Madagascar Republic of Madagascar
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	148th best
Capital	Antananarivo
Land Area	581 540km²₁
Location	Africa
Population	26.3m₂
Life Expectancy	65.52yrs (2017)₃
GNI	$1 320 (2017)₄
ISO3166-1 Codes	MG, MDG, 450₅
Internet Domain	.mg₆
Currency	Ariary (MGA)₇
Telephone	+261₈

1. Overview

“Formerly an independent kingdom, Madagascar became a French colony in 1896 but regained independence in 1960. During 1992-93, free presidential and National Assembly elections were held ending 17 years of single-party rule. In 1997, in the second presidential race, Didier RATSIRAKA, the leader during the 1970s and 1980s, was returned to the presidency. The 2001 presidential election was contested between the followers of Didier RATSIRAKA and Marc RAVALOMANANA, nearly causing secession of half of the country. In April 2002, the High Constitutional Court announced RAVALOMANANA the winner. RAVALOMANANA achieved a second term following a landslide victory in the generally free and fair presidential elections of 2006. In early 2009, protests over increasing restrictions on opposition press and activities resulted in RAVALOMANANA handing over power to the military, which then conferred the presidency on the mayor of Antananarivo, Andry RAJOELINA, in what amounted to a coup d'etat. Numerous attempts have been made by regional and international organizations to resolve the subsequent political gridlock by forming a power-sharing government. Madagascar's independent electoral commission and the UN originally planned to hold a presidential election in early May 2013, but postponed the election until late July 2013, due to logistical delays.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

“Lemurs, baobabs, rainforest, beaches, desert, trekking and diving: Madagascar is a dream destination for nature and outdoor lovers, and half the fun is getting to all these incredible attractions.Madagascar is unique: 5% of all known animal and plant species can be found here, and here alone. The remarkable fauna and flora is matched by epic landscapes of an incredible diversity: you can go from rainforest to desert in just 300km. Few places on earth offer such an intense kaleidoscope of nature.
With 5000km of coastline, 450km of barrier reef and 250 islands, no stay in Madagascar would be complete without a few days on the island´s shores. Divers will revel in the choice of sites, from underwater `cathedrals´ to shipwrecks, and will relish the chance to see rays, whale sharks, reef sharks and many other kinds of sharks. Snorkellers will be awed by the sheer grace of turtles and marvel at the rainbow of colours displayed by corals and fish.
There is much history to discover, too, from the 12 sacred hills of Antananarivo to the pirate cemetery of Ile Sainte Marie and the vestige of Madagascar´s industrial revolution in Mantasoa.”
"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₁₀

2. Madagascar National and Social Development

#economics #human_development

UN HDI (2016)₁₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₁₁
1	Norway	1
2	Australia	2
3	Switzerland	2
	...
155	Papua New Guinea	154
156	Solomon Islands	156
157	Mauritania	157
158	Madagascar	158
159	Rwanda	159
160	Comoros	160
161	Lesotho	160
162	Senegal	162
	World Avg	94.3
q=188.

Gross National Income Per-Capita (2011)₁₂
Pos.		Higher is better PPP $₁₂
1	Qatar	$129 916
2	Singapore	$78 162
3	Kuwait	$76 075
	...
180	Eritrea	$1 490
181	Guinea-Bissau	$1 369
182	Comoros	$1 335
183	Madagascar	$1 320
184	Togo	$1 262
185	Mozambique	$1 098
186	Malawi	$1 073
187	Guinea	$1 058
	World Avg	$17 240
q=193.

Social & Moral Development Index₁₃_,₁₄
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₁₃_,₁₄
1	Taiwan	30.2
2	Denmark	30.5
3	Norway	30.9
	...
145	Malawi	109.0
146	Mali	110.1
147	Guinea	110.2
148	Madagascar	110.5
149	Ivory Coast	110.8
150	Tonga	110.8
151	Sao Tome & Principe	110.8
152	Gabon	110.9
	World Avg	86.4
q=195.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

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.

3. Madagascar's Demographics

#birth_control #demographics #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population

Population:

Madagascar's population is predicted to rise to 35.33 million by 2030. These millions of extra people will all need space to live, food to eat, energy to consume, and will increase the burden on the planet's resources. This country has a fertility rate of 4.52. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population is growing, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity, i.e., the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate, which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1.

