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By Vexen Crabtree 2013
#asia #charitability #human_development #indonesia #Myanmar #Thailand #Theravada_Buddhism
Social & Moral Development Index1 | |||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank1 | ||
1 | Japan | 42.5 | |
2 | Taiwan | 50.3 | |
3 | S. Korea | 53.8 | |
4 | Cyprus | 53.9 | |
5 | Singapore | 60.4 | |
6 | Sri Lanka | 68.2 | |
7 | Israel | 69.1 | |
8 | Thailand | 74.3 | |
9 | Malaysia | 76.6 | |
10 | Georgia | 78.0 | |
... | |||
48 | Iraq | 125.6 | |
49 | Yemen | 126.2 | |
50 | Afghanistan | 134.1 | |
Asia Avg | 92.0 | ||
World Avg | 88.6 | ||
q=50. |
Asia as a whole covers a huge range of countries, from full democracies to hardened dictatorships, and from highly developed technological countries, to nations of ill-educated and semi-literate clanspeople. Of this mix, which countries are a shining example to the others?
There are 61 locations that fall within this category. By adding up all the known populations that fall within these locations, and summing their physical land areas, we can calculate population densities. Some islands and territories can end up being counted twice depending on how they are classified and divided up politically, but, mostly such errors involve only small populations. So, some data on this collection of countries in total:
#economics #human_development #population #wealth
Pos. | Population (2018) Population2 | Social & Moral Lower is better Avg Rank1 | Gross National Income (2021) Higher is better PPP $3 | UN HDI (2021) Higher is better Value3 | Land Area (2011) km24 | People Per km2 Lower is better | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 37.2m | 134.1 | $1 824 | 0.478 | 652 230 | 57 |
2 | Armenia | 3.0m | 83.6 | $13 158 | 0.759 | 28 480 | 104 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 9.9m | 95.0 | $14 257 | 0.745 | 82 658 | 120 |
4 | Bahrain | 1.6m | 91.1 | $39 497 | 0.875 | 760 | 2 065 |
5 | Bangladesh | 161.4m | 100.6 | $5 472 | 0.661 | 130 170 | 1 240 |
6 | Bhutan | 0.8m | 100.8 | $9 438 | 0.666 | 38 394 | 20 |
7 | Brunei | 0.4m | 97.6 | $64 490 | 0.829 | 5 270 | 81 |
8 | Cambodia | 16.2m | 111.2 | $4 079 | 0.593 | 176 520 | 92 |
9 | China | 1.4b | 82.8 | $17 504 | 0.768 | 9 327 490 | 153 |
10 | Cyprus | 1.2m | 53.9 | $38 188 | 0.896 | 9 240 | 129 |
11 | Georgia | 4.0m | 78.0 | $14 664 | 0.802 | 69 490 | 58 |
12 | India | 1.4b | 83.1 | $6 590 | 0.633 | 2 973 190 | 455 |
13 | Indonesia | 267.7m | 84.8 | $11 466 | 0.705 | 1 811 570 | 148 |
14 | Iran | 81.8m | 100.3 | $13 001 | 0.774 | 1 628 550 | 50 |
15 | Iraq | 38.4m | 125.6 | $9 977 | 0.686 | 434 320 | 88 |
16 | Israel | 8.4m | 69.1 | $41 524 | 0.919 | 21 640 | 387 |
17 | Japan | 127.2m | 42.5 | $42 274 | 0.925 | 364 500 | 349 |
18 | Jordan | 10.0m | 88.8 | $9 924 | 0.720 | 88 780 | 112 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 18.3m | 90.7 | $23 943 | 0.811 | 2 699 700 | 7 |
20 | N. Korea | 25.5m | 117.1 | 120 410 | 212 | ||
21 | S. Korea | 51.2m | 53.8 | $44 501 | 0.925 | 97 100 | 527 |
22 | Kuwait | 4.1m | 86.0 | $52 920 | 0.831 | 17 820 | 232 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.3m | 94.3 | $4 566 | 0.692 | 191 800 | 33 |
24 | Laos | 7.1m | 117.2 | $7 700 | 0.607 | 230 800 | 31 |
25 | Lebanon | 6.9m | 95.0 | $9 526 | 0.706 | 10 230 | 671 |
26 | Malaysia | 31.5m | 76.6 | $26 658 | 0.803 | 328 550 | 96 |
27 | Maldives | 0.5m | 88.9 | $15 448 | 0.747 | 300 | 1 719 |
28 | Mongolia | 3.2m | 87.8 | $10 588 | 0.739 | 1 553 560 | 2 |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 53.7m | 116.3 | $3 851 | 0.585 | 653 290 | 82 |
30 | Nepal | 28.1m | 90.0 | $3 877 | 0.602 | 143 350 | 196 |
31 | Oman | 4.8m | 99.4 | $27 054 | 0.816 | 309 500 | 16 |
32 | Pakistan | 212.2m | 110.2 | $4 624 | 0.544 | 770 880 | 275 |
33 | Philippines | 106.7m | 82.5 | $8 920 | 0.699 | 298 170 | 358 |
34 | Qatar | 2.8m | 85.3 | $87 134 | 0.855 | 11 610 | 240 |
35 | Russia | 145.7m | 88.7 | $27 166 | 0.822 | 16 376 870 | 9 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 33.7m | 101.6 | $46 112 | 0.875 | 2 149 690 | 16 |
37 | Singapore | 5.8m | 60.4 | $90 919 | 0.939 | 700 | 8 225 |
38 | Sri Lanka | 21.2m | 68.2 | $12 578 | 0.782 | 62 710 | 339 |
39 | Syria | 16.9m | 119.1 | $4 192 | 0.577 | 183 630 | 92 |
40 | Tajikistan | 9.1m | 110.0 | $4 548 | 0.685 | 139 960 | 65 |
41 | Thailand | 69.4m | 74.3 | $17 030 | 0.800 | 510 890 | 136 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 1.3m | 108.3 | $4 461 | 0.607 | 14 870 | 85 |
43 | Turkey | 82.3m | 79.2 | $31 033 | 0.838 | 769 630 | 107 |
44 | Turkmenistan | 5.9m | 120.9 | $13 021 | 0.745 | 469 930 | 12 |
45 | UAE | 9.6m | 81.0 | $62 574 | 0.911 | 83 600 | 115 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 32.5m | 101.6 | $7 917 | 0.727 | 425 400 | 76 |
47 | Vietnam | 95.5m | 82.9 | $7 867 | 0.703 | 310 070 | 308 |
48 | Yemen | 28.5m | 126.2 | $1 314 | 0.455 | 527 970 | 54 |
49 | Taiwan | 50.3 | |||||
50 | Northern Cyprus | 79.1 | |||||
51 | Hong Kong | 7.4m | $62 607 | 0.952 | 1 042 | 7 075 | |
52 | Macau | 28 | |||||
53 | Palestine | 4.9m | $6 583 | 0.715 | |||
Asia Avg | 93.6m | 92.0 | $22 215 | 0.75 | 946 146 | 99 | |
World Avg | 39.0m | 88.6 | $20 136 | 0.72 | 620 450 | 63 | |
q=53. No data: 85 |
Not showing due to lack of data: Abkhazia.
This page only shows places where the database has enough data to be able to come to reasonable conclusions about each place. The main focus is on nation states, but, some distinct external territories may be listed if the database has enough information about them. Averages are calculated from as many valid data points as possible, meaning, that some territories and locations that are not listed above may still be used to calculate some of the average values. Some calculations only use Independent State data - hover the cursor over values to see hints.
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#charitability #climate_change #culture #education #equality #freedom #gender_equality #health #human_development #human_rights #modernity #morals #peace #politics #prejudice #technology #the_environment #the_internet #tolerance
Here are each country's overall scores across the categories that make up the Social and Moral Development Index. This is followed by lists of how each country scores in each individual data set.
