Compare International Statistics by Region and Continent

Click on the names of regions for a complete breakdown of national averages for all countries and territories that fall within that bloc.

1. Social and Moral Development by Region / Continent
2. Demographics and Migration
3. Human Rights and Moral Development
4. The Environment
5. Health
6. Peace and Stability
7. Religion and Beliefs
8. Links

1. Social and Moral Development by Region / Continent

#economics #happiness #human_development #wealth

The following table shows data for the average country in each area. For example, the "population" is not the total population for the entire region, it's the population of the average country in that region.

2. Demographics and Migration

#human_development #immigration #migration #population

See:

• Which Country in Africa Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Country in Asia Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Country in Europe Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Country in the Americas Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Caribbean Country Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Country in the Middle East Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?
• Which Small Island Nations Have the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?

3. Human Rights and Moral Development

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

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Sweden, Denmark and Norway₉. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Somalia, N. Korea and Afghanistan₉.

21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on supporting press freedom, eliminating modern slavery, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, its average Freedom in the World rating, commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, opposing gender inequality, the rate of gender bias (from 7 indicators), the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice, LGBT equality and freethought. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₉, whereas the worst are Africa, The Middle East and Asia₉.

For more, see:

• " Which are the Best Countries for Human Rights, Equality and Tolerance?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

See:

• Human Rights, Freedom, Tolerance and Equality in Africa: Statistical Comparisons
• Human Rights, Freedom, Tolerance and Equality in Asia: Statistical Comparisons
• Human Rights, Tolerance and Equality in Europe
• The Americas: Which Countries are Best at Human Rights, Tolerance and Equality?
• Human Rights, Tolerance and Equality in The Caribbean
• Which are the Best Mediterranean Countries at Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance?
• Human Rights, Equality and Tolerance in the Middle East: A Very Unhappy Picture
• Comparing Small Islands on Human Rights, Freedom, Tolerance and Equality

Also see:

• LGBT Rights Across the World: Which are the Best and Worst Countries?.

4. The Environment

#climate_change #the_environment

We have known for a long term that we must protect the environment from habitation destruction, over-exploitation, pollution, and the emissions that cause climate change. In 1998, Greenpeace wrote that "Environment can no longer be meaningfully separated from health, quality of life, democracy, education, economy or trade"₁₁. What countries have been doing the right thing, via legislation and national culture? 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:

• " Countries With the Best Environmental Records" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

5. Health

#health

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 Man₁₃. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are The Cook Islands, The Marshall Islands and Niue₁₃.

25 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, obesity rate, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Balkans₁₃, whereas the worst are Micronesia, Africa and Australasia₁₃.

For more, see:

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

6. Peace and Stability₁₄

#corruption #europe #extremism #human_development #peace #politics #religious_violence #terrorism

Europe has seen a long-term of decreasing political violence since at least the 1970s, with an exception of that associated with far-right terrorism, which from 2013-2018 increased by 320% across the world, but especially in Western Europe₁₅. Although most terrorists are connected with some form of organisation, "nearly 60 per cent of far-right attacks from 1970 to 2018 were carried out by unaffiliated individuals"₁₅. Over the past five years, deaths caused by far-right terrorists has increased by 320 per cent, set against the contrasting long-term trend of a gradual decrease in politically-motivated violence₁₅.

7. Religion and Beliefs

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

The world averages are calculated from the national percents, and they represent a typical country in the world. It is not recalculated from total world population, but, it tends to be very similar to that value nonetheless.

Daily prayer is most common in Central America (77%), Africa (75%) and The Caribbean (74%)₂₃. The least prayerful countries are China (01%), UK (06%), Austria (08%), Switzerland (08%) and Czechia (09%)₂₃. For full comparisons, see: "Prayer in Religion" by Vexen Crabtree (2023).

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Institutionalized Religions Have Their Numbers Inflated by National Polls
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?
• Human Religions