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How does the rest of the world compare?

169 countries are ranked on the 2026 SDG Index. Finland, Sweden, Denmark lead. The fastest progress since 2015 came from Saudi Arabia (+9.1), Benin (+8.8), Cote d'Ivoire (+8.4), while G7 countries gained between 0.7 and 1.7 points.

The world map of SDG performance

SDG Index score, 2026

Score out of 100. Grey: not ranked because too much data is missing.

SDG Index score, 2026below 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 7575 to 8080 or moreno data

G7 countries are outlined; Canada has the thickest outline.

Source: SDSN, Sustainable Development Report 2026 (SDG Index and Dashboards database)Hover or focus the chart for values

Regions

SDG Index by region, 2005–2025

Unweighted average of countries in each SDSN region (backdated index). Select a region to bring it forward.

Source: SDSN, Sustainable Development Report 2026 (SDG Index and Dashboards database)Hover or focus the chart for values

Average goal score by region, 2025

Darker means a higher score. Read down a column to see which regions lead on each goal.

Region	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
E. Europe & C. Asia	89	66	77	84	64	73	73	66	54	85	85	77	85	66	74	65	70
East & South Asia	87	61	71	81	59	72	64	67	53	78	67	79	84	65	56	61	65
LAC	86	61	76	81	71	75	70	64	44	41	74	78	87	67	56	54	72
MENA	82	61	79	73	44	62	66	55	59	81	69	74	64	68	56	63	66
OECD	98	74	91	96	80	86	81	81	85	80	94	59	73	66	70	79	69
Oceania	52	52	56	77	47	62	48	65	38	66	66	90	96	74	51	63	64
Sub-Saharan Africa	40	50	50	48	53	55	39	56	27	50	53	93	97	70	65	49	62
All countries	75	61	72	75	62	69	63	65	53	67	73	78	84	67	63	61	67

Source: SDSN, Sustainable Development Report 2026 (backdated index, 2025)Hover a cell for the exact value

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All ranked countries

G7 members are in bold; Canada is highlighted. Sort by rank, by progress since 2015, or by spillover score.