Population (2018)₂
Pos.		Population₂
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.4b
3	USA	327.1m
	...
48	Venezuela	28.9m
49	Yemen	28.5m
50	Nepal	28.1m
51	Madagascar	26.3m
52	N. Korea	25.5m
53	Cameroon	25.2m
54	Ivory Coast	25.1m
55	Australia	24.9m
	World Avg	39.0m
q=195.

Life Expectancy (2015)₁₂
Pos.		Higher is better Years₁₂
1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
140	Kiribati	66.23
141	Myanmar (Burma)	66.12
142	Turkmenistan	65.73
143	Madagascar	65.52
144	Tanzania	65.51
145	Namibia	65.06
146	Gabon	64.94
147	Rwanda	64.75
	World Avg	71.27
q=190.

Fertility Rate (2013)₁₅
Pos.		2.0 is best₁₅
1	N. Korea	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
149	Mauritania	4.40
150	Congo, (Brazzaville)	4.46
151	Central African Rep.	4.46
152	Madagascar	4.52
153	Iraq	4.57
154	Kenya	4.64
155	Senegal	4.65
156	Gambia	4.73
	World Avg	2.81
q=180.

Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016)₁₆
Pos.		Lower is better Per 100₁₆
1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3	Chad	04.7
	...
33	Sao Tome & Principe	06.2
34	Comoros	06.3
35	Mozambique	06.4
36	Madagascar	06.4
37	Papua New Guinea	06.4
38	Ghana	06.5
39	Palestine	06.5
40	Ethiopia	06.6
	World Avg	18.3
q=185.

Migration:

Immigrants (2017)₁₇
Pos.		%₁₇
1	UAE	88.4%
2	Kuwait	75.5%
3	Qatar	65.2%
	...
188	N. Korea	0.2%
189	Sri Lanka	0.2%
190	Myanmar (Burma)	0.1%
191	Madagascar	0.1%
192	Indonesia	0.1%
193	Cuba	0.1%
194	Vietnam	0.1%
195	China	0.1%
	World Avg	9.4%
q=195.

Emigrants (2010)₁₈
Pos.		%₁₈
1	Dominica	104.8%
2	Palestine	68.4%
3	Samoa	67.3%
	...
185	Qatar	0.7%
186	Nigeria	0.6%
187	Maldives	0.6%
188	China	0.6%
189	Japan	0.6%
190	Oman	0.5%
191	Madagascar	0.4%
192	Montenegro	0.0%
	World Avg	11.5%
q=192.

4. Madagascar's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#equality #freedom #gender_equality #homosexuality #human_rights #international_law #mass_media #morals #politics #prejudice #slavery #tolerance #women

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2020)₁₉_,₂₀
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₁₉_,₂₀
1	Denmark	9.7
2	Sweden	10.0
3	Norway	16.1
	...
108	Jordan	98.8
109	Guyana	99.3
110	Kazakhstan	99.4
111	Madagascar	99.4
112	India	100.0
113	Niger	100.3
114	Kenya	101.1
115	Morocco	101.1
116	Rwanda	101.1
	World Avg	89.8
q=199.

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Denmark, Sweden and Norway₁₉. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Tuvalu, The Solomon Islands and Palestine₁₉.

The data sets used to calculate points for each country are statistics on commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, supporting press freedom, eliminating modern slavery, opposing gender inequality, the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice and LGBT equality. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₁₉, whereas the worst are Micronesia, Melanesia and Australasia₁₉.

Human Rights & Tolerance:

Nominal Commitment to HR (2009)₂₁
Pos.		Higher is better Treaties₂₁
1	Argentina	24
2	Chile	23
3	Costa Rica	23
	...
117	China	14
118	Mauritius	14
119	Botswana	14
120	Madagascar	14
121	Syria	14
122	Sudan	14
123	Cameroon	14
124	Uzbekistan	14
	World Avg	15.1
q=194.

HR Treaties Lag (2019)₂₂
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Yrs/Treaty₂₂
1	Ecuador	2.15
2	Uruguay	2.25
3	Tunisia	3.65
	...
58	Congo, DR	7.72
59	Seychelles	7.73
60	Jordan	7.75
61	Madagascar	7.75
62	Cuba	7.80
63	Guyana	7.85
64	Tanzania	8.05
65	Nicaragua	8.10
	World Avg	10.02
q=195.

