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
231OuagadougouBurkina FasoAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
232PeshawarPakistanSAsia1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
233AntananarivoMadagascarAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
234N'DjamenaChadAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
235NiameyNigerAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
236BamakoMaliAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
237NouakchottMauritaniaAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
238Djibouti CityDjiboutiAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
239BrazzavilleRep. CongoAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
240MbabaneEswatiniAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
241LomeTogoAfric1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
242ManaguaNicaraguaCAm1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
243MaracaiboVenezuelaSAm1.51.51.51.5111.512.8critical
244KabulAfghanistanMEast111111110critical
245AshgabatTurkmenistanCAsia111111110critical
246NaypyidawMyanmarSEAsia111111110critical
247PyongyangNorth KoreaEAsia111111110critical
248AsmaraEritreaAfric111111110critical
249BanguiCent. Afr. Rep.Afric111111110critical
250Port-au-PrinceHaitiCarib111111110critical

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