Rank	Country	Region	Score	Change since 2015	Spillover score
1	Finland	OECD	87.4	+0.7	66.9
2	Sweden	OECD	86.3	+0.1	62.5
3	Denmark	OECD	85.7	+0.5	58.8
4	Norway	OECD	84.1	+0.9	57
5	Germany	OECD	84	+1.4	63.3
6	Austria	OECD	84	−0.4	63.6
7	France	OECD	83.4	+1.7	61.9
8	United Kingdom	OECD	82.5	+1.5	54.9
9	Iceland	OECD	82.3	+0.3	59.1
10	Czechia	OECD	82.2	+1.3	65.1
11	Poland	OECD	82.1	+2.5	74.4
12	Estonia	OECD	81.8	+2.1	55.1
13	Croatia	E. Europe & C. Asia	81.8	+2.1	71.8
14	Latvia	OECD	81.7	+2.5	62.3
15	Slovenia	OECD	81.7	+1.3	65
16	Spain	OECD	81.2	+2.5	68.4
17	Portugal	OECD	81.1	+2.5	69.4
18	Belgium	OECD	81.1	+1.5	51.3
19	Netherlands	OECD	81	+1.1	41.2
20	Japan	OECD	81	+1.4	73.5
21	Slovak Republic	OECD	80.9	+1	67.5
22	Switzerland	OECD	80.3	+0.6	42.1
23	Lithuania	OECD	80	+3.2	60
24	Hungary	OECD	80	+0.6	75.1
25	Ireland	OECD	80	+1.1	47.9
26	Italy	OECD	79.9	+1.6	69.1
27	New Zealand	OECD	79.5	+1.1	65.5
28	Canada	OECD	79.1	+1	68.4
29	Australia	OECD	79	+2	69.7
30	Malta	E. Europe & C. Asia	78.9	+1.4	67.8
31	Moldova	E. Europe & C. Asia	78.8	+1.8	91.6
32	Greece	OECD	78.6	+2.6	68.7
33	Chile	OECD	78.5	+1.7	86.9
34	Korea, Rep.	OECD	78.4	+1.4	68.1
35	Belarus	E. Europe & C. Asia	78.3	+0.8	88.1
36	Serbia	E. Europe & C. Asia	78.2	+4.2	85.6
37	Romania	E. Europe & C. Asia	78.1	+2.7	76
38	Uruguay	LAC	77.9	+2	93.1
39	Luxembourg	OECD	77.5	+1.6	40.5
40	Cuba	LAC	76.6	−0.9	95.1
41	Bulgaria	E. Europe & C. Asia	76.2	+2.7	77.1
42	Ukraine	E. Europe & C. Asia	75.9	+4.3	91.2
43	Thailand	East & South Asia	75.4	+2.7	89.7
44	Albania	E. Europe & C. Asia	75.4	+4.6	89.5
45	United States	OECD	75.3	+0.7	61.3
46	Cyprus	E. Europe & C. Asia	75.3	+1.4	53
47	Armenia	E. Europe & C. Asia	75.1	+3.9	91
48	Montenegro	E. Europe & C. Asia	75	+5.3	84.7
49	China	East & South Asia	74.7	+4.6	88.9
50	Kyrgyz Republic	E. Europe & C. Asia	74.6	+4	93.8
51	Russian Federation	E. Europe & C. Asia	74.5	+2.8	85
52	Azerbaijan	E. Europe & C. Asia	74.3	+3.7	91.3
53	Brazil	LAC	74.2	+2.6	96.6
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	E. Europe & C. Asia	73.9	+3.2	90.9
55	Israel	OECD	73.9	+1.2	58.6
56	North Macedonia	E. Europe & C. Asia	73.9	+3.1	83
57	Argentina	LAC	73.9	+0.6	94.9
58	Vietnam	East & South Asia	73.8	+3.5	89
59	Singapore	East & South Asia	73.8	+2.6	29
60	Costa Rica	OECD	73.6	+1.5	82.4
61	Georgia	E. Europe & C. Asia	73.5	+2.2	87.9
62	Fiji	Oceania	73.4	+3.5	95
63	Maldives	East & South Asia	73.3	+1.5	97.4
64	Dominican Republic	LAC	73	+4.8	91.6
65	Uzbekistan	E. Europe & C. Asia	73	+4.6	93.5
66	Peru	LAC	72.9	+3.8	94.5
67	Kazakhstan	E. Europe & C. Asia	72	+2.1	90.9
68	Morocco	MENA	71.7	+4.1	94.2
69	Colombia	OECD	71.6	+2.2	95.3
70	Algeria	MENA	71.6	+0.4	93.9
71	United Arab Emirates	MENA	71.5	+6.8	61.5
72	Tunisia	MENA	71.3	+0.7	91.3
73	Bhutan	East & South Asia	71.1	+5.5	81.2
74	Indonesia	East & South Asia	70.8	+5.7	94.8
75	Mexico	OECD	70.6	+3.7	89.5
76	Malaysia	East & South Asia	70.4	+2	86.2
77	Türkiye	OECD	70.2	+1.9	87.3
78	Suriname	LAC	70	+2	95.6
79	Ecuador	LAC	69.9	+1.1	95.5
80	Philippines	East & South Asia	69.9	+6.2	96.1
81	Oman	MENA	69.9	+6.3	77.9
82	Jordan	MENA	69.7	+3	88.1
83	Belize	LAC	69.5	+1.9	92.9
84	Jamaica	LAC	69.3	+2.3	86.2
85	Barbados	LAC	69	+0.5	91.8
86	Egypt, Arab Rep.	MENA	69	+4.5	93
87	Brunei Darussalam	East & South Asia	69	+3.1	71.2
88	Panama	LAC	68.9	+1.5	67.6
89	Iran, Islamic Rep.	MENA	68.8	+2.2	86.3
90	Nepal	East & South Asia	68.7	+5.9	94.4
91	Mongolia	East & South Asia	68.6	+2.4	93.1
92	Sri Lanka	East & South Asia	68.5	+1.9	95.4
93	Paraguay	LAC	68.4	+3.6	93.9
94	India	East & South Asia	68.3	+8.1	95.7
95	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	68.2	+3.1	95.2
96	El Salvador	LAC	68.1	+2.3	81.9
97	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	68	+2.9	75.2
98	Tajikistan	E. Europe & C. Asia	67.8	+3.8	94.3
99	Bolivia	LAC	67.6	+2.5	94.7
100	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	67.1	+3	92.5
101	Qatar	MENA	66.4	+2.6	53.8
102	Timor-Leste	East & South Asia	66.2	+3.9	91.9
103	Bahamas, The	LAC	66.1	+1.5	71.8
104	Saudi Arabia	MENA	65.9	+9.1	75.9
105	Bahrain	MENA	65.7	+5.8	75
106	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.6	+6	92
107	Venezuela, RB	LAC	65.4	+1.6	88.8
108	Cambodia	East & South Asia	65.3	+7.5	95.3
109	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.2	+2.9	90.6
110	Bangladesh	East & South Asia	64.8	+5.8	95.7
111	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.8	+2.5	90.1
112	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.6	+3.7	87.3
