PILOT ISSUE 3 · 2026-10-06

OBSERVATORY OF LIFE IN COMMON

Open numbers about the conditions of life in common, and a weekly look at the technologies that change it. Every number has a source passport; the method is open; a person reads every issue.

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This is not a measure of how well people live together in a house. It measures conditions that official statistics can show.
Scores are relative places, not absolute levels. A country can improve and still fall.
Indicators come from different years (2015–2025); the method page lists them.
Do not use the ranking to judge peoples or governments. Corrections are welcome.

INDEX OF LIFE IN COMMON (PILOT)

All twelve worlds are measured with one open indicator each. A country's score in a world is its percentile place among countries with data (0 to 100, higher is better); the overall score is the average of the worlds with data.

01 Income inequality (Gini index; lower is better)
02 CO2 emissions per person (lower is better)
03 Voice and accountability (governance estimate)
04 Air quality: PM2.5 exposure (lower is better)
05 Safely managed drinking water (% of people)
06 Life expectancy at birth
07 Secondary school enrolment (gross)
08 Internet users (% of people)
09 Unemployment (lower is better)
10 Recognised cultural heritage (UNESCO World Heritage properties and Intangible Heritage elements, count)
11 Rule of law (governance estimate)
12 Responsibility to the future (adjusted net savings, % of income)