Pos. | Social & Moral Lower is better Avg Rank1 | Responsibility Towards The Environment (2025) Lower is better Avg Rank6 | Culture, Peace & Inequality (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank7 | Modernity & Learning (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank8 | Health (2025) Lower is better Avg Rank9 | Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025) Lower is better Avg Rank10 | |
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1 | Japan | 42.5 | 57.4 | 45.5 | 24.7 | 44.1 | 34.5 |
2 | Taiwan | 50.3 | 86.1 | 37.2 | 43.7 | ||
3 | S. Korea | 53.8 | 84.0 | 49.5 | 22.2 | 55.4 | 48.5 |
4 | Cyprus | 53.9 | 64.8 | 47.4 | 55.6 | 63.1 | 40.5 |
5 | Singapore | 60.4 | 83.3 | 20.2 | 34.1 | 49.5 | 83.1 |
6 | Sri Lanka | 68.2 | 34.9 | 79.8 | 79.2 | 54.3 | 89.6 |
7 | Israel | 69.1 | 95.8 | 68.6 | 29.5 | 70.2 | 65.7 |
8 | Thailand | 74.3 | 59.5 | 67.3 | 75.0 | 74.5 | 90.0 |
9 | Malaysia | 76.6 | 89.5 | 55.4 | 59.4 | 58.6 | 105.8 |
10 | Georgia | 78.0 | 83.6 | 87.1 | 65.6 | 75.9 | 76.4 |
11 | Northern Cyprus | 79.1 | 82.3 | ||||
12 | Turkey | 79.2 | 75.0 | 86.8 | 55.9 | 78.6 | 87.4 |
13 | UAE | 81.0 | 81.8 | 41.1 | 64.3 | 76.7 | 122.3 |
14 | Philippines | 82.5 | 49.6 | 76.8 | 85.1 | 116.9 | 79.6 |
15 | China | 82.8 | 75.2 | 80.6 | 71.4 | 66.8 | 107.2 |
16 | Vietnam | 82.9 | 60.6 | 76.6 | 76.9 | 76.7 | 111.6 |
17 | India | 83.1 | 49.5 | 85.6 | 87.8 | 96.5 | 93.0 |
18 | Armenia | 83.6 | 108.2 | 82.2 | 77.9 | 75.5 | 78.5 |
19 | Indonesia | 84.8 | 61.9 | 65.9 | 93.3 | 93.4 | 107.7 |
20 | Qatar | 85.3 | 94.1 | 44.8 | 74.8 | 70.7 | 121.7 |
21 | Kuwait | 86.0 | 100.5 | 66.3 | 74.7 | 66.8 | 108.4 |
22 | Mongolia | 87.8 | 108.1 | 62.1 | 91.7 | 107.7 | 72.6 |
23 | Russia | 88.7 | 99.2 | 103.2 | 44.3 | 81.8 | 96.8 |
24 | Jordan | 88.8 | 63.1 | 65.4 | 86.1 | 109.8 | 111.1 |
25 | Maldives | 88.9 | 70.5 | 75.1 | 102.1 | 77.3 | 110.2 |
26 | Nepal | 90.0 | 47.9 | 83.4 | 116.8 | 108.4 | 96.9 |
27 | Kazakhstan | 90.7 | 109.8 | 75.8 | 59.8 | 90.7 | 104.7 |
28 | Bahrain | 91.1 | 107.9 | 82.3 | 66.2 | 69.3 | 115.4 |
29 | Kyrgyzstan | 94.3 | 108.7 | 81.7 | 77.3 | 100.5 | 96.7 |
30 | Azerbaijan | 95.0 | 101.2 | 99.5 | 78.9 | 86.0 | 100.8 |
31 | Lebanon | 95.0 | 103.9 | 105.4 | 82.1 | 76.8 | 104.4 |
32 | Brunei | 97.6 | 130.2 | 78.4 | 61.4 | 132.7 | |
33 | Oman | 99.4 | 101.8 | 61.8 | 89.8 | 97.7 | 122.9 |
34 | Iran | 100.3 | 79.0 | 103.4 | 78.0 | 88.6 | 136.5 |
35 | Bangladesh | 100.6 | 69.7 | 95.9 | 121.2 | 106.5 | 112.2 |
36 | Bhutan | 100.8 | 115.3 | 49.2 | 123.9 | 98.6 | 115.8 |
37 | Saudi Arabia | 101.6 | 94.9 | 88.4 | 62.0 | 94.9 | 143.6 |
38 | Uzbekistan | 101.6 | 116.1 | 82.9 | 76.5 | 92.2 | 121.1 |
39 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 108.3 | 137.5 | 71.5 | 125.5 | 124.4 | 98.1 |
40 | Tajikistan | 110.0 | 128.6 | 88.6 | 101.3 | 118.2 | 106.4 |
41 | Pakistan | 110.2 | 72.0 | 99.2 | 116.1 | 127.9 | 133.7 |
42 | Cambodia | 111.2 | 84.0 | 110.5 | 140.0 | 109.5 | 122.8 |
43 | Myanmar (Burma) | 116.3 | 99.9 | 105.7 | 137.3 | 94.9 | 145.3 |
44 | N. Korea | 117.1 | 132.3 | 52.9 | 162.3 | ||
45 | Laos | 117.2 | 97.0 | 95.5 | 124.4 | 135.6 | 126.3 |
46 | Syria | 119.1 | 77.4 | 124.9 | 126.9 | 122.2 | 137.3 |
47 | Turkmenistan | 120.9 | 134.1 | 96.7 | 114.0 | 102.7 | 145.8 |
48 | Iraq | 125.6 | 102.8 | 116.6 | 124.6 | 139.7 | 138.0 |
49 | Yemen | 126.2 | 71.9 | 130.3 | 141.2 | 148.2 | 134.5 |
50 | Afghanistan | 134.1 | 75.7 | 140.3 | 147.7 | 155.0 | 155.8 |
Asia Avg | 92.0 | 86.44 | 79.59 | 78.26 | 80.90 | 103.00 | |
World Avg | 88.6 | 84.93 | 78.12 | 86.31 | 96.74 | 86.55 | |
q=50. |
The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.