Personal, Civil & Economic Freedom (2014)₂₃
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₂₃
1	Hong Kong	1
2	Switzerland	2
3	New Zealand	3
	...
62	Fiji	61
63	Dominican Rep.	63
64	Cambodia	64
65	Madagascar	65
66	Brunei	66
67	Serbia	67
68	Guatemala	68
69	Moldova	69
	World Avg	79.7
q=159.

Press Freedom (2013)₂₄
Pos.		Lower is better₂₄
1	Finland	638
2	Netherlands	648
3	Norway	652
	...
84	Kosovo	2847
85	Guinea	2849
86	Bulgaria	2858
87	Madagascar	2862
88	Gabon	2869
89	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	2872
90	Paraguay	2878
91	Guinea-Bissau	2894
	World Avg	3249
q=178.

Slavery (2018)₂₅
Pos.		Lower is better % Victims₂₅
1	Japan	0.03
2	Canada	0.05
3	Taiwan	0.05
	...
130	Syria	0.73
131	Liberia	0.74
132	Guinea-Bissau	0.75
133	Madagascar	0.75
134	Malawi	0.75
135	Uganda	0.76
136	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	0.77
137	Philippines	0.77
	World Avg	0.65
q=167.

Madagascar practices conscription, which involves a mandatory period of service in the military. But the Walk Free Foundation reports that this sometimes becomes slave labour as some 'concscripts' are assigned to lengthy and arduous work which is clearly non-military in nature₂₆ such as public infrastructure and civil construction work.

Gender Equality:

The 1950s saw a late rush of 43 countries, including Madagascar and many developing nations, move to cease preventing women from voting.

See:

"Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

Year Women Can Vote
Pos.		Lower is better Year
1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
119	Nigeria	1958
120	Burkina Faso	1958
121	Guinea	1958
122	Madagascar	1959
123	Tunisia	1959
124	Tanzania	1959
125	Tonga	1960
126	Cyprus	1960
	World Avg	1930
q=189.

Prejudice:

LGBT Equality (2017)₂₇
Pos.		Higher is better Score₂₇
1	Netherlands	103
2	Belgium	90
3	Sweden	86
	...
113	N. Korea	8
114	Rwanda	7
115	Congo, (Brazzaville)	5
116	Madagascar	5
117	Chad	5
118	Indonesia	1
119	Ivory Coast	1
120	Russia	1
	World Avg	12.6
q=196.

5. Madagascar's Health

#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #Madagascar #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #smoking #vaccines

Health (2020)₂₈_,₂₀
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₂₈_,₂₀
1	Hong Kong	18.0
2	Singapore	41.5
3	Maldives	43.3
	...
151	Belarus	109.4
152	Dominican Rep.	109.8
153	Benin	109.9
154	Madagascar	110.3
155	Haiti	110.8
156	Yemen	111.4
157	Congo, DR	111.5
158	Somalia	111.7
159	Niger	111.9
	World Avg	92.3
q=187.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Hong Kong, Singapore and The Maldives₂₈. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea₂₈.

The data sets used to calculate points for each country are 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, Asia and Europe₂₈, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Polynesia₂₈.

Health:

Madagascar is a pretty unhealthy country. Madagascar does better than average in its alcohol consumption rate₂₉ and in its smoking rate₃₀. But that's it. Madagascar has problems. It does worse than average when it comes to its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance₃₁, its average life expectancy₁₂ (still high for Africa) and in its fertility rate₁₅. And finally, it falls into the worst 20 in terms of its adolescent birth rate₃₂ and in its immunizations take-up₃₃. The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the past 40 years.

Life Expectancy (2015)₁₂
Pos.		Higher is better Years₁₂
1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
140	Kiribati	66.23
141	Myanmar (Burma)	66.12
142	Turkmenistan	65.73
143	Madagascar	65.52
144	Tanzania	65.51
145	Namibia	65.06
146	Gabon	64.94
147	Rwanda	64.75
	World Avg	71.27
q=190.

Alcohol Consumption (2016)₂₉
Pos.		Lower is better Per Capita₂₉
1	Bangladesh	0.0
2	Kuwait	0.0
3	Libya	0.0
	...
36	Lebanon	1.5
37	Chad	1.6
38	Tuvalu	1.7
39	Madagascar	1.9
40	Tunisia	1.9
41	Bahrain	1.9
42	Qatar	2.0
43	Nepal	2.0
	World Avg	6.2
q=189.