#	Country	Overall	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Worlds
1	Norway	81.5	93	16	100	92	81	92	90	97	58	74	99	87	12
2	Sweden	80.8	84	40	99	93	89	96	97	89	25	74	99	86	12
3	Denmark	80.5	81	31	100	86	92	85	95	98	45	65	100	89	12
4	Belgium	77.7	92	15	95	83	84	86	100	89	43	94	88	64	12
5	Ireland	77.5	86	20	98	86	68	90	96	92	59	57	93	87	12
6	Switzerland	76.8	56	38	96	84	71	98	71	92	56	86	98	76	12
7	Netherlands	76.2	96	18	60	82	93	83	98	91	65	76	78	75	12
8	Finland	75.8	90	22	99	97	86	87	99	81	21	68	100	60	12
9	Iceland	75.1	92	12	93	94	97	88	87	95	67	41	95	39	12
10	Germany	74.5	58	17	97	81	91	78	68	80	67	91	95	72	12
11	Luxembourg	74.2	59	9	97	87	87	92	86	98	38	52	97	88	12
12	Malta	74.0	71	45	80	75	90	89	74	82	81	56	73	–	11
13	Slovenia	73.4	98	19	85	69	85	86	84	73	76	67	80	60	12
14	Austria	72.2	73	19	94	78	79	84	68	76	44	88	96	66	12
15	South Korea	71.8	64	8	76	36	82	94	61	94	85	94	86	81	12
16	Czechia	71.7	96	16	89	68	76	76	63	63	82	89	85	56	12
17	France	71.7	71	34	88	84	87	89	76	66	30	99	83	52	12
18	New Zealand	71.6	–	20	98	88	97	84	89	81	52	25	97	57	11
19	Spain	71.4	61	29	87	77	83	95	91	88	19	98	79	48	12
20	Estonia	70.9	76	14	93	91	81	75	86	78	28	62	90	78	12
21	Japan	70.9	68	13	86	72	78	96	72	59	88	96	93	31	12
22	Singapore	70.5	–	10	44	58	97	94	75	84	83	41	92	99	11
23	United Kingdom	70.4	67	32	92	79	89	81	88	87	58	55	88	29	12
24	Australia	69.9	56	5	94	91	–	90	96	90	63	50	91	42	11
25	Portugal	68.7	55	44	91	82	67	87	93	65	40	90	84	27	12
26	Canada	67.0	72	6	96	89	73	85	77	83	33	52	92	46	12
27	Hungary	66.9	77	30	49	65	97	60	83	82	60	81	58	61	12
28	Poland	66.5	87	14	75	53	57	72	84	66	80	83	68	58	12
29	Italy	65.1	52	25	85	61	72	95	69	68	38	98	71	48	12
30	Uruguay	64.8	25	50	90	74	–	70	92	77	31	52	81	71	11
31	Cyprus	64.2	71	23	78	54	88	82	82	70	55	68	76	25	12
32	Lithuania	64.0	43	30	89	75	71	62	78	67	35	63	90	64	12
33	Slovakia	63.9	100	22	75	65	85	71	54	71	47	78	64	34	12
34	United Arab Emirates	63.2	94	4	24	4	77	91	73	99	90	73	66	–	11
35	Croatia	62.9	79	27	73	56	55	73	79	56	54	91	63	50	12
36	Israel	61.4	34	21	61	36	83	93	66	65	70	50	74	84	12
37	Latvia	61.0	53	39	88	67	74	57	71	79	36	56	85	29	12
38	Samoa	60.5	–	61	79	96	33	36	40	–	54	24	85	97	10
39	Greece	59.1	61	26	76	62	70	82	80	61	26	90	61	15	12
40	United States	58.9	20	7	71	88	75	72	63	86	63	52	77	33	12
41	Costa Rica	58.6	9	60	83	50	49	79	93	62	34	35	72	79	12
42	Qatar	58.3	49	1	15	0	67	88	67	95	100	55	67	97	12
43	Kuwait	58.2	–	2	27	3	97	99	59	99	90	43	57	66	11
44	Kiribati	58.1	98	76	82	98	4	17	44	68	–	14	80	–	10
45	Vanuatu	58.0	68	71	67	87	8	35	97	9	52	35	66	100	12
46	Thailand	56.7	63	36	36	33	–	59	52	73	98	71	50	53	11
47	Maldives	56.5	84	41	37	73	–	80	28	59	61	14	52	92	11
48	Moldova	56.5	92	43	58	60	46	34	67	44	95	49	47	44	12
49	Romania	56.5	82	38	64	54	53	57	31	75	40	86	61	36	12
50	Albania	56.3	83	59	53	57	43	76	85	60	18	61	52	28	12
51	Chile	55.7	16	36	82	33	75	81	81	87	24	68	75	10	12
52	Saudi Arabia	55.6	–	4	6	1	–	74	88	99	79	87	60	59	10
53	Belarus	55.4	99	21	6	70	63	48	58	83	71	67	11	68	12
54	Brunei	55.3	–	2	27	85	–	53	51	90	49	29	73	93	10
55	Tonga	55.3	91	60	74	95	13	43	52	33	91	24	77	11	12
56	Puerto Rico	55.1	–	28	61	85	80	83	31	62	41	14	67	–	10
57	Bhutan	55.0	87	56	56	24	38	44	37	75	75	24	76	68	12
58	Argentina	54.8	18	34	64	61	–	63	81	70	32	68	51	62	11
59	Bahrain	54.5	–	1	11	4	79	82	66	99	97	61	56	43	11
60	Morocco	54.5	–	58	33	46	49	53	43	74	24	89	41	90	11