For more, see:
#asia #birth_control #china #demographics #emigration #health #immigration #india #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population
Population:
Pos. | Population (2018) Population2 | Life Expectancy (2021) Higher is better Years3 | Fertility Rate (2022) 2.0 is best11 | Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016) Lower is better Per 10012 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 37.2m | 62.0 | 4.52 | 05.0 |
2 | Armenia | 3.0m | 72.0 | 1.58 | 28.7 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 9.9m | 69.4 | 1.67 | 18.7 |
4 | Bahrain | 1.6m | 78.8 | 1.80 | 08.7 |
5 | Bangladesh | 161.4m | 72.4 | 1.95 | 10.6 |
6 | Bhutan | 0.8m | 71.8 | 1.40 | 10.8 |
7 | Brunei | 0.4m | 74.6 | 1.76 | 16.2 |
8 | Cambodia | 16.2m | 69.6 | 2.32 | 10.4 |
9 | China | 1.4b | 78.2 | 1.18 | 25.3 |
10 | Cyprus | 1.2m | 81.2 | 1.31 | 26.9 |
11 | Georgia | 4.0m | 71.7 | 2.06 | 29.7 |
12 | India | 1.4b | 67.2 | 2.01 | 12.5 |
13 | Indonesia | 267.7m | 67.6 | 2.15 | 12.4 |
14 | Iran | 81.8m | 73.9 | 1.68 | 13.4 |
15 | Iraq | 38.4m | 70.4 | 3.45 | 06.0 |
16 | Israel | 8.4m | 82.3 | 2.89 | 22.9 |
17 | Japan | 127.2m | 84.8 | 1.26 | 53.1 |
18 | Jordan | 10.0m | 74.3 | 2.79 | 08.0 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 18.3m | 69.4 | 3.05 | 15.6 |
20 | N. Korea | 25.5m | 73.3 | 1.79 | 17.8 |
21 | S. Korea | 51.2m | 83.7 | 0.78 | 37.6 |
22 | Kuwait | 4.1m | 78.7 | 2.09 | 06.8 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.3m | 70.0 | 2.80 | 12.1 |
24 | Laos | 7.1m | 68.1 | 2.45 | 08.1 |
25 | Lebanon | 6.9m | 75.0 | 2.08 | 21.1 |
26 | Malaysia | 31.5m | 74.9 | 1.79 | 14.5 |
27 | Maldives | 0.5m | 79.9 | 1.68 | 11.0 |
28 | Mongolia | 3.2m | 71.0 | 2.77 | 11.8 |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 53.7m | 65.7 | 2.13 | 12.5 |
30 | Nepal | 28.1m | 68.4 | 2.01 | 10.8 |
31 | Oman | 4.8m | 72.5 | 2.57 | 07.8 |
32 | Pakistan | 212.2m | 66.1 | 3.41 | 08.6 |
33 | Philippines | 106.7m | 69.3 | 2.73 | 10.3 |
34 | Qatar | 2.8m | 79.3 | 1.78 | 05.1 |
35 | Russia | 145.7m | 69.4 | 1.42 | 29.5 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 33.7m | 76.9 | 2.39 | 09.5 |
37 | Singapore | 5.8m | 82.8 | 1.04 | 36.5 |
38 | Sri Lanka | 21.2m | 76.4 | 1.97 | 23.7 |
39 | Syria | 16.9m | 72.1 | 2.70 | 09.0 |
40 | Tajikistan | 9.1m | 71.6 | 3.14 | 09.1 |
41 | Thailand | 69.4m | 78.7 | 1.32 | 29.2 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 1.3m | 67.7 | 3.05 | 08.2 |
43 | Turkey | 82.3m | 76.0 | 1.88 | 18.0 |
44 | Turkmenistan | 5.9m | 69.3 | 2.62 | 11.0 |
45 | UAE | 9.6m | 78.7 | 1.44 | 07.7 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 32.5m | 70.9 | 3.31 | 11.9 |
47 | Vietnam | 95.5m | 73.6 | 1.94 | 18.3 |
48 | Yemen | 28.5m | 63.8 | 3.72 | 05.7 |
49 | Hong Kong | 7.4m | 85.5 | 0.70 | 43.7 |
50 | Palestine | 4.9m | 73.5 | 06.5 | |
Asia Avg | 93.6m | 73.48 | 2.17 | 16.2 | |
World Avg | 39.0m | 71.28 | 2.47 | 18.3 | |
q=50. No data: 1113 |
Migration:
Some of the smaller countries of Asia have very high immigration rates. The countries in Asia with the highest percent of immigrants in their populations are UAE (88.4%), Kuwait (75.5%) and Qatar (65.2%), although the average for Asia is 14%. Several other countries approach an immigration rate of 50%. Conversely, emigration is highest in Palestine (68.4%), Armenia (28.2%) and Georgia (25.1%), with an average continental rate of 8%. The two massive countries of China and India (both with over a billion inhabitants) see less than half a percent of their people come or go.
For full commentary and data, see:
#biodiversity #climate_change #deforestation #energy #environmentalism #food #internationalism #meat #over-exploitation #sustainability #the_environment #veganism #vegetarianism
All countries' current and historical approach towards the environment is gauged via 21 datasets, including multiple decades of data on its forested percent change 2000-2020, its environmental performance, energy to GDP efficiency, its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment, the rate of rational beliefs on the environment in the population, reducing annual meat consumption per person and its score on the Green Future Index.
The countries that do the best (Sri Lanka, Uruguay and Switzerland) tend to have avoided the excesses of early industrial countries, and have not yet repeated the same mistakes of environmental destruction - at least, not on the same scale. The regions with the best average results per country are Central America, South America and Scandinavia. The worst are Eritrea, The Vatican City and Timor-Leste (E. Timor), and the worst regions Micronesia, Australasia and Melanesia.
For more, see:
Pos. | Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better14 | Environmental Performance (2018) Higher is better15 | Energy to GDP Efficiency (2022) Lower is better Avg16 | International Accords on the Environment Higher is better Avg Rate | Rational Beliefs on the Environment (2011) Higher is better %17 | Meat Consumption (2021) Lower is better kg18 | Green Future Index (2023) Higher is better Score19 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 37.7 | 0.43 | 41% | 23.6% | 08.7 | |
2 | Armenia | -1.3% | 62.1 | 1.42 | 72% | 25.3% | 60.0 | |
3 | Azerbaijan | 14.2% | 62.3 | 1.18 | 66% | 31.7% | 37.1 | |
4 | Bahrain | 75.2% | 55.2 | 4.19 | 50% | 26.3% | 82.8 | |
5 | Bangladesh | -1.9% | 29.6 | 0.61 | 57% | 61.5% | 04.3 | 3.5 |
6 | Bhutan | 4.5% | 47.2 | 35% | 13.6 | |||
7 | Brunei | -4.3% | 63.6 | 39% | ||||
8 | Cambodia | -25.6% | 43.2 | 1.07 | 47% | 37.1% | 12.6 | |
9 | China | 23.0% | 50.7 | 1.68 | 64% | 15.1% | 63.6 | 5.1 |
10 | Cyprus | 0.5% | 72.6 | 0.92 | 71% | 71.0% | 75.8 | |
11 | Georgia | 2.2% | 55.7 | 1.22 | 79% | 31.9% | 37.8 | |
12 | India | 6.7% | 30.6 | 0.98 | 69% | 41.2% | 05.7 | 4.3 |
13 | Indonesia | -9.2% | 46.9 | 0.71 | 61% | 66.5% | 18.6 | 4.3 |
14 | Iran | 15.2% | 58.2 | 2.24 | 64% | 47.9% | 31.6 | 2.6 |
15 | Iraq | 0.9% | 43.2 | 1.24 | 28% | 24.9% | 18.3 | |
16 | Israel | -8.4% | 75.0 | 0.94 | 55% | 27.6% | 107.7 | 4.6 |
17 | Japan | 0.2% | 74.7 | 1.05 | 70% | 64.7% | 57.2 | 5.1 |
18 | Jordan | 0.0% | 62.2 | 1.10 | 69% | 41.4% | 36.0 | |
19 | Kazakhstan | 9.7% | 54.6 | 1.63 | 70% | 25.0% | 71.8 | 4.1 |
20 | N. Korea | -6.7% | 2.46 | 44% | 12.8 | |||
21 | S. Korea | -2.9% | 62.3 | 1.67 | 56% | 70.7% | 81.5 | 6.0 |
22 | Kuwait | 28.9% | 62.3 | 2.02 | 49% | 19.6% | 81.3 | 4.1 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.1% | 54.9 | 2.20 | 46% | 32.0% | 39.0 | |
24 | Laos | -4.8% | 42.9 | 2.75 | 44% | 45.3% | 29.8 | |
25 | Lebanon | 3.8% | 61.1 | 2.06 | 49% | 54.3% | 36.3 | |
26 | Malaysia | -2.9% | 59.2 | 1.53 | 64% | 46.6% | 65.3 | 3.7 |
27 | Maldives | 0.0% | 52.1 | 61% | 28.8 | |||
28 | Mongolia | -0.6% | 57.5 | 1.68 | 55% | 38.4% | 115.6 | |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | -19.0% | 45.3 | 0.53 | 44% | 20.0 | ||
30 | Nepal | -0.1% | 31.4 | 0.55 | 67% | 52.8% | 17.3 | |
31 | Oman | -16.7% | 51.3 | 2.28 | 48% | 48.0 | ||
32 | Pakistan | -18.2% | 37.5 | 0.81 | 67% | 23.2% | 18.6 | 3.7 |
33 | Philippines | -1.3% | 57.7 | 0.57 | 62% | 70.8% | 32.9 | 4.6 |
34 | Qatar | 0.0% | 67.8 | 1.46 | 51% | 26.5% | 83.0 | 3.4 |
35 | Russia | 0.7% | 63.8 | 2.25 | 62% | 23.5% | 78.4 | 3.6 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 57.5 | 1.76 | 52% | 27.2% | 55.1 | 4.1 |
37 | Singapore | -7.9% | 64.2 | 2.06 | 62% | 41.6% | 5.0 | |
38 | Sri Lanka | -2.5% | 60.6 | 0.39 | 65% | 43.1% | 12.0 | |
39 | Syria | 20.0% | 2.12 | 54% | 26.6% | 17.8 | ||
40 | Tajikistan | 3.4% | 47.9 | 1.67 | 54% | 11.1% | 32.4 | |
41 | Thailand | 4.7% | 49.9 | 1.26 | 61% | 49.9% | 26.0 | 4.1 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | -3.0% | 49.5 | 36% | 17.2 | |||
43 | Turkey | 10.0% | 53.0 | 0.86 | 47% | 47.4% | 43.0 | 3.8 |
44 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 66.1 | 4.69 | 58% | 8.6% | 57.4 | |
45 | UAE | 2.5% | 58.9 | 1.73 | 57% | 20.8% | 84.3 | 4.8 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 23.3% | 45.9 | 1.52 | 69% | 11.3% | 42.3 | |
47 | Vietnam | 23.0% | 47.0 | 1.55 | 55% | 49.1% | 52.6 | 4.1 |
48 | Yemen | 0.0% | 0.59 | 48% | 43.2% | 17.8 | ||
49 | Taiwan | 72.8 | 1.10 | 89.8 | 4.5 | |||
50 | Hong Kong | 0.67 | 54.8% | 146.9 | 4.9 | |||
51 | Palestine | 11.5% | 0.91 | 19% | 27.5% | |||
Asia Avg | 3.2% | 54.5 | 1.50 | 55.4% | 37.9% | 46.7 | 4.3 | |
World Avg | -0.1% | 56.4 | 1.23 | 57.5% | 39.9% | 52.5 | 4.8 | |
q=51. No data: 1020 |
#capitalism #charity #corruption #culture #economics #equality #extremism #happiness #health #human_development #inequality #life_expectancy #morals #peace #politics #poverty #religious_violence #social_development #terrorism
This is the final pillar of the Social and Moral Development Index; it has 22 datasets, including multiple decades of data on World Giving Index, resisting corruption, overall happiness, Creativity and Culture, Open Trading, Aid and Development, its Global Peace Index rating, Peacekeeping and Security, Refugees and UN Treaties, the impact of terrorism, Inequality in Life Expectancy, Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) and Multidimensional Poverty.
For more, see:
National Culture:
The region of south-east Asia hosts some of the kindest people in the world. Myanmar and Thailand often top the World Giving Index21, which the Charities Aid Foundation attributes to the teachings and values of Theravada Buddhism21. Likewise, in Indonesia, giving is strongly encouraged by the Islamic doctrine of zakat, causing that country to give to charity at three times the global average rate.
Pos. | World Giving Index (2022) Higher is better %22 | Corruption (2022) Higher is better Points23 | Happiness (2024) Higher is better Score24 | Creativity & Culture (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | Open Trading, Aid & Development (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 21.0 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 115 | 140 |
2 | Armenia | 29.0 | 46.0 | 5.5 | 103 | 48 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 23.0 | 4.9 | 139 | 86 | |
4 | Bahrain | 45.0 | 44.0 | 6.0 | 105 | 157 |
5 | Bangladesh | 33.0 | 25.0 | 3.9 | 130 | 132 |
6 | Bhutan | 68.0 | ||||
7 | Brunei | 79 | 159 | |||
8 | Cambodia | 19.0 | 24.0 | 4.3 | 89 | 138 |
9 | China | 42.0 | 45.0 | 5.9 | 111 | 113 |
10 | Cyprus | 40.0 | 52.0 | 5.9 | 44 | 38 |
11 | Georgia | 31.0 | 56.0 | 5.4 | 109 | 11 |
12 | India | 40.0 | 40.0 | 4.4 | 57 | 149 |
13 | Indonesia | 68.0 | 34.0 | 5.6 | 88 | 133 |
14 | Iran | 43.0 | 25.0 | 5.1 | 157 | 148 |
15 | Iraq | 37.0 | 23.0 | 5.0 | 156 | 153 |
16 | Israel | 37.0 | 63.0 | 7.2 | 63 | 99 |
17 | Japan | 20.0 | 73.0 | 6.1 | 45 | 47 |
18 | Jordan | 32.0 | 47.0 | 4.3 | 91 | 24 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 34.0 | 36.0 | 6.4 | 131 | 131 |
20 | N. Korea | 17.0 | ||||
21 | S. Korea | 22.0 | 63.0 | 6.0 | 34 | 65 |
22 | Kuwait | 42.0 | 6.6 | 110 | 83 | |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 44.0 | 27.0 | 5.9 | 76 | 60 |
24 | Laos | 27.0 | 31.0 | 5.3 | 145 | 112 |
25 | Lebanon | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.2 | 66 | 31 |
26 | Malaysia | 40.0 | 47.0 | 6.0 | 41 | 19 |
27 | Maldives | 40.0 | ||||
28 | Mongolia | 46.0 | 33.0 | 5.8 | 96 | 33 |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 52.0 | 23.0 | 4.3 | ||
30 | Nepal | 40.0 | 34.0 | 5.3 | ||
31 | Oman | 44.0 | 6.2 | 126 | 75 | |
32 | Pakistan | 29.0 | 27.0 | 4.8 | 150 | 123 |
33 | Philippines | 47.0 | 33.0 | 6.1 | 58 | 12 |
34 | Qatar | 58.0 | 114 | 61 | ||
35 | Russia | 46.0 | 28.0 | 5.9 | 101 | 116 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 36.0 | 51.0 | 6.6 | 136 | 85 |
37 | Singapore | 45.0 | 83.0 | 6.6 | 29 | 18 |
38 | Sri Lanka | 44.0 | 36.0 | 3.9 | 141 | 52 |
39 | Syria | 13.0 | 152 | 147 | ||
40 | Tajikistan | 39.0 | 24.0 | 5.4 | ||
41 | Thailand | 48.0 | 36.0 | 6.2 | 54 | 109 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 42.0 | 133 | 29 | ||
43 | Turkey | 40.0 | 36.0 | 5.3 | 75 | 40 |
44 | Turkmenistan | 19.0 | ||||
45 | UAE | 47.0 | 67.0 | 6.8 | 53 | 49 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 38.0 | 31.0 | 6.2 | ||
47 | Vietnam | 43.0 | 42.0 | 6.4 | 102 | 88 |
48 | Yemen | 16.0 | 3.6 | 155 | 137 | |
49 | Taiwan | 34.0 | 68.0 | 6.7 | ||
50 | Hong Kong | 37.0 | 76.0 | 5.5 | ||
51 | Palestine | 4.8 | ||||
Asia Avg | 37.9 | 39.98 | 5.41 | 99.0 | 86.3 | |
World Avg | 39.6 | 42.98 | 5.58 | 82.0 | 82.0 | |
q=51. No data: 1020 |
Peace Versus Instability:
Many long-standing ethnic conflicts in south Asia are specifically the results of the way the imperial British drew national state-building lines that cut through ethnic groups; "the purpose was to legitimize conquest and facilitate colonial administration"26, but the result was unnatural divides that caused enduring imbalances of power and perceptions of ethnicity-based inequalities.
