Status Index
To ensure comparability, observed values are transformed into scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The lowest value translates into score 1, the best value into score 10, and remaining values are transformed according to the original data distribution.
score
#
country
 
OECD avg.
8.71
1
Norway
 
 
8.64
2
Finland
 
 
8.58
3
Sweden
 
 
8.41
4
New Zealand
 
 
8.23
5
Netherlands
 
 
8.21
6
Denmark
 
 
7.98
7
Switzerland
 
 
7.89
8
Canada
 
 
7.51
9
Iceland
 
 
7.47
10
Germany
 
 
7.32
11
Ireland
 
 
7.05
12
Australia
 
 
7.02
13
UK
 
 
6.91
14
Austria
 
 
6.73
15
USA
 
 
6.64
16
Luxembourg
 
 
6.61
17
Belgium
 
 
6.13
18
Czech Rep.
 
 
6.06
19
France
 
 
5.89
20
Portugal
 
 
5.73
21
Spain
 
 
5.70
22
Japan
 
 
5.53
23
Slovakia
 
 
5.42
24
South Korea
 
 
5.22
25
Hungary
 
 
4.61
26
Italy
 
 
4.22
27
Poland
 
 
4.16
28
Greece
 
 
3.72
29
Mexico
 
 
2.41
30
Turkey
 
 
 
 
6.49
 
Design
Status Index scores are composite measures, based on numerous quantitative and qualitative assessments. The democracy category counts for half of the index score, while socioeconomics and the four policy-specific categories collectively provide the remainder.
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