Which are the Best Mediterranean Countries?

https://www.humantruth.info/mediterranean.html

By Vexen Crabtree 2013

Social & Moral Development Index₁
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₁
1	France	40.5
2	Italy	45.0
3	Spain	45.0
4	Slovenia	46.0
5	Monaco	47.3
6	Malta	54.6
7	Cyprus	56.5
8	Greece	58.6
9	Croatia	61.1
10	Israel	66.8
	...
19	Egypt	100.0
20	Libya	112.9
21	Syria	122.4
	The Mediterranean Avg	71.0
	World Avg	89.3
q=21.

These countries all have coastlines on the Mediterranean, and are thus generally considered to be attractive places for holidays, retirements, and thrill-seeking by the rest of Europe, due to the warmer Mediterranean weather.

There are 22 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:

Population: 511.9m
Land Area: 8 370 532km²
Independent States: 21
Other Territories: 1
Compare to other regions of the world

1. Summary Data

#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
1	Albania	2.9m	73.9	$14 131	0.796	27 400	105
2	Algeria	42.2m	97.4	$10 800	0.745	2 381 740	18
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.3m	77.3	$15 242	0.780	51 000	65
4	Croatia	4.2m	61.1	$30 132	0.858	55 960	74
5	Cyprus	1.2m	56.5	$38 188	0.896	9 240	129
6	Egypt	98.4m	100.0	$11 732	0.731	995 450	99
7	France	65.0m	40.5	$45 937	0.903	547 660	119
8	Greece	10.5m	58.6	$29 002	0.887	128 900	82
9	Israel	8.4m	66.8	$41 524	0.919	21 640	387
10	Italy	60.6m	45.0	$42 840	0.895	294 140	206
11	Lebanon	6.9m	92.9	$9 526	0.706	10 230	671
12	Libya	6.7m	112.9	$15 336	0.718	1 759 540	4
13	Malta	0.4m	54.6	$38 884	0.918	320	1 373
14	Monaco	38 682	47.3			2	19 341
15	Montenegro	0.6m	72.4	$20 839	0.832	13 450	47
16	Morocco	36.0m	86.1	$7 303	0.683	446 300	81
17	Slovenia	2.1m	46.0	$39 746	0.918	20 140	103
18	Spain	46.7m	45.0	$38 354	0.905	498 800	94
19	Syria	16.9m	122.4	$4 192	0.577	183 630	92
20	Tunisia	11.6m	77.1	$10 258	0.731	155 360	74
21	Turkey	82.3m	77.1	$31 033	0.838	769 630	107
22	Palestine	4.9m		$6 583	0.715
	The Mediterranean Avg	23.3m	71.0	$23 885	0.81	398 597	58
	World Avg	39.0m	89.3	$20 136	0.72	620 450	63
q=22.

Not showing due to lack of data: Palestine.

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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2. Social and Moral Development

#climate_change #education #equality #freedom #gender_equality #health #human_development #human_rights #modernity #morals #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 Rank₅	Modernity & Learning (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank₆	Health (2025) Lower is better Avg Rank₇	Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025) Lower is better Avg Rank₈
1	France	40.5	67.9	26.8	44.1	25.8
2	Italy	45.0	55.1	34.0	56.2	30.8
3	Spain	45.0	67.4	30.0	60.4	24.5
4	Slovenia	46.0	101.3	22.5	59.4	27.8
5	Monaco	47.3			14.3	71.7
6	Malta	54.6	99.7	45.9	59.9	39.7
7	Cyprus	56.5	84.8	55.6	63.1	40.5
8	Greece	58.6	67.8	36.3	60.5	52.4
9	Croatia	61.1	95.4	47.8	63.0	54.9
10	Israel	66.8	91.3	29.5	70.2	65.7
11	Montenegro	72.4	103.4	64.9	63.8	65.3
12	Albania	73.9	88.0	76.4	71.4	73.6
13	Turkey	77.1	60.3	55.9	78.6	87.4
14	Tunisia	77.1	59.4	70.8	69.2	95.2
15	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.3	112.6	65.6	75.0	76.0
16	Morocco	86.1	46.9	97.9	91.9	107.0
17	Lebanon	92.9	93.5	82.1	76.8	104.4
18	Algeria	97.4	68.8	100.2	100.7	119.6
19	Egypt	100.0	68.7	80.5	117.0	118.4
20	Libya	112.9	124.8	82.0	98.0	130.3
21	Syria	122.4	81.8	126.9	122.2	137.3
	The Mediterranean Avg	71.0	81.0	63.0	86.8	76.9
	World Avg	89.3	86.3	86.3	96.7	86.6
q=21.

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:

"What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life" by Vexen Crabtree (2020).

3. Demographics and Migration

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

Population:

Pos.		Population (2018) Population₂	Life Expectancy (2021) Higher is better Years₃	Fertility Rate (2022) 2.0 is best₉	Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016) Lower is better Per 100₁₀
1	Albania	2.9m	76.5	1.38	31.8
2	Algeria	42.2m	76.4	2.83	14.0
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.3m	75.3	1.35	37.3
4	Croatia	4.2m	77.6	1.53	39.7
5	Cyprus	1.2m	81.2	1.31	26.9
6	Egypt	98.4m	70.2	2.88	10.5
7	France	65.0m	82.5	1.79	40.5
8	Greece	10.5m	80.1	1.43	41.3
9	Israel	8.4m	82.3	2.89	22.9
10	Italy	60.6m	82.9	1.24	48.6
11	Lebanon	6.9m	75.0	2.08	21.1
12	Libya	6.7m	71.9	2.40	10.5
13	Malta	0.4m	83.8	1.15	39.9
14	Monaco	38 682	85.9
15	Montenegro	0.6m	76.3	1.80	30.0
16	Morocco	36.0m	74.0	2.30	16.1
17	Slovenia	2.1m	80.7	1.55	42.7
18	Spain	46.7m	83.0	1.16	41.4
19	Syria	16.9m	72.1	2.70	09.0
20	Tunisia	11.6m	73.8	2.06	18.6
21	Turkey	82.3m	76.0	1.88	18.0
22	Palestine	4.9m	73.5		06.5
	The Mediterranean Avg	23.3m	77.77	1.89	27.0
	World Avg	39.0m	71.28	2.47	18.3
q=22.

Migration:

Pos.		Immigrants (2017) %₁₁	Emigrants (2010) %₁₂
1	Albania	1.8%	45.4%
2	Algeria	0.6%	3.4%
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.1%	38.9%
4	Croatia	13.4%	17.1%
5	Cyprus	16.0%	17.0%
6	Egypt	0.5%	4.4%
7	France	12.2%	2.8%
8	Greece	10.9%	10.8%
9	Israel	23.6%	14.0%
10	Italy	10.0%	5.8%
11	Lebanon	31.9%	15.6%
12	Libya	12.4%	1.7%
13	Malta	10.6%	26.2%
14	Monaco	54.9%	56.3%
15	Montenegro	11.3%	0.0%
16	Morocco	0.3%	9.3%
17	Slovenia	11.8%	6.5%
18	Spain	12.8%	3.0%
19	Syria	5.5%	4.2%
20	Tunisia	0.5%	6.3%
21	Turkey	6.0%	5.6%
22	Palestine	5.2%	68.4%
	The Mediterranean Avg	11.5%	16.5%
	World Avg	9.4%	11.5%
q=22.

4. Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #climate_change #deforestation #energy #food #meat #over-exploitation #sustainability #the_environment #veganism #vegetarianism

Pos.		Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better₁₃	Environmental Performance (2018) Higher is better₁₄	Energy to GDP Efficiency (2022) Lower is better Avg₁₅	CBD Earlier is better Signed	Rational Beliefs on the Environment (2011) Higher is better %₁₆	Meat Consumption (2021) Lower is better kg₁₇	Green Future Index (2023) Higher is better Score₁₈
1	Albania	2.5%	65.5	1.08	1994 Apr 05	9.4%	52.0
2	Algeria	23.1%	57.2	1.20	1995 Nov 12	23.5%	17.9	3.1
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.6%	41.8	1.60	2002 Nov 24	44.0%	46.8
4	Croatia	2.9%	65.5	1.00	1997 Jan 05	37.8%	90.8
5	Cyprus	0.5%	72.6	0.92	1996 Oct 08	71.0%	75.8
6	Egypt	-20.6%	61.2	0.76	1994 Aug 31	30.1%	29.1	4.0
7	France	12.5%	84.0	0.95	1994 Sep 29	38.4%	86.1	6.0
8	Greece	8.4%	73.6	1.20	1994 Nov 02	77.6%	76.8	5.6
9	Israel	-8.4%	75.0	0.94	1995 Nov 05	27.6%	107.7	4.6
10	Italy	13.8%	77.0	0.84	1994 Jul 14	49.6%	74.3	5.7
11	Lebanon	3.8%	61.1	2.06	1995 Mar 15	54.3%	36.3
12	Libya	0.0%	49.8	2.05	2001 Oct 10	14.6%	50.0
13	Malta	31.4%	80.9	2.36	2001 Mar 29	57.3%	67.8
14	Monaco	0.0%			1993 Dec 29
15	Montenegro	32.1%	61.3	1.03	2006 Jun 03	35.9%	88.4
16	Morocco	4.2%	63.5	0.86	1995 Nov 19	60.0%	32.1	4.7
17	Slovenia	0.4%	67.6	1.15	1996 Oct 07	45.1%	61.2
18	Spain	8.6%	78.4	0.98	1994 Mar 21	44.8%	100.3	5.9
19	Syria	20.0%		2.12	1996 Apr 03	26.6%	17.8
20	Tunisia	5.2%	62.4	0.93	1993 Dec 29	19.3%	27.8
21	Turkey	10.0%	53.0	0.86	1997 May 15	47.4%	43.0	3.8
22	Palestine	11.5%		0.91	2015 Apr 02	27.5%
	The Mediterranean Avg	7.5%	65.8	1.23	1899 Dec 30	40.1%	59.1	4.8
	World Avg	-0.1%	56.4	1.23	1899 Dec 30	39.9%	52.5	4.8
q=22.

5. National Culture

#charity #corruption #happiness #morals #politics

Pos.		World Giving Index (2022) Higher is better %₁₉	Corruption (2022) Higher is better Points₂₀	Happiness (2024) Higher is better Score₂₁	Creativity & Culture (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂	Open Trading, Aid & Development (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂
1	Albania	34.0	36.0	5.4	78	15
2	Algeria	30.0	33.0	5.6	138	160
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	44.0	34.0	6.1	69	45
4	Croatia	37.0	50.0	5.9	38	10
5	Cyprus	40.0	52.0	5.9	44	38
6	Egypt	23.0	30.0	3.8	123	134
7	France	32.0	72.0	6.6	14	17
8	Greece	32.0	52.0	5.8	47	50
9	Israel	37.0	63.0	7.2	63	99
10	Italy	29.0	56.0	6.4	26	36
11	Lebanon	24.0	24.0	3.2	66	31
12	Libya		17.0	5.8	163	97
13	Malta	45.0	51.0	6.3	28	42
14	Montenegro	34.0	45.0	5.9	61	71
15	Morocco	31.0	38.0	4.6	85	43
16	Slovenia	39.0	56.0	6.8	16	77
17	Spain	32.0	60.0	6.5	30	34
18	Syria		13.0		152	147
19	Tunisia	28.0	40.0	4.6	93	70
20	Turkey	40.0	36.0	5.3	75	40
21	Palestine			4.8
	The Mediterranean Avg	33.9	42.90	5.62	70.5	62.8
	World Avg	39.6	42.98	5.58	82.0	82.0
q=21. No data: 1₂₃

6. Peace Versus Instability

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

Pos.		Global Peace Index (2023) Lower is better Score₂₄	Peacekeeping & Security (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂	Refugees & UN Treaties (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂	Impact of Terrorism (2019) Lower is better Score₂₅
1	Albania	1.75	80	74	0.42
2	Algeria	2.09	22	79	3.41
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.89	149	35	1.39
4	Croatia	1.45	146	58	0.00
5	Cyprus	1.90	73	17	0.42
6	Egypt	2.27	4	120	6.79
7	France	1.94	53	16	5.01
8	Greece	1.89	115	31	4.17
9	Israel	2.71	123	84	4.53
10	Italy	1.66	55	14	3.11
11	Lebanon	2.58	153	76	4.40
12	Libya	2.61	145	112	6.77
13	Malta		124	5
14	Montenegro	1.77	128	41	1.00
15	Morocco	2.02	10	114	1.22
16	Slovenia	1.33	160	18	0.00
17	Spain	1.65	71	15	3.35
18	Syria	3.29	131	142	8.01
19	Tunisia	2.01	3	107	3.94
20	Turkey	2.80	78	39	6.53
21	Palestine	2.54			5.18
	The Mediterranean Avg	2.11	91.2	59.9	3.48
	World Avg	2.07	82.0	82.0	2.78
q=21. No data: 1₂₃

7. Economic Inequality and Poverty

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

Pos.		Inequality in Life Expectancy (2019) Lower is better₂₆	Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) (2023) Lower is better %₂₇	Multidimensional Poverty (2018) Lower is better Severity₂₈
1	Albania	7.20	29.4%₂₉	.003
2	Algeria	14.10	27.6%₃₀	.008
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	5.40	33.0%₃₀	.008
4	Croatia	4.30	28.9%₃₁
5	Cyprus	3.60	31.3%₃₁
6	Egypt	11.60	31.9%₃₂	.019
7	France	3.80	31.5%₃₁
8	Greece	3.50	32.9%₃₁
9	Israel	3.30	37.9%₃₁
10	Italy	3.10	34.8%₃₁
11	Lebanon	7.40	31.8%₃₀
12	Libya	9.10		.007
13	Malta	4.60	31.4%₂₉
14	Montenegro	3.60	34.3%₃₁	.002
15	Morocco	13.00	39.5%₃₃	.085
16	Slovenia	2.90	24.3%₃₁
17	Spain	3.00	33.9%₃₁
18	Syria	13.00	26.6%₃₄	.029
19	Tunisia	9.00	33.7%₃₁	.005
20	Turkey	9.00	44.4%₃₁
21	Palestine	12.00	33.7%₃₅	.004
	The Mediterranean Avg	6.98	32.6%	.017
	World Avg	14.59	36.5%	.154
q=21. No data: 1₂₃

8. Modernity and Learning

#education #english #intelligence #it_security #maths #modernity #politics #religion #religiosity #research #science #secularisation #technology #the_internet

Modernity and Education:

Pos.		Research & Development (2016) Higher is better % RDP PPP	Secondary Education (2018) Higher is better₃₆	Length of Schooling (2021) Higher is better Years₃₇	Intellectual Endeavours (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂	Maths, Science & Reading (2015) Higher is better Score₃₈	Religiosity (2018) Lower is better %₃₉	IQ (2006) Higher is better₄₀
1	Albania	0.15₄₁	92.9%	14.4	105	1245	15	90
2	Algeria	0.07₄₂	38.9%	14.6	113	1086	73	83
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0.33₄₃	81.2%	13.8	16		54
4	Croatia	0.81₄₃	95.7%	15.1	33	1426	42	90
5	Cyprus	0.48₄₃	80.3%	15.6	31	1313
6	Egypt	0.68₄₃	65.3%	13.8	60		72	81
7	France	2.26₄₄	83.5%	15.8	24	1487	11	98
8	Greece	0.84₄₄	64.8%	20.0	27	1376	56	92
9	Israel	4.11₄₄	89.1%	16.1	34	1416	36	95
10	Italy	1.29₄₄	79.6%	16.2	41	1456	21	102
11	Lebanon		54.9%	11.3	68	1129	57	82
12	Libya		57.4%	12.9	150			83
13	Malta	0.89₄₃	78.2%	16.8	62	1391
14	Montenegro	0.38₄₃	91.6%	15.1	48	1256
15	Morocco	0.73₄₅	32.2%	14.2	45		91	84
16	Slovenia	2.39₄₄	97.6%	17.7	10	1528		96
17	Spain	1.22₄₄	75.8%	17.9	40	1475	22	98
18	Syria		41.0%	9.2	140			83
19	Tunisia	0.68₄₆	51.8%	15.4	72	1114	78	83
20	Turkey	1.01₄₄	53.1%	18.3	55	1273	68
21	Palestine		61.1%	13.4			86
	The Mediterranean Avg	1.08	69.8%	15.1	58.7	1331	52.1	89.3
	World Avg	0.84	63.0%	13.5	82.0	1389	54.3	85.6
q=21. No data: 1₂₃