Pos. | Global Peace Index (2023) Lower is better Score27 | Peacekeeping & Security (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | Refugees & UN Treaties (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | Impact of Terrorism (2019) Lower is better Score28 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Afghanistan | 3.45 | 152 | 135 | 9.60 |
2 | Armenia | 1.93 | 136 | 104 | 1.17 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 2.10 | 42 | 132 | 0.70 |
4 | Bahrain | 2.15 | 159 | 77 | 3.20 |
5 | Bangladesh | 2.05 | 87 | 59 | 5.21 |
6 | Bhutan | 1.50 | 0.01 | ||
7 | Brunei | 8 | 163 | ||
8 | Cambodia | 1.95 | 86 | 138 | 0.00 |
9 | China | 2.01 | 40 | 109 | 4.47 |
10 | Cyprus | 1.90 | 73 | 17 | 0.42 |
11 | Georgia | 2.07 | 79 | 101 | 1.34 |
12 | India | 2.31 | 32 | 89 | 7.52 |
13 | Indonesia | 1.83 | 7 | 62 | 5.07 |
14 | Iran | 2.80 | 83 | 68 | 4.72 |
15 | Iraq | 3.01 | 158 | 115 | 9.24 |
16 | Israel | 2.71 | 123 | 84 | 4.53 |
17 | Japan | 1.34 | 18 | 47 | 2.29 |
18 | Jordan | 1.90 | 31 | 111 | 3.09 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 1.98 | 20 | 110 | 1.57 |
20 | N. Korea | 2.85 | |||
21 | S. Korea | 1.76 | 35 | 33 | 0.30 |
22 | Kuwait | 1.67 | 140 | 81 | 2.49 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.12 | 121 | 66 | 1.47 |
24 | Laos | 1.78 | 105 | 159 | 1.03 |
25 | Lebanon | 2.58 | 153 | 76 | 4.40 |
26 | Malaysia | 1.51 | 34 | 40 | 2.50 |
27 | Mongolia | 1.77 | 28 | 141 | 0.00 |
28 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.74 | 5.51 | ||
29 | Nepal | 2.01 | 5.09 | ||
30 | Oman | 1.79 | 11 | 119 | |
31 | Pakistan | 2.75 | 92 | 129 | 7.89 |
32 | Philippines | 2.23 | 47 | 61 | 7.14 |
33 | Qatar | 1.52 | 36 | 94 | 0.03 |
34 | Russia | 3.14 | 82 | 97 | 4.90 |
35 | Saudi Arabia | 2.26 | 141 | 117 | 5.24 |
36 | Singapore | 1.33 | 14 | 30 | |
37 | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | 26 | 78 | 3.57 |
38 | Syria | 3.29 | 131 | 142 | 8.01 |
39 | Tajikistan | 2.11 | 3.95 | ||
40 | Thailand | 2.06 | 21 | 23 | 6.03 |
41 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 1.80 | 49 | 102 | |
42 | Turkey | 2.80 | 78 | 39 | 6.53 |
43 | Turkmenistan | 2.11 | |||
44 | UAE | 1.98 | 147 | 53 | 0.05 |
45 | Uzbekistan | 2.03 | 0.02 | ||
46 | Vietnam | 1.75 | 59 | 158 | 1.00 |
47 | Yemen | 3.35 | 157 | 128 | 7.26 |
48 | Taiwan | 1.65 | 1.01 | ||
49 | Palestine | 2.54 | 5.18 | ||
Asia Avg | 2.17 | 76.0 | 92.2 | 3.60 | |
World Avg | 2.07 | 82.0 | 82.0 | 2.78 | |
q=49. No data: 1229 |
Economic Inequality and Poverty:
Pos. | Inequality in Life Expectancy (2019) Lower is better30 | Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) (2023) Lower is better %31 | Multidimensional Poverty (2018) Lower is better Severity32 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Afghanistan | 28.30 | .272 | |
2 | Armenia | 8.70 | 27.9%33 | .001 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 13.90 | 26.6%34 | |
4 | Bahrain | 5.50 | ||
5 | Bangladesh | 17.30 | 33.4%33 | .198 |
6 | Bhutan | 17.10 | 28.5%33 | .175 |
7 | Brunei | 7.60 | ||
8 | Cambodia | 18.10 | .170 | |
9 | China | 7.90 | 35.7%35 | .016 |
10 | Cyprus | 3.60 | 31.3%35 | |
11 | Georgia | 7.90 | 33.5%33 | |
12 | India | 19.70 | 32.8%35 | .123 |
13 | Indonesia | 13.90 | 36.1%36 | .028 |
14 | Iran | 9.20 | 34.8%33 | |
15 | Iraq | 15.90 | 29.5%37 | .033 |
16 | Israel | 3.30 | 37.9%35 | |
17 | Japan | 2.90 | 32.9%38 | |
18 | Jordan | 10.60 | 33.7%39 | .002 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 7.70 | 29.2%35 | .002 |
20 | N. Korea | 11.50 | ||
21 | S. Korea | 3.00 | 32.9%35 | |
22 | Kuwait | 5.90 | ||
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.30 | 26.4%33 | .008 |
24 | Laos | 22.60 | 38.8%40 | .108 |
25 | Lebanon | 7.40 | 31.8%41 | |
26 | Malaysia | 6.10 | 40.7%35 | |
27 | Maldives | 6.00 | 29.3%42 | .003 |
28 | Mongolia | 13.10 | 31.4%33 | .042 |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 22.80 | 30.7%43 | .176 |
30 | Nepal | 17.50 | 30.0%33 | .148 |
31 | Oman | 6.70 | ||
32 | Pakistan | 29.90 | 29.6%40 | .198 |
33 | Philippines | 15.30 | 40.7%35 | .024 |
34 | Qatar | 5.70 | 35.1%43 | |
35 | Russia | 7.10 | 35.1%35 | |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 6.40 | ||
37 | Singapore | 2.50 | ||
38 | Sri Lanka | 7.00 | 37.7%42 | |
39 | Syria | 13.00 | 26.6%33 | .029 |
40 | Tajikistan | 16.70 | 34.0%44 | .029 |
41 | Thailand | 7.90 | 34.9%35 | .003 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 21.70 | 28.7%45 | .210 |
43 | Turkey | 9.00 | 44.4%35 | |
44 | Turkmenistan | 23.40 | .001 | |
45 | UAE | 5.20 | 26.4%40 | |
46 | Uzbekistan | 13.90 | 31.2%33 | |
47 | Vietnam | 12.90 | 36.1%33 | .019 |
48 | Yemen | 24.70 | 36.7%45 | .241 |
49 | Taiwan | 31.6%35 | ||
50 | Hong Kong | 2.50 | ||
51 | Palestine | 12.00 | 33.7%46 | .004 |
Asia Avg | 11.80 | 33.0% | .084 | |
World Avg | 14.59 | 36.5% | .154 | |
q=51. No data: 1020 |
#education #english #intelligence #it_security #maths #modernity #politics #religion #religiosity #research #science #secularisation #technology #the_internet
The most modern countries, with the best results from education, the highest levels of research, and with the easiest access to information on the Internet, are Finland, Belgium and Denmark47. The worst countries are Eritrea, S. Sudan and Sierra Leone47. Despite improves in global education, access to tertiary (adult) education is becoming increasingly unequal between the rich haves and the poor have-nots48.
“Education, at all levels and ages, is the single most vital support for equality as well as being a country's most vital economic and social resource. [...] Every successful aspirant to modernisation and economic development, from Japan to South Korea, China to Chile, has got there with a big emphasis on education.”
Bill Emmott (2017)49
15 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on Research and Development, Secondary Education, Length of Schooling, Intellectual Endeavours, Maths, Science & Reading, Religiosity, IQ, the percent of citizens with access to the internet, Freedom On The Internet, IT Security, IPv6 Uptake and digital quality of life. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe47, whereas the worst are Melanesia, Africa and Micronesia47.
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Modernity and Education:
Pos. | Research & Development (2016) Higher is better % RDP PPP | Secondary Education (2018) Higher is better50 | Length of Schooling (2021) Higher is better Years51 | Intellectual Endeavours (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | Maths, Science & Reading (2015) Higher is better Score52 | Religiosity (2018) Lower is better %53 | IQ (2006) Higher is better54 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 26.1% | 10.3 | 159 | 92 | 84 | ||
2 | Armenia | 0.2455 | 97.2% | 13.1 | 56 | 53 | 94 | |
3 | Azerbaijan | 0.2155 | 95.6% | 13.5 | 129 | 38 | 87 | |
4 | Bahrain | 0.0455 | 59.6% | 16.3 | 115 | |||
5 | Bangladesh | 46.7% | 12.4 | 130 | 80 | 82 | ||
6 | Bhutan | 12.0% | 13.2 | |||||
7 | Brunei | 70.1% | 14.0 | 125 | 91 | |||
8 | Cambodia | 21.3% | 11.5 | 153 | 91 | |||
9 | China | 0.0355 | 78.6% | 14.2 | 70 | 154356 | 3 | 105 |
10 | Cyprus | 0.4855 | 80.3% | 15.6 | 31 | 1313 | ||
11 | Georgia | 0.1357 | 98.0% | 15.6 | 86 | 1216 | 51 | 94 |
12 | India | 0.8258 | 51.6% | 11.9 | 67 | 80 | 82 | |
13 | Indonesia | 0.0855 | 48.8% | 13.7 | 160 | 1186 | 93 | 87 |
14 | Iran | 0.3159 | 69.8% | 14.6 | 90 | 78 | 84 | |
15 | Iraq | 0.0358 | 48.0% | 12.1 | 162 | 82 | 87 | |
16 | Israel | 4.1160 | 89.1% | 16.1 | 34 | 1416 | 36 | 95 |
17 | Japan | 3.5860 | 93.6% | 15.2 | 61 | 1586 | 10 | 105 |
18 | Jordan | 0.4361 | 84.0% | 10.6 | 65 | 1197 | 85 | 84 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 0.1755 | 98.6% | 15.8 | 116 | 22 | 94 | |
20 | N. Korea | 10.8 | ||||||
21 | S. Korea | 4.2960 | 95.2% | 16.5 | 44 | 1557 | 16 | 106 |
22 | Kuwait | 0.3055 | 51.5% | 15.3 | 127 | 86 | ||
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1658 | 98.4% | 13.2 | 80 | 47 | 90 | |
24 | Laos | 40.4% | 10.1 | 100 | 89 | |||
25 | Lebanon | 54.9% | 11.3 | 68 | 1129 | 57 | 82 | |
26 | Malaysia | 1.1362 | 80.8% | 13.3 | 52 | 77 | 92 | |
27 | Maldives | 47.1% | 12.6 | |||||
28 | Mongolia | 0.2355 | 88.8% | 15.0 | 131 | 101 | ||
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 0.1163 | 25.8% | 10.9 | ||||
30 | Nepal | 0.3059 | 35.9% | 12.9 | 78 | |||
31 | Oman | 0.1755 | 66.4% | 14.6 | 123 | 83 | ||
32 | Pakistan | 0.2955 | 37.2% | 8.7 | 88 | 94 | 84 | |
33 | Philippines | 0.1164 | 73.2% | 13.1 | 146 | 91 | 86 | |
34 | Qatar | 0.4762 | 67.5% | 12.6 | 145 | 1222 | ||
35 | Russia | 1.1960 | 95.9% | 15.8 | 53 | 1476 | 16 | 97 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0765 | 72.8% | 16.1 | 81 | 84 | ||
37 | Singapore | 2.0066 | 79.6% | 16.5 | 26 | 1655 | 108 | |
38 | Sri Lanka | 0.1659 | 82.8% | 14.1 | 117 | 79 | ||
39 | Syria | 41.0% | 9.2 | 140 | 83 | |||
40 | Tajikistan | 0.1255 | 93.1% | 11.7 | 50 | |||
41 | Thailand | 0.3958 | 44.8% | 15.9 | 107 | 1245 | 91 | |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 12.6 | 73 | |||||
43 | Turkey | 1.0160 | 53.1% | 18.3 | 55 | 1273 | 68 | |
44 | Turkmenistan | 13.2 | 87 | |||||
45 | UAE | 0.4958 | 70.7% | 15.7 | 84 | 1298 | 84 | |
46 | Uzbekistan | 99.9% | 12.5 | 29 | 87 | |||
47 | Vietnam | 0.1958 | 69.4% | 13.0 | 128 | 1507 | 18 | 94 |
48 | Yemen | 28.0% | 9.1 | 108 | 85 | |||
49 | Taiwan | 3.0160 | 1571 | 105 | ||||
50 | Hong Kong | 0.7362 | 79.4% | 17.3 | 1598 | 108 | ||
51 | Macau | 0.0555 | 1582 | |||||
52 | Palestine | 61.1% | 13.4 | 86 | ||||
Asia Avg | 0.75 | 66.0% | 13.5 | 97.1 | 1398 | 55.8 | 90.4 | |
World Avg | 0.84 | 63.0% | 13.5 | 82.0 | 1389 | 54.3 | 85.6 | |
q=52. No data: 967 |
Technology and Information:
Pos. | Internet Users (2016) Higher is better68 | Internet Freedom (2012) Lower is better69 | IT Security (2013) Lower is better70 | IPv6 Uptake (2017) Higher is better Ratio71 | Digital Quality of Life (2024) Higher is better72 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Afghanistan | 7% | 1.45 | |||
2 | Armenia | 50% | 1.22 | 0.0 | 43.9% | |
3 | Azerbaijan | 61% | 50 | 1.21 | 0.0 | 46.0% |
4 | Bahrain | 92% | 71 | 0.0 | 51.1% | |
5 | Bangladesh | 13% | 1.87 | 0.0 | 40.3% | |
6 | Bhutan | 37% | 0.4 | |||
7 | Brunei | 72% | 0.0 | |||
8 | Cambodia | 11% | 0.0 | 29.4% | ||
9 | China | 52% | 85 | 1.59 | 0.3 | 54.8% |
10 | Cyprus | 72% | 0.0 | 61.6% | ||
11 | Georgia | 53% | 30 | 0.0 | 43.4% | |
12 | India | 35% | 39 | 2.10 | 26.8 | 47.0% |
13 | Indonesia | 20% | 42 | 1.05 | 0.2 | 47.5% |
14 | Iran | 49% | 90 | 0.85 | 0.1 | 32.5% |
15 | Iraq | 13% | 1.84 | 0.0 | ||
16 | Israel | 73% | 0.20 | 1.8 | 65.4% | |
17 | Japan | 91% | 0.22 | 22.1 | 68.3% | |
18 | Jordan | 46% | 45 | 0.0 | 42.6% | |
19 | Kazakhstan | 56% | 58 | 1.23 | 0.0 | 47.6% |
20 | S. Korea | 86% | 34 | 0.56 | 1.2 | 66.0% |
21 | Kuwait | 80% | 0.93 | 0.0 | 44.9% | |
22 | Kyrgyzstan | 34% | 35 | 0.0 | 39.5% | |
23 | Laos | 16% | 0.86 | 0.0 | 31.5% | |
24 | Lebanon | 76% | 0.0 | |||
25 | Malaysia | 69% | 43 | 0.96 | 16.5 | 57.5% |
26 | Maldives | 54% | 1.57 | 0.0 | ||
27 | Mongolia | 36% | 1.42 | 0.0 | 34.6% | |
28 | Myanmar (Burma) | 3% | 75 | 0.0 | ||
29 | Nepal | 17% | 1.45 | 30.3% | ||
30 | Oman | 71% | 1.72 | 0.0 | 47.9% | |
31 | Pakistan | 18% | 63 | 0.38 | 0.0 | 33.5% |
32 | Philippines | 44% | 23 | 0.24 | 0.0 | 47.9% |
33 | Qatar | 92% | 0.65 | 0.0 | 58.6% | |
34 | Russia | 71% | 52 | 2.42 | 1.3 | 52.1% |
35 | Saudi Arabia | 65% | 71 | 0.93 | 6.8 | 57.5% |
36 | Singapore | 83% | 4.0 | 67.9% | ||
37 | Sri Lanka | 29% | 55 | 1.67 | 2.9 | 36.3% |
38 | Syria | 30% | 83 | 0.0 | ||
39 | Tajikistan | 19% | 1.01 | 25.9% | ||
40 | Thailand | 43% | 61 | 3.3 | 51.4% | |
41 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 1% | 0.0 | |||
42 | Turkey | 58% | 46 | 0.52 | 0.3 | 52.2% |
43 | Turkmenistan | 15% | 1.23 | 0.0 | ||
44 | UAE | 92% | 0.3 | 55.8% | ||
45 | Uzbekistan | 51% | 77 | 0.69 | 0.0 | |
46 | Vietnam | 52% | 73 | 1.15 | 5.9 | 44.2% |
47 | Yemen | 25% | 0.0 | 14.9% | ||
48 | Taiwan | 0.44 | ||||
49 | Hong Kong | 74% | 0.12 | 0.7 | ||
50 | Macau | 73% | 4.2 | |||
51 | Palestine | 63% | 0.0 | |||
Asia Avg | 48.7% | 56.6 | 1.08 | 2.11 | 46.4% | |
World Avg | 48.1% | 46.7 | 0.98 | 3.82 | 48.4% | |
q=51. No data: 1073 |
#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #mental_health #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #smoking #suicide #vaccines
The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and The Isle of Man74. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria74.