Fertility Rate (2013)₁₅
Pos.		2.0 is best₁₅
1	N. Korea	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
149	Mauritania	4.40
150	Congo, (Brazzaville)	4.46
151	Central African Rep.	4.46
152	Madagascar	4.52
153	Iraq	4.57
154	Kenya	4.64
155	Senegal	4.65
156	Gambia	4.73
	World Avg	2.81
q=180.

Smoking Rates (2014)₃₀
Pos.		Higher is worse₃₀
182	Montenegro	4 125
181	Belarus	3 831
180	Lebanon	3 023
	...
48	Panama	224
47	Maldives	215
46	Burkina Faso	213
45	Madagascar	206
44	Myanmar (Burma)	206
43	Ecuador	191
42	Guatemala	190
41	Cameroon	184
	World Avg	819
q=182.

Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Sweden	1
2	Ireland	2
3	Denmark	3
	...
133	Grenada	133
134	Montenegro	134
135	Iraq	135
136	Madagascar	136
137	Congo, (Brazzaville)	137
138	Albania	138
139	Ghana	139
140	Chad	140
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Overweight Adults (2016)₃₄
Pos.		Lower is better %₃₄
1	Vietnam	18.3
2	India	19.7
3	Bangladesh	20.0
	...
14	Burkina Faso	23.2
15	Sri Lanka	23.3
16	Malawi	23.4
17	Madagascar	23.9
18	Myanmar (Burma)	24.8
19	Rwanda	25.1
20	Congo, DR	25.3
21	Laos	25.4
	World Avg	49.0
q=191.

Children's Health:

Adolescent Birth Rate (2015)₃₂
Pos.		Lower is better Per 1000₃₂
1	N. Korea	0.5
2	S. Korea	1.6
3	Switzerland	2.9
	...
170	Nigeria	110.6
171	Uganda	111.9
172	Gambia	113.0
173	Madagascar	116.2
174	Congo, (Brazzaville)	117.7
175	Sierra Leone	118.2
176	Tanzania	118.6
177	Congo, DR	122.6
	World Avg	47.9
q=185.

Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015)₃₃
Pos.		Higher is better Avg %₃₃
1	Hungary	99.0
2	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
174	Liberia	72.6
175	S. Africa	72.5
176	Angola	71.9
177	Madagascar	71.9
178	Iraq	70.7
179	Afghanistan	70.6
180	Niger	69.7
181	Samoa	68.1
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

6. Madagascar's Modernity and Learning

#education #intelligence #modernity #research #science #technology #the_internet

Modernity and Learning (2020)₃₅
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₃₅
1	Finland	8.0
2	Belgium	9.1
3	Denmark	10.0
	...
172	Chad	118.6
173	Papua New Guinea	119.2
174	Haiti	119.5
175	Niger	124.0
176	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	127.8
177	Sierra Leone	128.3
178	Djibouti	129.2
179	Madagascar	141.0
180	Equatorial Guinea	150.0
	World Avg	69.0
q=180.

Modernity and Education:

Research and Development (2016)
Pos.		Higher is better % RDP PPP
1	S. Korea	4.29₃₆
2	Israel	4.11₃₆
3	Japan	3.58₃₆
	...
104	Gambia	0.13₃₇
105	Tajikistan	0.12₃₈
106	Burundi	0.12₃₇
107	Madagascar	0.11₃₇
108	Philippines	0.11₃₉
109	Myanmar (Burma)	0.11₄₀
110	Peru	0.10₄₁
111	Paraguay	0.09₄₂
	World Avg	0.84
q=126.

Length of Schooling (2018)₄₃
Pos.		Higher is better Years₄₃
1	Australia	22.1
2	Belgium	19.7
3	Finland	19.3
	...
159	Guatemala	10.6
160	Guinea-Bissau	10.5
161	Zimbabwe	10.5
162	Madagascar	10.4
163	Myanmar (Burma)	10.3
164	Solomon Islands	10.2
165	Honduras	10.2
166	Sierra Leone	10.2
	World Avg	13.2
q=193.

