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Engaged society

Name: Engaged society by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 175 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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174 countries · 2025

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Engaged society league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Switzerland	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Denmark	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Brazil	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
4	Germany	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	France	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Norway	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Australia	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Mauritius	2.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
9	Austria	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Korea, Rep.	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Estonia	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Sweden	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Jamaica	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Barbados	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
15	Spain	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Sierra Leone	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Senegal	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Italy	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Chile	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	New Zealand	2.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
21	Costa Rica	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Poland	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Dominican Republic	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Uruguay	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
25	Malawi	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Bulgaria	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Morocco	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
28	Mongolia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
29	Netherlands	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Montenegro	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Finland	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Panama	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	South Africa	1.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
34	Iceland	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Taiwan	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
36	Sri Lanka	1.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
37	Belgium	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Ukraine	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Lithuania	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Ireland	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Fiji	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Seychelles	1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
43	Czechia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Greece	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Maldives	1.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
46	Japan	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
47	Latvia	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Luxembourg	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Cyprus	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Slovenia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Iraq	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
52	United Kingdom	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Honduras	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
54	Israel	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
55	Liberia	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Niger	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Bhutan	1.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
58	Canada	1.3	North America	High income
59	Mali	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Moldova	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Tunisia	1.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Indonesia	1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
63	Suriname	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Portugal	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Jordan	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
66	Lebanon	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Zambia	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Ecuador	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Viet Nam	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Colombia	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Timor-Leste	1.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
73	Georgia	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
74	Gambia, The	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Mauritania	0.99	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Zimbabwe	0.98	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	Nigeria	0.98	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Gabon	0.97	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
79	Uganda	0.96	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Cameroon	0.95	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Malta	0.94	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
82	Libya	0.89	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
83	Namibia	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Vanuatu	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
85	Kenya	0.85	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	India	0.79	South Asia	Lower middle income
87	Lesotho	0.78	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Bangladesh	0.78	South Asia	Lower middle income
89	United States	0.77	North America	High income
90	Albania	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Cabo Verde	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Argentina	0.73	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Tanzania	0.66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Benin	0.65	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	Nepal	0.65	South Asia	Lower middle income
97	Serbia	0.65	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Philippines	0.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Guatemala	0.58	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	North Macedonia	0.57	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Congo, Rep.	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102	Armenia	0.56	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Ghana	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Malaysia	0.55	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Peru	0.54	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Syrian Arab Republic	0.52	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
107	Singapore	0.49	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Pakistan	0.48	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	Haiti	0.44	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
110	Croatia	0.41	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Sao Tome and Principe	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	Mexico	0.37	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Cote d'Ivoire	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Paraguay	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Kuwait	0.28	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
117	Papua New Guinea	0.23	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Djibouti	0.21	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
119	Guinea	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
120	Slovak Republic	0.17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Kazakhstan	0.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Algeria	0.09	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
123	Rwanda	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	-0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Uzbekistan	-0.04	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
126	Solomon Islands	-0.05	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	Mozambique	-0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Romania	-0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Togo	-0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Qatar	-0.11	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
131	Kyrgyz Republic	-0.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
132	Egypt, Arab Rep.	-0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
133	Madagascar	-0.21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Ethiopia	-0.24	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Guyana	-0.24	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Hungary	-0.26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Chad	-0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	United Arab Emirates	-0.33	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
139	Guinea-Bissau	-0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
140	Equatorial Guinea	-0.46	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Cambodia	-0.49	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Oman	-0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Central African Republic	-0.52	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Yemen, Rep.	-0.55	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
145	Bolivia	-0.58	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
146	Angola	-0.67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.68	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Thailand	-0.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
149	El Salvador	-0.76	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Eswatini	-0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Cuba	-0.79	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Botswana	-0.81	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
153	Iran, Islamic Rep.	-0.85	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
154	Saudi Arabia	-0.97	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	South Sudan	-1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
156	Burundi	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Bahrain	-1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Comoros	-1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	China	-1.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
160	Belarus	-1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
161	Myanmar	-1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
162	Tajikistan	-1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
163	Eritrea	-1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Burkina Faso	-1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Lao PDR	-1.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
166	Russian Federation	-1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Azerbaijan	-1.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
168	Turkiye	-1.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
169	Venezuela, RB	-2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
170	Turkmenistan	-2.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Afghanistan	-2.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
172	Sudan	-2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Nicaragua	-2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
174	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-2.8	East Asia & Pacific	Low income

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