21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Balkans74, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia74.
For more, see:
Health:
Pos. | Life Expectancy (2021) Higher is better Years3 | Alcohol Consumption (2016) Lower is better Per Capita75 | Fertility Rate (2022) 2.0 is best11 | Smoking Rates (2014) Lower is better76 | Suicide Rate (2013) Per 100k77 | Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance (2017) Lower is better Rank25 | Overweight Adults (2016) Lower is better %78 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 62.0 | 0.2 | 4.52 | 84 | 131 | 23.0 | |
2 | Armenia | 72.0 | 5.5 | 1.58 | 1 545 | 3.9 | 31 | 54.4 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 69.4 | 0.8 | 1.67 | 2 114 | 1.3 | 89 | 53.6 |
4 | Bahrain | 78.8 | 1.9 | 1.80 | 969 | 7.5 | 93 | 65.8 |
5 | Bangladesh | 72.4 | 0.0 | 1.95 | 665 | 32 | 20.0 | |
6 | Bhutan | 71.8 | 0.6 | 1.40 | 155 | 27.1 | ||
7 | Brunei | 74.6 | 0.4 | 1.76 | 1 023 | 68 | 41.2 | |
8 | Cambodia | 69.6 | 6.7 | 2.32 | 645 | 65 | 21.7 | |
9 | China | 78.2 | 7.2 | 1.18 | 2 250 | 48 | 32.3 | |
10 | Cyprus | 81.2 | 10.8 | 1.31 | 1 688 | 9.1 | 59 | 59.1 |
11 | Georgia | 71.7 | 9.8 | 2.06 | 1 378 | 8.8 | 66 | 54.2 |
12 | India | 67.2 | 5.7 | 2.01 | 111 | 20.8 | 35 | 19.7 |
13 | Indonesia | 67.6 | 0.8 | 2.15 | 1 322 | 84 | 28.2 | |
14 | Iran | 73.9 | 1.0 | 1.68 | 869 | 118 | 61.6 | |
15 | Iraq | 70.4 | 0.4 | 3.45 | 1 227 | 135 | 64.6 | |
16 | Israel | 82.3 | 3.8 | 2.89 | 1 346 | 8.5 | 51 | 64.3 |
17 | Japan | 84.8 | 8.0 | 1.26 | 1 713 | 49.4 | 21 | 27.2 |
18 | Jordan | 74.3 | 0.7 | 2.79 | 1 855 | 0.2 | 18 | 69.6 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 69.4 | 7.7 | 3.05 | 2 157 | 52.4 | 72 | 53.6 |
20 | N. Korea | 73.3 | 3.9 | 1.79 | 610 | 32.4 | ||
21 | S. Korea | 83.7 | 10.2 | 0.78 | 2 073 | 62 | 19 | 30.3 |
22 | Kuwait | 78.7 | 0.0 | 2.09 | 1 517 | 3.6 | 20 | 73.4 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 70.0 | 6.2 | 2.80 | 68379 | 17.7 | 86 | 48.3 |
24 | Laos | 68.1 | 10.4 | 2.45 | 836 | 123 | 25.4 | |
25 | Lebanon | 75.0 | 1.5 | 2.08 | 3 023 | 63 | 67.9 | |
26 | Malaysia | 74.9 | 0.9 | 1.79 | 584 | 46 | 42.5 | |
27 | Maldives | 79.9 | 2.7 | 1.68 | 215 | 0.7 | 30.6 | |
28 | Mongolia | 71.0 | 7.4 | 2.77 | 957 | 130 | 55.6 | |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 65.7 | 4.8 | 2.13 | 206 | 24.8 | ||
30 | Nepal | 68.4 | 2.0 | 2.01 | 83 | 21.0 | ||
31 | Oman | 72.5 | 0.8 | 2.57 | 577 | 26 | 62.6 | |
32 | Pakistan | 66.1 | 0.3 | 3.41 | 511 | 38 | 28.4 | |
33 | Philippines | 69.3 | 6.6 | 2.73 | 1 291 | 94 | 27.6 | |
34 | Qatar | 79.3 | 2.0 | 1.78 | 698 | 25 | 71.7 | |
35 | Russia | 69.4 | 11.7 | 1.42 | 2 690 | 63.4 | 43 | 57.1 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 76.9 | 0.2 | 2.39 | 1 395 | 15 | 69.7 | |
37 | Singapore | 82.8 | 2.0 | 1.04 | 652 | 20.6 | 49 | 31.8 |
38 | Sri Lanka | 76.4 | 4.3 | 1.97 | 322 | 78 | 23.3 | |
39 | Syria | 72.1 | 0.3 | 2.70 | 459 | 88 | 61.4 | |
40 | Tajikistan | 71.6 | 3.3 | 3.14 | 533 | 5.2 | 45.3 | |
41 | Thailand | 78.7 | 8.3 | 1.32 | 895 | 15.8 | 37 | 32.6 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 67.7 | 2.1 | 3.05 | 105 | 21.6 | ||
43 | Turkey | 76.0 | 2.0 | 1.88 | 1 581 | 44 | 66.8 | |
44 | Turkmenistan | 69.3 | 5.4 | 2.62 | 92579 | 51.8 | ||
45 | UAE | 78.7 | 3.8 | 1.44 | 715 | 14 | 67.8 | |
46 | Uzbekistan | 70.9 | 2.7 | 3.31 | 573 | 9.3 | 48.2 | |
47 | Vietnam | 73.6 | 8.4 | 1.94 | 1 215 | 99 | 18.3 | |
48 | Yemen | 63.8 | 0.1 | 3.72 | 388 | 119 | 48.8 | |
49 | Hong Kong | 85.5 | 0.70 | 345 | 29.7 | |||
50 | Palestine | 73.5 | ||||||
Asia Avg | 73.48 | 3.9 | 2.17 | 1 035 | 19.50 | 64.4 | 44.3 | |
World Avg | 71.28 | 6.2 | 2.47 | 819 | 20.93 | 82.0 | 49.0 | |
q=50. No data: 1113 |
Children's Health:
Pos. | Adolescent Birth Rate (2022) Lower is better Per 100080 | Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015) Higher is better Avg %81 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 79.7 | 70.6 |
2 | Armenia | 18.3 | 95.6 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 40.1 | 92.2 |
4 | Bahrain | 8.7 | 98.2 |
5 | Bangladesh | 73.3 | 94.0 |
6 | Bhutan | 18.5 | 95.6 |
7 | Brunei | 9.5 | 96.6 |
8 | Cambodia | 45.7 | 86.5 |
9 | China | 11.1 | 99.0 |
10 | Cyprus | 6.8 | 95.3 |
11 | Georgia | 29.7 | 93.1 |
12 | India | 16.3 | 75.1 |
13 | Indonesia | 32.9 | 76.4 |
14 | Iran | 29.7 | 98.1 |
15 | Iraq | 61.2 | 70.7 |
16 | Israel | 7.4 | 95.2 |
17 | Japan | 2.8 | 95.7 |
18 | Jordan | 24.9 | 96.6 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 20.9 | 97.1 |
20 | N. Korea | 2.4 | 93.8 |
21 | S. Korea | 2.1 | 98.6 |
22 | Kuwait | 5.3 | 97.5 |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.8 | 96.7 |
24 | Laos | 71.8 | 83.3 |
25 | Lebanon | 20.0 | 79.4 |
26 | Malaysia | 9.1 | 96.0 |
27 | Maldives | 6.8 | 96.2 |
28 | Mongolia | 25.0 | 98.7 |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 32.8 | 80.3 |
30 | Nepal | 63.4 | 90.1 |
31 | Oman | 9.7 | 98.0 |
32 | Pakistan | 41.2 | 73.0 |
33 | Philippines | 48.1 | 77.9 |
34 | Qatar | 6.9 | 95.6 |
35 | Russia | 14.5 | 97.0 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 11.6 | 98.0 |
37 | Singapore | 2.5 | 94.6 |
38 | Sri Lanka | 15.4 | 98.4 |
39 | Syria | 38.1 | 62.4 |
40 | Tajikistan | 44.9 | 96.1 |
41 | Thailand | 31.6 | 97.8 |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 33.3 | 76.5 |
43 | Turkey | 15.7 | 95.5 |
44 | Turkmenistan | 21.2 | 97.2 |
45 | UAE | 2.8 | 94.0 |
46 | Uzbekistan | 15.7 | 98.9 |
47 | Vietnam | 35.0 | 92.3 |
48 | Yemen | 52.5 | 67.4 |
49 | Hong Kong | 1.6 | |
50 | Palestine | 42.9 | |
Asia Avg | 25.9 | 90.5 | |
World Avg | 43.8 | 88.3 | |
q=50. No data: 1113 |
#Asia #china #equality #freedom #gender_equality #hong_kong #human_rights #morals #politics #prejudice #tolerance
Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)10 | |||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank10 | ||
1 | Japan | 34.5 | |
2 | Cyprus | 40.5 | |
3 | Taiwan | 43.7 | |
4 | S. Korea | 48.5 | |
5 | Israel | 65.7 | |
6 | Mongolia | 72.6 | |
7 | Hong Kong | 74.5 | |
8 | Georgia | 76.4 | |
9 | Armenia | 78.5 | |
10 | Philippines | 79.6 | |
... | |||
50 | Turkmenistan | 145.8 | |
51 | Afghanistan | 155.8 | |
52 | N. Korea | 162.3 | |
Asia Avg | 103.00 | ||
World Avg | 86.55 | ||
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Asia is a huge and diverse continent, so much so, that's it's not necessarily sensible to attempt to compare countries across the continent as a whole. Nonetheless, it is still a major geographical bloc, and we should let those who do well shine and serve as examples. The best countries in Asia at protecting human rights, engendering tolerance and supporting equality, are Japan, Cyprus and Taiwan but the continent as a whole does poorly compared to the global average. The worst countries are N. Korea, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Hong Kong shows us something about the statistics: They are often several years behind reality; HK now has been subject to increasing restrictions and is also less transparent to the outside world due to Chinese control.