Technology and Information:

Pos.		Internet Users (2016) Higher is better₄₇	Internet Freedom (2012) Lower is better₄₈	IT Security (2013) Lower is better₄₉	IPv6 Uptake (2017) Higher is better Ratio₅₀	Digital Quality of Life (2024) Higher is better₅₁
1	Albania	63%			0.0	46.7%
2	Algeria	20%			0.0	33.2%
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	62%			3.1	38.8%
4	Croatia	74%			0.1	61.1%
5	Cyprus	72%			0.0	61.6%
6	Egypt	33%	59		0.4	42.5%
7	France	86%		1.13	18.8	73.9%
8	Greece	65%			33.5	58.9%
9	Israel	73%		0.20	1.8	65.4%
10	Italy	66%	23	1.15	1.7	63.3%
11	Lebanon	76%			0.0
12	Libya	21%	43	0.63	0.0
13	Malta	80%			0.0	61.0%
14	Monaco	93%			0.0
15	Montenegro	62%			0.0	44.9%
16	Morocco	58%			0.0	44.8%
17	Slovenia	72%			5.4	62.3%
18	Spain	82%		0.88	0.6	70.5%
19	Syria	30%	83		0.0
20	Tunisia	48%	46		0.0	40.4%
21	Turkey	58%	46	0.52	0.3	52.2%
22	Palestine	63%			0.0
	The Mediterranean Avg	61.6%	50.0	0.75	2.98	54.2%
	World Avg	48.1%	46.7	0.98	3.82	48.4%
q=22.

9. Health

#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 Man₅₂. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria₅₂.

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 Balkans₅₂, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₅₂.

For more, see:

"Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2020).

Health:

Pos.		Life Expectancy (2021) Higher is better Years₃	Alcohol Consumption (2016) Lower is better Per Capita₅₃	Fertility Rate (2022) 2.0 is best₉	Smoking Rates (2014) Lower is better₅₄	Suicide Rate (2013) Per 100k₅₅	Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance (2017) Lower is better Rank₂₂	Overweight Adults (2016) Lower is better %₅₆
1	Albania	76.5	7.5	1.38	1 177	8	138	57.7
2	Algeria	76.4	0.9	2.83	1 024		159	62.0
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	75.3	6.4	1.35	2 233		95	53.3
4	Croatia	77.6	8.9	1.53	1 709	36.4	83	59.6
5	Cyprus	81.2	10.8	1.31	1 688	9.1	59	59.1
6	Egypt	70.2	0.4	2.88	1 188	0.1	73	63.5
7	France	82.5	12.6	1.79	993	33.2	23	59.5
8	Greece	80.1	10.4	1.43	2 086	7	29	62.3
9	Israel	82.3	3.8	2.89	1 346	8.5	51	64.3
10	Italy	82.9	7.5	1.24	1 443	12.8	24	58.5
11	Lebanon	75.0	1.5	2.08	3 023		63	67.9
12	Libya	71.9	0.0	2.40	1 333₅₇		156	66.8
13	Malta	83.8	8.1	1.15	1 266	6.9	76	66.4
14	Monaco	85.9
15	Montenegro	76.3	8.0	1.80	4 125		134	59.4
16	Morocco	74.0	0.6	2.30	671		58	60.4
17	Slovenia	80.7	12.6	1.55	2 637	44	57	56.1
18	Spain	83.0	10.0	1.16	1 265	15.3	22	61.6
19	Syria	72.1	0.3	2.70	459		88	61.4
20	Tunisia	73.8	1.9	2.06	1 628		92	61.6
21	Turkey	76.0	2.0	1.88	1 581		44	66.8
22	Palestine	73.5
	The Mediterranean Avg	77.77	5.7	1.89	1 644	16.48	76.2	61.4
	World Avg	71.28	6.2	2.47	819	20.93	82.0	49.0
q=22.

