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Sovereign state

Name: Sovereign state by country, 2022
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· higher is better · 194 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2022

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194 countries · 2022

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Sovereign state league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Zimbabwe	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Samoa	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Yemen, Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
4	Zambia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	South Africa	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
6	Vanuatu	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
7	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
8	Bolivia	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
9	Bahrain	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
10	Andorra	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Georgia	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
12	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
13	Central African Republic	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Guinea-Bissau	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Croatia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	St. Kitts and Nevis	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
17	Mauritania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Marshall Islands	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Hungary	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Eritrea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Fiji	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
22	Montenegro	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Latvia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Switzerland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Czechia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Bulgaria	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Malta	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
28	Madagascar	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Guatemala	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
31	India	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
32	Burundi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Cyprus	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
35	Liberia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Honduras	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
37	Jamaica	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	Cabo Verde	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
39	Germany	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Kiribati	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
41	Chile	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Armenia	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
44	Kazakhstan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
45	Finland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Congo, Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Korea, Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
48	Brunei Darussalam	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
49	Japan	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
50	Kenya	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
52	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Dominican Republic	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Moldova	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Ghana	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Algeria	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
57	Angola	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	United Kingdom	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Luxembourg	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Mongolia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
61	Austria	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Iceland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Barbados	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Estonia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Iraq	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
67	Lebanon	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
68	Kyrgyz Republic	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	North Macedonia	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
71	Burkina Faso	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Antigua and Barbuda	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Comoros	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Israel	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
75	Bahamas, The	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	United Arab Emirates	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Italy	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Ireland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
80	Gambia, The	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Lithuania	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Brazil	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Greece	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Maldives	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
85	Cuba	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Grenada	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Morocco	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
88	Australia	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
89	Dominica	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
91	Belarus	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Spain	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	France	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Belize	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Malawi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Libya	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Indonesia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	Azerbaijan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	St. Lucia	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Djibouti	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	Kuwait	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	Equatorial Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
103	Denmark	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Lesotho	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	Cambodia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	Botswana	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
107	Argentina	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Albania	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Bhutan	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
110	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Jordan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Benin	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Cameroon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Colombia	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Monaco	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Canada	1	North America	High income
118	Sri Lanka	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
119	Guyana	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Costa Rica	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Cote d'Ivoire	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Ecuador	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	Belgium	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Bangladesh	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
125	Mozambique	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Mexico	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Mauritius	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
128	Lao PDR	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Liechtenstein	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Sweden	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	El Salvador	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Naoero	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
133	Tajikistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
134	Tuvalu	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Suriname	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
136	Sierra Leone	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	Solomon Islands	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
138	Nigeria	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Slovak Republic	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Singapore	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
141	Taiwan	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
142	Namibia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
143	Senegal	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Nicaragua	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
145	Slovenia	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Saudi Arabia	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
149	Tanzania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Rwanda	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Niger	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Netherlands	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Uzbekistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
155	Eswatini	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Romania	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	New Zealand	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
158	Malaysia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Seychelles	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
160	Tonga	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
161	Uganda	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
163	Norway	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
165	Syrian Arab Republic	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
166	Paraguay	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Portugal	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Chad	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Ukraine	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
171	Poland	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Viet Nam	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
174	Papua New Guinea	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
175	Uruguay	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Togo	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Timor-Leste	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
178	Nepal	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
179	Palau	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
180	Philippines	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Peru	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Turkmenistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
183	Thailand	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
184	United States	1	North America	High income
185	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
186	Turkiye	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
187	South Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
188	Sao Tome and Principe	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
189	Serbia	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
190	Tunisia	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
191	Venezuela, RB	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
192	Pakistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
193	San Marino	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Panama	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

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