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#belief #buddhism #christianity #folk_religion #god #hinduism #human_development #islam #judaism #no_religion #religion #religiosity #secularisation
Pos. | Religiosity (2018) Lower is better %53 | Disbelief In God (2007) Higher is better %82 | Jews (2010) %83 | Christians (2010) %83 | Muslims (2010) %83 | Hindus (2010) %83 | Buddhists (2010) %83 | Folk Religion (2010) %83 | Unaffiliated (2010) %83 | |
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1 | Afghanistan | 92 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 99.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
2 | Armenia | 53 | 14 | 0.1 | 98.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
3 | Azerbaijan | 38 | 0 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 96.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
4 | Bahrain | 0.6 | 14.5 | 70.3 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | ||
5 | Bangladesh | 80 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 89.8 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
6 | Bhutan | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 22.6 | 74.7 | 1.9 | 0.1 | ||
7 | Brunei | 0 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 75.1 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 0.4 | |
8 | Cambodia | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 96.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
9 | China | 3 | 12 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 21.9 | 52.2 |
10 | Cyprus | 0.1 | 73.2 | 25.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | ||
11 | Georgia | 51 | 4 | 0.1 | 88.5 | 10.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
12 | India | 80 | 3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 14.4 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
13 | Indonesia | 93 | 2 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 87.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
14 | Iran | 78 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 99.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
15 | Iraq | 82 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 99.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
16 | Israel | 36 | 15 | 75.6 | 2.0 | 18.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
17 | Japan | 10 | 65 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36.2 | 0.4 | 57.0 |
18 | Jordan | 85 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 97.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
19 | Kazakhstan | 22 | 12 | 0.1 | 24.8 | 70.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
20 | N. Korea | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 12.3 | 71.3 | ||
21 | S. Korea | 16 | 30 | 0.1 | 29.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 22.9 | 0.8 | 46.4 |
22 | Kuwait | 0 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 74.1 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
23 | Kyrgyzstan | 47 | 7 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 88.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
24 | Laos | 5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 66.0 | 30.7 | 0.9 | |
25 | Lebanon | 57 | 3 | 0.1 | 38.3 | 61.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
26 | Malaysia | 77 | 0 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 63.7 | 6.0 | 17.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
27 | Maldives | 0.1 | 0.4 | 98.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
28 | Mongolia | 20 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 55.1 | 3.5 | 35.9 | |
29 | Myanmar (Burma) | 0.1 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 80.1 | 5.8 | 0.5 | ||
30 | Nepal | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 80.7 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | |
31 | Oman | 0 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 85.9 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
32 | Pakistan | 94 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 96.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
33 | Philippines | 91 | 0 | 0.1 | 92.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
34 | Qatar | 0.1 | 13.8 | 67.7 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | ||
35 | Russia | 16 | 27 | 0.2 | 73.3 | 10.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 16.2 |
36 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 93.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
37 | Singapore | 13 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 14.3 | 5.2 | 33.9 | 2.3 | 16.4 | |
38 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 69.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
39 | Syria | 0 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 92.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
40 | Tajikistan | 50 | 2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 96.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
41 | Thailand | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 93.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
42 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 0.1 | 99.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
43 | Turkey | 68 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 98.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
44 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 93.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
45 | UAE | 0 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 76.9 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
46 | Uzbekistan | 29 | 4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 96.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
47 | Vietnam | 18 | 81 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 45.3 | 29.6 |
48 | Yemen | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 99.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
49 | Taiwan | 24 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 21.3 | 44.2 | 12.7 | |
50 | Hong Kong | 0.1 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 56.1 | ||
51 | Macau | 0.1 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 17.3 | 58.9 | 15.4 | ||
52 | Palestine | 86 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 97.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Asia Avg | 55.8 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 16.1 | 48.0 | 5.2 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 8.4 | |
World Avg | 54.3 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 60.6 | 22.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 7.9 | |
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