Children's Health:

Pos.		Adolescent Birth Rate (2022) Lower is better Per 1000₅₈	Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015) Higher is better Avg %₅₉
1	Albania	14.5	97.1
2	Algeria	11.6	95.0
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	9.4	88.0
4	Croatia	8.2	95.9
5	Cyprus	6.8	95.3
6	Egypt	43.6	93.4
7	France	9.4	92.6
8	Greece	8.3	97.3
9	Israel	7.4	95.2
10	Italy	3.9	93.8
11	Lebanon	20.0	79.4
12	Libya	7.0	96.4
13	Malta	11.5	95.5
14	Monaco	6.9	97.3
15	Montenegro	9.7	89.9
16	Morocco	25.5	97.5
17	Slovenia	4.4	95.2
18	Spain	6.3	96.5
19	Syria	38.1	62.4
20	Tunisia	6.6	95.7
21	Turkey	15.7	95.5
22	Palestine	42.9
	The Mediterranean Avg	14.4	92.6
	World Avg	43.8	88.3
q=22.

10. Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#equality #freedom #gender_equality #human_rights #morals #politics #prejudice #The_Mediterranean #tolerance

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)₈
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₈
1	Spain	24.5
2	France	25.8
3	Slovenia	27.8
4	Italy	30.8
5	Malta	39.7
6	Cyprus	40.5
7	Greece	52.4
8	Croatia	54.9
9	Montenegro	65.3
10	Israel	65.7
	...
20	Libya	130.3
21	Syria	137.3
22	Palestine	145.3
	The Mediterranean Avg	76.9
	World Avg	86.6
q=22.

The best countries in The Mediterranean at protecting human rights, engendering tolerance and supporting equality, are Spain, France and Slovenia and the bloc as a whole does better than the global average. The worst countries are Palestine, Syria and Libya.

For full commentary and data, see:

Which are the Best Mediterranean Countries at Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance?

11. Religion and Beliefs

#belief #buddhism #christianity #folk_religion #god #hinduism #human_development #islam #judaism #no_religion #religion #religiosity #secularisation

Pos.		Religiosity (2018) Lower is better %₃₉	Disbelief In God (2007) Higher is better %₆₀	Jews (2010) %₆₁	Christians (2010) %₆₁	Muslims (2010) %₆₁	Hindus (2010) %₆₁	Buddhists (2010) %₆₁	Folk Religion (2010) %₆₁	Unaffiliated (2010) %₆₁
1	Albania	15	8	0.1	18.0	80.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.4
2	Algeria	73	0	0.1	0.2	97.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.8
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	54		0.1	52.3	45.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.5
4	Croatia	42	7	0.1	93.4	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	5.1
5	Cyprus			0.1	73.2	25.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.2
6	Egypt	72	0	0.1	5.1	94.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
7	France	11	44	0.5	63.0	7.5	0.1	0.5	0.3	28.0
8	Greece	56	16	0.1	88.1	5.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	6.1
9	Israel	36	15	75.6	2.0	18.6	0.1	0.3	0.2	3.1
10	Italy	21	6	0.1	83.3	3.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	12.4
11	Lebanon	57	3	0.1	38.3	61.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3
12	Libya		0	0.1	2.7	96.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2
13	Malta			0.1	97.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	2.5
14	Monaco			1.7	86.0	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	11.7
15	Montenegro			0.1	78.1	18.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.2
16	Morocco	91	0	0.1	0.1	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
17	Slovenia		35	0.1	78.4	3.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	18.0
18	Spain	22	15	0.1	78.6	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	19.0
19	Syria		0	0.1	5.2	92.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.0
20	Tunisia	78	0	0.1	0.2	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
21	Turkey	68		0.1	0.4	98.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.2
22	Palestine	86		0.1	2.4	97.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
	The Mediterranean Avg	52.1	9.9	3.6	43.0	47.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	5.5
	World Avg	54.3	9.9	0.5	60.6	22.4	2.0	3.5	2.7	7.9
q=22.

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