61	Barbados	53.9	53	51	85	74	–	56	78	37	37	35	75	13	11
62	Jamaica	53.9	26	47	68	38	–	35	33	72	74	51	52	98	11
63	Bulgaria	53.0	27	24	58	43	69	54	57	53	69	80	51	51	12
64	Grenada	53.0	13	63	65	73	59	52	70	36	–	29	71	–	10
65	India	52.6	97	55	46	5	47	37	30	36	62	95	49	74	12
66	Vietnam	52.0	42	31	17	31	31	51	54	57	95	87	47	83	12
67	Montenegro	51.7	52	–	62	48	54	66	55	67	10	47	57	–	10
68	Brazil	51.5	5	54	63	66	57	55	77	58	42	88	35	21	12
69	Cape Verde	51.4	18	65	77	41	–	55	61	42	14	35	65	93	11
70	Kazakhstan	51.0	85	7	26	44	63	48	64	80	57	78	39	21	12
71	Sri Lanka	50.9	36	69	50	34	25	64	41	24	64	63	46	96	12
72	Dominican Republic	50.8	30	46	59	66	23	47	26	74	51	49	49	91	12
73	Kyrgyzstan	50.8	89	63	29	42	44	39	50	77	69	71	23	13	12
74	Malaysia	50.8	22	12	47	55	65	61	30	94	66	73	62	23	12
75	Seychelles	50.7	69	15	71	80	35	56	23	64	–	24	70	–	10
76	North Macedonia	50.2	60	35	54	37	51	59	44	79	12	52	48	72	12
77	Bahamas	50.0	–	40	70	92	–	50	29	78	23	24	58	36	10
78	China	49.9	43	10	7	21	–	68	–	76	60	99	38	76	10
79	Fiji	49.9	76	61	56	90	20	20	65	41	48	25	63	34	12
80	Syria	49.9	94	65	84	21	–	40	7	14	10	77	87	–	10
81	Jordan	49.8	–	55	32	20	58	68	51	87	7	83	56	33	11
82	Peru	49.5	24	56	48	23	29	67	85	51	51	90	29	42	12
83	Russia	49.3	63	6	13	71	47	44	53	84	91	70	10	41	12
84	Oman	49.2	–	3	22	7	62	76	58	86	74	82	65	5	11
85	Indonesia	49.1	50	47	45	38	15	33	62	40	75	83	45	58	12
86	Armenia	49.0	90	53	53	26	53	71	48	49	11	68	44	23	12
87	Mauritius	49.0	39	41	69	63	–	46	47	40	44	54	74	22	11
88	Ukraine	48.8	97	45	47	60	56	50	37	54	20	77	27	17	12
89	Algeria	48.7	–	35	23	53	41	57	80	45	15	84	30	74	11
90	Serbia	48.7	65	–	38	45	45	54	42	64	32	69	42	38	11
91	Mexico	48.1	17	39	41	52	21	52	75	55	86	93	15	31	12
92	Panama	48.1	6	48	65	58	–	75	26	39	27	57	44	85	11
93	Türkiye	47.9	14	23	22	29	–	62	90	71	26	98	26	67	11
94	Uzbekistan	46.9	66	33	18	19	52	40	65	69	59	85	30	27	12
95	Bosnia & Herzegovina	46.8	78	18	42	30	55	69	40	60	17	64	42	–	11
96	Colombia	46.7	2	58	51	49	45	66	72	46	29	85	32	25	12
97	Bangladesh	46.5	75	75	32	1	31	51	21	24	66	60	24	99	12
98	Paraguay	46.3	11	67	46	57	35	47	28	50	57	46	32	80	12
99	Trinidad & Tobago	45.6	–	3	67	64	41	44	60	53	72	14	41	–	10
100	Azerbaijan	45.2	–	37	11	32	30	49	48	73	46	82	37	54	11
101	Georgia	44.7	55	42	39	47	43	49	70	56	13	61	54	9	12
102	Belize	44.3	26	70	55	51	–	45	38	47	25	29	40	62	11
103	Philippines	44.3	29	62	42	35	27	29	36	32	89	67	36	47	12
104	Cambodia	44.2	–	68	7	44	14	32	17	34	100	72	18	80	11
105	Ecuador	44.1	7	49	48	47	42	64	53	44	73	58	19	26	12
106	St. Lucia	44.0	14	59	72	76	–	42	41	34	22	14	68	–	10
107	Côte d’Ivoire	43.8	48	77	35	39	18	6	21	19	89	57	34	83	12
108	Gambia	43.4	31	89	43	12	27	14	82	23	37	43	39	82	12
109	Mongolia	43.3	73	13	57	9	22	38	62	58	50	82	50	7	12
110	Tunisia	43.3	58	49	34	46	36	60	45	43	8	84	40	19	12
111	Timor-Leste	43.2	–	80	63	70	–	23	34	16	93	24	31	0	10
112	Senegal	43.0	41	73	54	10	11	26	10	27	84	61	46	73	12
113	Comoros	42.1	78	80	23	77	–	18	15	13	65	35	21	37	11
114	Nepal	41.7	80	79	45	6	5	31	45	21	19	33	43	95	12
115	Ethiopia	41.2	74	92	16	31	3	22	4	8	72	81	23	70	12
116	Tanzania	41.0	23	85	30	41	17	19	3	12	94	40	34	95	12
117	Bolivia	40.7	21	54	44	27	–	25	46	47	80	78	9	16	11
118	Kenya	40.7	32	83	40	40	–	9	33	15	46	69	35	45	11
119	Suriname	40.6	29	33	57	56	29	46	25	63	30	33	45	–	11
120	Ghana	40.2	15	75	59	26	21	13	25	38	79	48	53	32	12
121	Myanmar (Burma)	40.1	76	77	2	17	32	19	27	20	77	43	3	89	12
122	Iran	39.8	44	11	9	11	65	65	35	59	29	98	13	–	11