113	Nicaragua	LAC	64.4	+2.1	93.4
114	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.3	+8.4	93
115	Guyana	LAC	64.2	+1.1	81.1
116	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.9	+3.6	92.6
117	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.9	+4.4	93.6
118	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.4	+7.3	96.2
119	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.2	+8.4	92.7
120	Kuwait	MENA	62.9	+6.2	68.9
121	Lebanon	MENA	62.9	−1.2	73.1
122	Lao PDR	East & South Asia	62.5	+2.8	90.6
123	Myanmar	East & South Asia	62.4	+5.1	93.9
124	Iraq	MENA	62	+3.5	87
125	Honduras	LAC	61.8	+1.4	92.8
126	Trinidad and Tobago	LAC	61.3	+1.7	97.8
127	Guatemala	LAC	60.9	+2.8	86.4
128	Turkmenistan	E. Europe & C. Asia	59.9	+2.8	84.5
129	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.7	+8.8	95.1
130	Syrian Arab Republic	MENA	59.7	+2.4	90.6
131	Pakistan	East & South Asia	59.3	+5.2	94.2
132	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.1	+8.2	95.4
133	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	59	+6	87.2
134	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.5	+3	94.4
135	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.6	+4.3	94.4
136	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.6	+2.8	94.5
137	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.4	+4.1	92.7
138	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.3	−1.1	94.7
139	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.8	+5.3	94.8
140	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.5	+4.8	96.5
141	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.3	+6.8	95.7
142	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	55.9	+3.9	97.7
143	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	55.7	+3.5	96.3
144	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	55.5	+5.4	96.3
145	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.9	+1.3	94.6
146	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.4	+4.4	94.9
147	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.4	+2.2	90.6
148	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.3	+5.9	80.3
149	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	54	+2.5	95.7
150	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.9	+4.1	97.4
151	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.5	+1.9	93.5
152	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.3	+7.8	89
153	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.1	+2	97.2
154	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	52.9	+3.6	96.4
155	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	52.5	+2	88.4
156	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	52.4	+1	94.9
157	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	52.2	+1.3	94.2
158	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.9	+1.3	91.3
159	Haiti	LAC	50.7	+0.8	94.9
160	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.6	+5.2	94.6
161	Afghanistan	E. Europe & C. Asia	48.8	+7.3	89.9
162	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.7	+2	92.8
163	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.3	+0.5	93.7
164	Yemen, Rep.	MENA	47.8	+0.9	92.7
165	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	47.7	−0.5	92.3
166	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	46.2	+2.1	87.9
167	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.9	+4.9	93.2
168	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.3	+4.1	93.6
169	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	39.9	+1.7	88.5

Source: SDSN, Sustainable Development Report 2026169 countries shown

Workshop questions

Switch the map to ‘Change since 2015’. Which regions improved most? Name two countries that went backwards and suggest why.
Warm-up, Reading maps
In the regional table, on which goals do OECD countries score lower than other regions? What do those goals have in common?
Core, Comparing regions
Check your reasoning
Goals 12, 13 and 14, which measure consumption, emissions and pressure on the oceans per person, including impacts embodied in imports. High consumption lowers these scores.
Canada ranks 28th. Which countries just above and just below it have very different income levels? What does that tell you about what the index rewards?
Core, Ranks
The SDG Index weights all 17 goals equally. Propose an alternative weighting and argue how it would change the G7’s ranks. What would be lost?
Stretch, Critique