Status Index
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Score 2011
1Sweden
8.65
 
2Norway
8.64
 
3Finland
8.52
 
4New Zealand
8.51
 
5Denmark
8.34
 
6Switzerland
8.12
 
7Canada
7.89
 
8Germany
7.77
 
9Australia
7.75
 
10Iceland
7.65
 
11Netherlands
7.63
 
12Luxembourg
7.60
 
13USA
7.49
 
14Ireland
7.37
 
15UK
7.22
 
16Belgium
7.17
 
17Austria
6.86
 
18Czech Rep.
6.78
 
19France
6.74
 
20Portugal
6.59
 
21Japan
6.54
 
22Chile
6.51
 
23Spain
6.35
 
24Poland
6.33
 
25Hungary
5.94
 
26South Korea
5.82
 
27Italy
5.70
 
28Slovakia
5.48
 
29Mexico
5.25
 
30Greece
5.12
 
31Turkey
4.65
 
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Question
How effectively do current policies serve the needs of present and future generations?
Index Design
Status Index scores are weighted composites. The democracy category comprises half of the index score, and the four policy-specific categories combined comprise the other half.
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