123	Egypt	39.7	87	52	8	8	48	36	35	41	34	80	28	20	12
124	Guatemala	39.4	9	68	40	25	28	41	13	28	87	64	19	52	12
125	São Tomé & Príncipe	38.9	22	76	55	59	19	29	46	27	23	35	38	–	11
126	Tajikistan	38.9	42	70	4	18	37	37	38	25	33	74	12	77	12
127	Nicaragua	38.5	–	72	4	39	–	51	22	28	53	48	6	63	10
128	Liberia	38.4	48	92	50	49	–	7	6	13	81	14	25	–	10
129	Malawi	38.3	32	88	49	52	7	21	5	7	53	60	48	–	11
130	Mauritania	38.3	69	69	28	8	–	25	5	20	20	58	26	94	11
131	Iraq	37.9	82	24	30	6	33	39	–	50	8	82	9	55	11
132	Nigeria	37.9	55	78	33	2	13	0	11	18	77	64	22	82	12
133	Honduras	37.5	8	67	35	24	37	43	14	26	55	41	16	85	12
134	Palestine	37.4	40	–	20	35	50	26	42	61	2	77	21	–	10
135	Guyana	37.2	–	29	51	50	39	31	49	54	13	14	43	–	10
136	Togo	37.2	35	84	25	17	9	7	20	17	92	44	33	65	12
137	Botswana	37.1	1	48	62	67	34	27	23	26	2	46	60	50	12
138	Zambia	37.1	3	78	41	40	–	17	16	4	43	41	35	91	11
139	El Salvador	37.0	27	62	31	25	–	38	19	32	73	35	28	38	11
140	Benin	36.8	50	81	39	12	5	4	8	15	94	43	37	54	12
141	Niger	36.4	64	94	21	2	–	5	1	3	99	41	16	56	11
142	Lebanon	35.9	46	57	35	28	26	67	20	48	18	66	18	1	12
143	Namibia	35.8	0	66	60	62	–	21	32	30	4	41	62	17	11
144	Mali	35.3	45	85	18	16	–	3	7	16	82	73	14	30	11
145	Madagascar	35.2	39	93	34	69	9	10	4	6	78	46	22	12	12
146	Laos	34.7	49	44	8	30	17	27	13	31	96	56	31	14	12
147	South Africa	34.5	3	17	72	27	40	16	76	46	1	49	53	15	12
148	Pakistan	34.0	60	72	21	3	23	22	12	25	47	66	18	40	12
149	Turkmenistan	33.3	–	8	2	22	66	30	56	5	62	74	8	–	10
150	Burkina Faso	33.0	38	87	19	14	–	4	3	10	70	47	24	46	11
151	Uganda	32.7	17	90	25	23	6	24	–	1	84	52	29	9	11
152	Guinea	32.1	83	84	20	28	–	3	–	14	50	24	13	3	10
153	Gabon	31.8	35	55	29	22	–	24	22	35	3	35	20	70	11
154	Sierra Leone	31.8	45	90	37	34	2	5	39	9	76	14	25	6	12
155	Guinea-Bissau	31.7	61	91	24	20	10	11	–	11	86	14	10	11	11
156	Rwanda	30.5	28	91	31	15	–	23	12	12	16	35	54	19	11
157	Angola	29.1	4	74	26	43	–	12	14	18	9	35	17	69	11
158	Cameroon	28.3	19	83	17	5	–	11	11	21	68	46	14	18	11
159	Lesotho	28.3	10	82	52	29	16	2	17	23	7	25	36	40	12
160	Burundi	27.2	37	94	10	16	–	9	2	1	98	24	7	3	11
161	Zimbabwe	27.2	5	73	14	59	11	8	–	19	22	52	12	24	11
162	Chad	27.0	38	93	12	9	1	1	2	1	97	35	8	–	11
163	Mozambique	26.7	7	86	28	64	12	8	6	8	36	44	15	8	12
164	Djibouti	26.1	21	74	14	11	–	14	–	30	1	32	20	44	10
165	Eswatini	25.3	1	71	12	51	19	12	32	29	0	14	27	35	12
166	Sudan	22.5	–	81	2	13	–	16	8	5	31	60	2	7	10
167	Afghanistan	22.1	–	87	1	13	15	15	18	3	11	57	2	–	10
168	Congo - Kinshasa	22.1	11	95	19	15	3	6	16	7	61	24	4	5	12
169	Congo - Brazzaville	19.6	–	64	15	14	24	13	–	22	3	29	11	1	10
170	Central African Republic	19.5	16	95	16	19	0	1	1	2	39	24	4	–	11
171	South Sudan	17.2	12	–	3	32	–	1	94	0	12	14	1	4	10

Only countries with data for at least 10 of 12 worlds are ranked (171 of 217). Columns 01–12 are world scores. Worlds 10 and 12 are rough proxies: read their notes on the method page.

LAST CHECK FOR NEW DATA

On 7 October 2026 we compared the update dates of the World Bank indicators behind edition 3 with the date we downloaded them (6 October 2026). The World Bank had not updated any of them since: the latest update was 25 September 2026 for the two governance indicators (worlds 03 and 11) and 13 July 2026 for the other nine. The UNESCO lists (world 10) were not re-checked. So there is no newer edition yet; when there is one, we will publish what changed.

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