Rankings

Countries are ranked by their overall proportional score and are ordered from worst performance to best performance. These scores are calculated using indicators that are standardized to allow cross-country comparison, regardless of country size. To make the data comparable, we rescale each variable between 1 and 100, with 1 being the lowest bound denoting worst impacts and 100 denoting thresholds met or surpassed. For additional context, the Human Development Index category is given for each country whereby 1 = Very high ; 2 = high ; 3 = medium ; and 4 = low.

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HDI Category	Country	Proportional Overall Score	Absolute Overall Score
1	Qatar	2.83	49.45
1	Brunei Darussalam	4.88	70.80
1	Singapore	7.27	52.37
1	United Arab Emirates	7.66	41.75
1	Ireland	8.32	52.53
1	Luxembourg	9.24	78.75
1	Kuwait	9.29	54.11
1	Oman	11.04	53.83
1	Australia	11.65	25.65
1	Estonia	11.65	66.16
1	Finland	11.98	51.32
1	Bahrain	12.34	74.66
1	Canada	13.74	22.77
1	Netherlands	14.54	39.09
1	Norway	14.58	43.49
1	Belgium	14.84	44.62
1	New Zealand	16.74	49.38
1	Malta	16.98	88.35
1	United States	17.63	1.53
1	Denmark	17.94	49.79
1	Saudi Arabia	18.16	26.96
1	Sweden	19.41	44.04
1	Latvia	22.75	67.04
1	Germany	23.03	18.61
1	Lithuania	23.80	62.24
1	Austria	24.26	49.58
1	Switzerland	24.56	56.62
1	Iceland	24.78	90.74
1	Israel	25.54	52.42
1	European Union	25.64	1.91
1	South Korea	27.39	30.10
1	Bahamas	27.82	82.49
1	Russia	28.40	15.19
2	Mongolia	28.56	64.93
1	Cyprus	28.71	75.83
1	United Kingdom	29.02	26.22
2	Gabon	29.32	67.81
1	Uruguay	30.09	66.65
1	Malaysia	30.66	34.21
1	Chile	30.82	43.02
1	Czechia	30.83	50.51
1	Slovenia	31.00	69.45
1	Japan	31.35	19.08
1	Poland	31.37	35.81
1	Kazakhstan	31.44	43.37
1	France	31.75	27.43
1	Italy	32.50	30.96
1	Greece	32.74	50.09
2	Lebanon	33.14	63.30
1	Portugal	33.16	52.87
3	Congo, Republic of	33.26	59.21
1	Spain	33.26	32.90
2	Libya	33.42	58.56
2	Paraguay	33.59	61.72
1	Slovakia	34.49	60.49
3	Belize	35.47	82.73
2	China	36.61	1.51
2	Iran	37.02	27.03
1	Croatia	37.59	63.37
1	Belarus	38.15	55.14
2	Bulgaria	39.62	59.42
1	Hungary	39.85	55.74
2	Brazil	40.43	18.50
1	Thailand	40.51	32.18
3	Equatorial Guinea	42.23	74.29
2	South Africa	42.25	35.04
3	Bolivia	42.37	53.70
2	Vietnam	42.64	29.12
3	Bhutan	42.80	86.12
3	Laos	43.05	61.25
2	Azerbaijan	43.62	54.21
1	Turkey	44.55	33.07
2	Mexico	44.68	25.86
3	Namibia	44.69	76.37
3	Botswana	44.79	74.79
1	Romania	44.91	51.09
1	Argentina	45.71	41.22
3	Venezuela	46.25	46.78
1	Panama	46.53	70.04
2	Colombia	46.67	36.87
2	Peru	47.12	45.00
2	North Macedonia	47.26	79.67
2	Jamaica	47.35	76.04
1	Costa Rica	47.77	68.58
2	Ecuador	48.01	51.36
2	Dominican Republic	48.28	60.21
2	Bosnia & Herzegovina	48.47	73.59
3	El Salvador	49.21	69.80
2	Moldova	51.64	80.55
2	Indonesia	52.21	17.37
2	Algeria	52.29	44.12
1	Georgia	52.64	74.07
3	Cambodia	52.73	57.38
3	Guatemala	53.05	56.55
4	Liberia	53.63	73.03
2	Tunisia	53.76	60.82
2	Albania	53.92	77.12
2	Ukraine	54.66	47.12
3	Djibouti	55.00	93.44
3	Honduras	55.65	64.08
3	Iraq	56.13	49.83
3	Papua New Guinea	57.15	69.41
2	Cuba	58.17	65.97
2	Jordan	58.23	67.33
3	Philippines	58.28	36.47
2	Armenia	58.58	83.54
4	Guinea	58.73	63.82
3	Nicaragua	58.74	73.66
2	Egypt	58.82	38.50
3	Zimbabwe	59.40	61.15
2	Uzbekistan	59.63	55.09
3	Côte d'Ivoire	59.83	53.95
3	Myanmar	60.17	48.51
3	Ghana	61.85	53.10
3	Nigeria	62.14	32.29
2	Sri Lanka	62.98	59.08
3	Angola	63.17	55.22
3	Zambia	63.62	63.55
3	Morocco	63.95	55.39
3	Mauritania	65.29	82.31
3	Madagascar	65.45	60.21
3	Cameroon	65.87	58.54
4	Mozambique	65.97	55.82
4	Chad	67.30	67.49
4	Central African Republic	67.76	75.88
4	Sierra Leone	68.64	73.83
4	Congo, Dem. Rep.	68.79	45.09
3	India	69.62	7.52
3	Tanzania	70.61	53.79
3	Sudan	70.68	61.75
3	Uganda	70.87	56.42
3	Kenya	71.62	54.04
3	Senegal	72.03	69.20
3	Haiti	72.37	73.01
3	Benin	73.03	71.75
3	Syria	74.22	69.00
3	Nepal	74.31	64.75
3	Kyrgyzstan	74.62	80.38
3	Rwanda	75.10	75.68
3	Malawi	75.75	70.10
-	Korea, Dem. Rep.	76.07	69.80
3	Pakistan	77.05	39.60
3	Togo	77.35	77.85
3	Bangladesh	77.59	42.34
4	Mali	77.81	69.48
3	Tajikistan	78.49	80.61
4	Burkina Faso	80.61	71.61
4	Ethiopia	80.79	53.20
4	Afghanistan	81.40	68.39
3	Gambia	81.97	89.40
4	Burundi	82.88	80.08
4	Yemen	86.75	75.46
4	Niger	87.78	78.16
4	Eritrea	88.15	89.85

The Global Commons Stewardship Index is a composite of the latest breakthroughs in sustainability indicators, focusing attention on how countries are affecting the Global Commons both within their borders and through impacts embodied in trade and consumption (so-called “international spillovers”).

The Index aims to inform actions to achieve major international agreements, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Global Commons Stewardship Index is a collaboration between the SDSN, the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, and the Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo.