The Good Country Index,
conceived by policy adviser Simon Anholt, analyses 35 different types of
data from the UN, the World Bank and other international organisations
and NGOs.
This
includes information such as freedom of the press, the number of
refugees hosted, the amount of weapons exported and the number of Nobel
Prize winners. This it the first time the Index is published.
Countries
are then ranked according to their contribution to science and
technology, culture, international peace and security, world order, the
planet and climate, prosperity and equality, and the health and
well-being of humanity.
9 of the top 10 countries are in Western Europe
Outside of
western Europe and the English-speaking world, the highest ranked
country is Costa Rica, which comes in at 22nd place, while Chile was
ranked in 24th place.
The African nation which contributes most to the planet is Kenya, which,
at 26th place, is the only country on the continent to break into the
top 30.
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