The ranking
Organisation:
In order to have a bigger spread in the scores and increase the differentiation between countries, this year’s questionnaire had more answers assigning negative points. That is why countries at the top of the index have negative scores this year. Although the point system has produced a broader distribution of scores than in 2010, each country’s evolution over the years can still be plotted by comparing its position in the index rather than its score. This is what the arrows in the table refer to – a country’s change in position in the index compared with the preceding year.
|Rank|Country|Score|
|1|Finland|-10,00|
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|-|Norway|-10,00|
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|3|Estonia|-9,00|
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|-|Netherlands|-9,00|
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|5|Austria|-8,00|
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|6|Iceland|-7,00|
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|-|Luxembourg|-7,00|
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|8|Switzerland|-6,20|
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|9|Cape Verde|-6,00|
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|10|Canada|-5,67|
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|-|Denmark|-5,67|
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|12|Sweden|-5,50|
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|13|New Zealand|-5,33|
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|14|Czech Republic|-5,00|
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|15|Ireland|-4,00|
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|16|Cyprus|-3,00|
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|-|Jamaica|-3,00|
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|-|Germany|-3,00|
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|19|Costa Rica|-2,25|
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|20|Belgium|-2,00|
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|-|Namibia|-2,00|
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|22|Japan|-1,00|
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|-|Surinam|-1,00|
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|24|Poland|-0,67|
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|25|Mali|0,00|
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|-|OECS|0,00|
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|-|Slovakia|0,00|
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|28|United Kingdom|2,00|
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|29|Niger|2,50|
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|30|Australia|4,00|
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|-|Lithuania|4,00|
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|32|Uruguay|4,25|
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|33|Portugal|5,33|
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|34|Tanzania|6,00|
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|35|Papua New Guinea|9,00|
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|36|Slovenia|9,14|
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|37|El Salvador|9,30|
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|38|France|9,50|
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|39|Spain|9,75|
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|40|Hungary|10,00|
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|41|Ghana|11,00|
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|42|South Africa|12,00|
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|-|Botswana|12,00|
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|44|South Korea|12,67|
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|45|Comoros|13,00|
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|-|Taiwan|13,00|
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|47|United States of America|14,00|
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|-|Argentina|14,00|
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|-|Romania|14,00|
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|50|Latvia|15,00|
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|-|Trinidad and Tobago|15,00|
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|52|Haiti|15,67|
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|53|Moldova|16,00|
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|54|Hong-Kong|17,00|
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|-|Mauritius|17,00|
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|-|Samoa|17,00|
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|57|United States of America (extra-territorial)|19,00|
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|58|Malta|19,50|
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|-|Bosnia and Herzegovina|19,50|
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|-|Guyana|19,50|
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|61|Italy|19,67|
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|62|Central African Republic|20,00|
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|63|Lesotho|21,00|
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|-|Sierra Leone|21,00|
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|-|Tonga|21,00|
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|66|Mozambique|21,50|
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|67|Mauritania|22,20|
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|68|Croatia|23,33|
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|-|Burkina Faso|23,33|
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|70|Bhutan|24,00|
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|-|Greece|24,00|
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|72|Nicaragua|24,33|
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|73|Maldives|25,00|
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|-|Seychelles|25,00|
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|75|Guinea-Bissau|26,00|
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|-|Senegal|26,00|
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|77|Armenia|27,00|
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|78|Kuwait|28,00|
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|79|Togo|28,50|
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|80|Serbia|29,00|
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|-|Bulgaria|29,00|
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|-|Chile|29,00|
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|-|Paraguay|29,00|
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|84|Kenya|29,50|
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|-|Madagascar|29,50|
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|86|Guinea|30,00|
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|-|Kosovo|30,00|
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|-|Timor-Leste|30,00|
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|-|Zambia|30,00|
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|90|Congo|30,38|
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|91|Benin|31,00|
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|92|Israel (Israeli territory)|31,25|
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|93|Lebanon|31,50|
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|94|Macedonia|31,67|
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|95|Dominican Republic|33,25|
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|96|Albania|34,44|
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|97|Cameroon|35,00|
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|-|Guatemala|35,00|
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|99|Brazil|35,33|
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|100|Mongolia|35,75|
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|101|Gabon|36,50|
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|102|Cyprus (North)|37,00|
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|103|Chad|37,67|
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|104|Ecuador|38,00|
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|-|Georgia|38,00|
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|106|Nepal|38,75|
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|107|Montenegro|39,00|
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|108|Bolivia|40,00|
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|-|Kyrgyzstan|40,00|
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|110|Liberia|40,50|
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|111|South Sudan|41,25|nc|
|112|United Arab Emirates|45,00|
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|113|Panama|45,67|
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|114|Qatar|46,00|
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|115|Peru|51,25|
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|116|Ukraine|54,00|
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|117|Cambodia|55,00|
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|-|Fiji|55,00|
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|-|Oman|55,00|
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|-|Venezuela|55,00|
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|-|Zimbabwe|55,00|
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|122|Algeria|56,00|
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|-|Tajikistan|56,00|
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|-|Malaysia|56,00|
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|125|Brunei|56,20|
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|126|Nigeria|56,40|
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|127|Ethiopia|56,60|
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|128|Jordan|56,80|
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|129|Bangladesh|57,00|
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|130|Burundi|57,75|
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|131|India|58,00|
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|132|Angola|58,43|
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|133|Israel (extra-territorial)|59,00|
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|134|Tunisia|60,25|
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|135|Singapore|61,00|
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|-|Honduras|61,00|
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|137|Thailand|61,50|
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|138|Morocco|63,29|
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|139|Uganda|64,00|
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|140|Philippines|64,50|
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|141|Gambia|65,50|
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|142|Russia|66,00|
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|143|Colombia|66,50|
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|144|Swaziland|67,00|
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|145|Democratic Republic of Congo|67,67|
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|146|Indonesia|68,00|
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|-|Malawi|68,00|
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|148|Turkey|70,00|
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|149|Mexico|72,67|
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|150|Afghanistan|74,00|
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|151|Pakistan|75,00|
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|152|Iraq|75,36|
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|153|Palestinian Territories|76,00|
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|154|Kazakhstan|77,50|
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|-|Libya|77,50|
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|156|Rwanda|81,00|
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|157|Uzbekistan|83,00|
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|158|Saudi Arabia|83,25|
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|159|Côte d'Ivoire|83,50|
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|-|Djibouti|83,50|
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|161|Equatorial Guinea|86,00|
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|162|Azerbaijan|87,25|
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|163|Sri Lanka|87,50|
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|164|Somalia|88,33|
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|165|Laos|89,00|
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|166|Egypt|97,50|
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|167|Cuba|98,83|
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|168|Belarus|99,00|
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|169|Burma|100,00|
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|170|Sudan|100,75|
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|171|Yemen|101,00|
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|172|Vietnam|114,00|
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|173|Bahrain|125,00|
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|174|China|136,00|
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|175|Iran|136,60|
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|176|Syria|138,00|
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|177|Turkmenistan|140,67|
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|178|North Korea|141,00|
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|179|Eritrea|142,00|
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