Life & fun · December 21, 2021
Greatcountry.org – Ranking all countries in the world
A composite ranking of 165 countries on 23 statistically-uncorrelated indicators of national quality, from democracy and GDP per capita to air pollution, biodiversity, and Olympic medals per capita. Built and maintained by Vladimir Prelovac.
Greatcountry.org – Ranking all countries in the world launched on December 21, 2021 with 7 votes, #1,209 of 2,707 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
What it does
GreatCountry.org attempts to answer the question that intrigues everybody. What is the greatest country in the world? The site ranks 37 factors covering social, economic, environmental and cultural life: from Olympic medals per capita and asylum applications received to loneliness, generosity, biodiversity, working hours, food self-sufficiency and family orientation. Every factor sits on the same z-score scale, and a country's overall position is the mean of those scores. The table below shows each country's rank per indicator (1 = best). The composite averages 37 dimensions, which encodes one set of priorities. Different priorities give different answers. Here are the top 5 countries on…from greatcountry.org
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