Intellectual Endeavours (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Ukraine	1
2	Czechia	2
3	Hungary	3
	...
103	Cape Verde	103
104	Swaziland	104
105	Albania	105
106	Madagascar	106
107	Thailand	107
108	Yemen	108
109	Brazil	109
110	Nicaragua	110
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

IQ (2006)₄₄
Pos.		Higher is better₄₄
1	Hong Kong	108
2	Singapore	108
3	S. Korea	106
	...
93	Bangladesh	82
94	Lebanon	82
95	Dominican Rep.	82
96	Madagascar	82
97	Egypt	81
98	Honduras	81
99	Nicaragua	81
100	El Salvador	80
	World Avg	85.6
q=138.

Technology and Information:

Internet Users (2016)₄₅
Pos.		Higher is better₄₅
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
186	Benin	6%
187	Tanzania	5%
188	Central African Rep.	5%
189	Madagascar	4%
190	Ethiopia	4%
191	Congo, DR	4%
192	Guinea-Bissau	4%
193	Chad	3%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

7. National Culture

#charity #corruption #happiness #morals #politics

Personal Charitability (World Position, 2013-2016)₄₆
Pos.		Lower is better₄₆
1	Myanmar (Burma)	1.25
2	USA	1.5
3	New Zealand	3.5
	...
129	Egypt	112.25
130	Croatia	113
131	Chad	113.75
132	Madagascar	114
133	Benin	114.25
134	Niger	115
135	Angola	115
136	Mali	115.25
	World Avg	68.1185897435897
q=156.

Corruption (2012-2016)₄₇
Pos.		Higher is better Avg Score₄₇
1	Denmark	90.8
2	New Zealand	90.6
3	Finland	89.4
	...
131	Honduras	28.8
132	Nepal	28.6
133	Azerbaijan	28.6
134	Madagascar	28.4
135	Lebanon	28.2
136	Russia	28.2
137	Kazakhstan	28.0
138	Nicaragua	27.6
	World Avg	43.05
q=176.

Happiness (2018)₄₈
Pos.		Higher is better₄₈
1	Finland	7.6
2	Norway	7.6
3	Denmark	7.6
	...
140	Guinea	4.0
141	Lesotho	3.8
142	Angola	3.8
143	Madagascar	3.8
144	Zimbabwe	3.7
145	Afghanistan	3.6
146	Botswana	3.6
147	Malawi	3.6
	World Avg	5.38
q=156.

Creativity and Culture (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Belgium	1
2	Netherlands	2
3	Estonia	3
	...
94	Papua New Guinea	94
95	Belarus	95
96	Mongolia	96
97	Madagascar	97
98	Bolivia	98
99	El Salvador	99
100	Nicaragua	100
101	Russia	101
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Open Trading, Aid and Development (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Ireland	1
2	Denmark	2
3	Sweden	3
	...
100	Argentina	100
101	Seychelles	101
102	Australia	102
103	Madagascar	103
104	Dominica	104
105	Iceland	105
106	Bolivia	106
107	Ghana	107
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

8. Peace Versus Instability

#extremism #human_development #peace #politics #religious_violence #terrorism

Global Peace Index (2012)₄₉
Pos.		Lower is better₄₉
1	Iceland	1.11
2	New Zealand	1.24
3	Denmark	1.24
	...
96	Cameroon	2.11
97	Uganda	2.12
98	Tajikistan	2.12
99	Madagascar	2.12
100	Liberia	2.13
101	Mali	2.13
102	Sri Lanka	2.15
103	Congo, (Brazzaville)	2.15
	World Avg	2.02
q=157.

Peacekeeping and Security (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Samoa	1
2	S. Africa	2
3	Tunisia	3
	...
22	Algeria	22
23	Guatemala	23
24	Ecuador	24
25	Madagascar	25
26	Sri Lanka	26
27	Netherlands	27
28	Mongolia	28
29	Rwanda	29
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Refugees and UN Treaties (2017)₃₁
Pos.		Lower is better Rank₃₁
1	Austria	1
2	Germany	2
3	Netherlands	3
	...
123	Guinea	123
124	Congo, (Brazzaville)	124
125	Swaziland	125
126	Madagascar	126
127	Benin	127
128	Yemen	128
129	Pakistan	129
130	Samoa	130
	World Avg	82.0
q=163.

Impact of Terrorism (2019)₅₀
Pos.		Lower is better Score₅₀
1	Togo	0.00
2	Mongolia	0.00
3	Swaziland	0.00
	...
66	Kazakhstan	1.57
67	Austria	1.66
68	Argentina	1.68
69	Madagascar	1.96
70	Finland	2.03
71	Haiti	2.18
72	Kosovo	2.26
73	Japan	2.29
	World Avg	2.78
q=150.

