Country profiles

Every country, in numbers

224 profiles, each showing where a country leads and lags across the world’s published statistics, how it has moved, and how it compares with its neighbours. Every rank belongs to the publisher that printed it.

or browse all countries A–Z

By continent · highest placed first

Africa55 countries
Americas48 countries
Asia52 countries
Europe49 countries
Oceania21 countries

01Start here

Featured countries

8 of the most-read profiles, from 4 continents. Each position is a place in the Country Index, with the size of the field it is a place in.

United States
Northern America
Country Index 2026
33rd of 174
Strongest: Education & Knowledge
2nd of 182
Photo: Stefano Brivio · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
China
Eastern Asia
Country Index 2026
52nd of 174
Strongest: Mobility & Connectivity
4th of 147
Photo: Seebeer Edited by Nicholasjf21 · Public domain, greyscale
India
Southern Asia
Country Index 2026
97th of 174
Strongest: Mobility & Connectivity
15th of 147
Photo: Kumaravels derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY 2.5 in, greyscale
Brazil
South America
Country Index 2026
53rd of 174
Strongest: Governance & Institutions
58th of 193
Photo: Luis Rizo derivative work: Jjtkk · Public domain, greyscale
Nigeria
Western Africa
Country Index 2026
joint 139th of 174
Strongest: Work & Labour
16th of 182
Photo: Slashme · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Germany
Western Europe
Country Index 2026
7th of 174
Strongest: Development & Human Capital
3rd of 194
Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Japan
Eastern Asia
Country Index 2026
18th of 174
Strongest: Health & Wellbeing
5th of 201
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Pakistan
Southern Asia
Country Index 2026
154th of 174
Strongest: Environment & Sustainability
47th of 161
Photo: Shikari7 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

02Every placed country

The world on a map

Darker is placed higher. Hover a country for its position, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent and its sub-regions.

All regions

1st174thNot placed · 50 countries with too few statisticsNo data

Africa
55 countries · 50 placed
HighestMauritius46th, joint
Americas
48 countries · 31 placed
HighestCanada20th
Asia
52 countries · 46 placed
HighestSouth Korea16th
Europe
49 countries · 39 placed
HighestSwitzerland1st
Oceania
21 countries · 8 placed
HighestNew Zealand13th

03Records

Countries by the numbers

One country at the extreme of each statistic, read from its newest edition. Where countries tie at the top, no record is named.

All statistics

Largest by land area
Russia
16,376,870
square kilometres
FAO · data for 2024
Highest GDP per person
Singapore
139,593
international $ at purchasing power parity
World Bank Group · data for 2025
Longest expected schooling
Monaco
21.69
years a child starting school can expect
UNDP Human Development Report Office · data for 2023
Most innovative economy
Switzerland
65.96
on WIPO’s Global Innovation Index
World Intellectual Property Organization · data for 2025
Most complex economy
Japan
1.729
on the Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University · data for 2024
Lowest unemployment
Qatar
0.13
% of the labour force
ILO · data for 2025

04A–Z

All countries

The number beside each name is its position in the Country Index 2026 — ours, made by averaging how a country stands across the topics. Countries the index does not place show how many statistics we hold instead.

The full ranking

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OmanWestern Asia78 of 174

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QatarWestern Asia48 of 174

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YemenWestern Asia172 of 174

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05Method

Questions readers ask

How many countries have a profile?

224. Every country or territory with at least one current reading in the statistics we hold has a profile, and 174 of them are placed in the Country Index 2026.

Which country is placed first in the Country Index 2026?

Switzerland, of 174 countries placed. A position is this site’s own, made by averaging how a country stands across 12 topics — never a publisher’s rank.

Why is a country not placed?

The index needs a standing on at least 9 of its 12 topics. 50 profiles fall short — usually small territories that few publishers measure. Their profiles still show every reading the publishers do give.

Where do the photographs come from?

Wikimedia Commons. Every photo is checked on import and used only under public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, with the photographer and licence credited beside it. The site shows photographs in greyscale.