9. The Natural Environment

#biodiversity #climate_change #over-exploitation #the_environment

Forest Area Change 1990-2015 (2015)₅₁
Pos.		Higher is better %₅₁
1	Iceland	205.6
2	Bahrain	144.4
3	Uruguay	131.3
	...
134	Zambia	-07.9
135	Brunei	-08.0
136	Panama	-08.4
137	Madagascar	-08.9
138	Colombia	-09.2
139	Sri Lanka	-09.4
140	Brazil	-09.7
141	Venezuela	-10.3
	World Avg	02.8
q=184.

Environmental Performance (2018)₅₂
Pos.		Higher is better₅₂
1	Switzerland	87.4
2	France	84.0
3	Denmark	81.6
	...
172	Niger	35.7
173	Lesotho	33.8
174	Haiti	33.7
175	Madagascar	33.7
176	Nepal	31.4
177	India	30.6
178	Congo, DR	30.4
179	Bangladesh	29.6
	World Avg	56.4
q=180.

Convention on Biological Diversity
Pos.		Earlier is better Signed
1	China	1993 Dec 29
2	Guinea	1993 Dec 29
3	Cook Islands	1993 Dec 29
	...
141	Lithuania	1996 May 01
142	Yemen	1996 May 21
143	Niue	1996 May 28
144	Madagascar	1996 Jun 02
145	Tanzania	1996 Jun 06
146	Eritrea	1996 Jun 19
147	Ireland	1996 Jun 20
148	Bulgaria	1996 Jul 16
	World Avg	1899 Dec 30
q=197.

Rational Beliefs on the Environment (2011)₅₃
Pos.		Higher is better %₅₃
1	Argentina	78.3%
2	Greece	77.6%
3	Brazil	77.1%
	...
19	Peru	63.9%
20	Chile	63.8%
21	Ivory Coast	63.7%
22	Madagascar	62.8%
23	Uruguay	62.4%
24	Angola	62.4%
25	Bangladesh	61.5%
26	Mali	60.7%
	World Avg	39.9%
q=145.

10. Economic Inequality and Poverty

#capitalism #economics #health #inequality #life_expectancy #poverty #social_development

Inequality in Life Expectancy (2019)₅₄
Pos.		Higher is worse₅₄
184	Chad	40.90
183	Central African Rep.	40.10
182	Sierra Leone	39.00
	...
135	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	21.70
134	Eritrea	21.40
133	Senegal	21.20
132	Madagascar	21.10
131	India	19.70
130	Rwanda	19.50
129	Botswana	19.40
128	S. Africa	19.20
	World Avg	14.59
q=184.

Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) (2017)₅₅
Pos.		Lower is better %₅₅
1	Ukraine	25.0
2	Belarus	25.4
3	Slovenia	25.4
	...
109	Papua New Guinea	41.9
110	Turkey	41.9
111	Congo, DR	42.1
112	Madagascar	42.6
113	Angola	42.7
114	Uganda	42.8
115	Nigeria	43.0
116	Togo	43.1
	World Avg	38.1
q=152.

Multidimensional Poverty (2018)₅₆
Pos.		Lower is better Severity₅₆
1	Armenia	.001
2	Ukraine	.001
3	Serbia	.001
	...
91	Congo, DR	.389
92	Burundi	.403
93	Mozambique	.411
94	Madagascar	.453
95	Mali	.457
96	Central African Rep.	.465
97	Ethiopia	.489
98	Burkina Faso	.519
	World Avg	.154
q=101.

11. Religion and Beliefs

#belief #buddhism #christianity #god #hinduism #islam #judaism #religion

Disbelief In God (2007)₅₇
Pos.		Higher is better %₅₇
1	Vietnam	81
2	Japan	65
3	Sweden	64
	...
125	Cameroon	0
126	Philippines	0
127	Kuwait	0
128	Madagascar	0
129	Nigeria	0
130	Malawi	0
131	Chad	0
132	Nepal	0
	World Avg	9.9
q=137.

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₅₈:

Christian	85.3%
Muslim	3%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	4.5%
Jew	0.1%
Unaffiliated	6.9%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states simply: indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%₅₉.

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