CEED Meta Index

    CEED Meta Index

    CEED Eastern European Country Ranking
    Eastern European Rank Country Score
    1 Estonia 3.888889
    2 Slovenia 5.259259
    3 Czech 5.379379
    4 Lithuania 6.4
    5 Latvia 6.458333
    6 Poland 7.518519
    7 Slovakia 7.68
    8 Croatia 8.851852
    9 Romania 9.037037
    10 Hungary 10.22222
    11 Bulgaria 10.7037
    12 Serbia 12.28
    13 Albania 12.69231
    14 Macedonia 13.11538
    15 Bosnia 13.92
    16 Belarus 13.92593
    17 Moldova 14
    18 Ukraine 14.18519
    19 Montenegro 14.47368
    20 Russia 14.55556

    This listing organizes these countries from top to bottom, based on the indices found on our website. Not only does this listing provide rankings for each Eastern European country, but it will also help gauge which countries in Eastern Europe have done well independently, providing good rule of law, human rights, and more. The countries near the bottom of the list, however, may need to work on some of these areas, and having a simple table to view and see which countries struggle where will help us, amongst others, progress into the future.

    With a simple understanding of the basics behind why the graph has been created, we will now dive deeper into the mathematics and background information as to how this information was sorted in order to conclude which countries place where in the top 20 list. When looking through the CEED indices you will find that each index may use a different method for determining the countries “score”, based on the specific category. However, the one digit that stays equal throughout every index is the final placement (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd… 19th, 20th) which is why this is the number used in our calculations.

    When calculating, we look through the 12 index categories and 26 total indices, putting the final placement that the country received in each index into our calculation. However, when looking through some of the indices, you may notice that some countries are not included in specific indices, for example, while Albania may be in every single one, Montenegro is missing from a total of 7. For this to not be an issue, CEED has decided to use a placement number, which would be put inputted into the calculation rather than having no number at all, thus allowing every country to be equal in terms of how many separate digits they have placed into the calculation. In order to receive this placement number, CEED calculated the countries average score with the missing numbers and that average score is the placement number that would be used.

    Lastly, each country has a separate independent calculation, with the countries scores being inputted and the final country average being calculated. With the final calculations, the countries are then organized from lowest score to highest score, thus equaling the CEED Top 20 Eastern European Countries. CEED has worked continuously to perfect the calculations and make sure that all indices included/involved are ones that have been updated to the most recent statistics and are also beneficial to understand the countries ups and downs in the past few years.

    1. The Rule of Law

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Denmark 0.9
    N/A 2 Norway 0.89
    N/A 3 Finland 0.87
    N/A 4 Sweden 0.86
    N/A 5 Netherlands 0.84
    1 10 Estonia 0.81
    2 18 Czech Republic 0.73
    3 24 Slovenia 0.69
    4 28 Poland 0.66
    5 32 Romania 0.63
    6 39 Croatia 0.61
    7 53 Bulgaria 0.55
    8 60 Hungary 0.53
    9 64 Bosnia 0.52
    10 68 Belarus 0.51
    11 72 Ukraine 0.51
    12 75 Serbia 0.5
    13 78 Albania 0.50
    14 82 Moldova 0.5
    15 94 Russia 0.47
    16 N/A Macedonia —
    17 N/A Montenegro —
    18 N/A Slovakia —
    19 N/A Lithuania —
    20 N/A Latvia —

    Source: https://worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/documents/WJP-ROLI-2020-Online_0.pdf

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Sweden 0.81
    N/A 2 New Zealand 0.81
    N/A 3 Norway 0.81
    N/A 4 Denmark 0.78
    N/A 5 Netherlands 0.76
    1 14 Estonia 0.72
    2 20 Poland 0.67
    3 22 Czech Republic 0.64
    4 30 Slovenia 0.60
    5 31 Bosnia 0.59
    6 33 Croatia 0.58
    7 34 Macedonia 0.57
    8 43 Ukraine 0.56
    9 46 Moldova 0.55
    10 49 Bugaria 0.54
    11 51 Romania 0.53
    12 54 Albania 0.52
    13 56 Hungary 0.51
    14 61 Serbia 0.51
    15 67 Russia 0.49
    16 78 Belrus 0.46
    17 N/A Latvia —
    18 N/A Lithuania —
    19 N/A Montenegro —
    20 N/A Slovakia —

    Source:https://worldjusticeproject.org/our-work/wjp-rule-law-index/wjp-open-government-index/global-s

    CEED Eastern European Country Ranking
    Eastern European Rank Country Score
    1 Estonia 3.888889
    2 Slovenia 5.259259
    3 Czech 5.379379
    4 Lithuania 6.4
    5 Latvia 6.458333
    6 Poland 7.518519
    7 Slovakia 7.68
    8 Croatia 8.851852
    9 Romania 9.037037
    10 Hungary 10.22222
    11 Bulgaria 10.7037
    12 Serbia 12.28
    13 Albania 12.69231
    14 Macedonia 13.11538
    15 Bosnia 13.92
    16 Belarus 13.92593
    17 Moldova 14
    18 Ukraine 14.18519
    19 Montenegro 14.47368
    20 Russia 14.55556
    https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/wb_ruleoflaw/

    2. Human Rights

    Eastern European RankGlobal RankCountryScore
    N/A1New Zealand8.87
    N/A2Switzerland8.82
    N/A3Hong Kong8.74
    N/A4Denmark8.73
    N/A5Australia8.68
     
    18Estonia8.54
    221Lithuania8.37
    322Latvia8.34
    424Czech Republic8.29
    532 Romania8.09
    633Slovenia8.05
    736Slovakia7.95
    837Bulgaria7.93
    938Croatia7.92
    1043Albania7.81
    1145Poland7.72
    1249Hungary7.61
    1352Montenegro7.46
    1455Macedonia7.4
    1559Bosnia7.34
    1669Serbia7.34
    1765Moldova7.18
    1899Belarus6.67
    19110Ukraine6.45
    20115Russia6.31

    Source: https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2020

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Netherlands 95.44
    N/A 2 Portugal 95.43
    N/A 3 Canada 91.94
    N/A 4 Belgium 90.82
    N/A 5 Uruguay 89.99
    1 14 Czech Republic 83.21
    2 18 Slovenia 76.47
    3 29 Croatia 73.04
    4 32 Estonia 72.02
    5 37 Hungary 69.27
    6 40 Bulgaria 66.80
    7 42 Macedonia 64.78
    8 43 Slovakia 64.24
    9 44 Poland 64.22
    10 45 Latvia 63.98
    11 49 Serbia 61.43
    12 51 Bosnia 60.36
    13 52 Lithuania 59.56
    14 53 Moldova 57.74
    15 54 Romania 57.73
    16 58 Montenegro 56.28
    17 61 Albania 54.69
    18 69 Ukraine 52.88
    19 84 Belarus 47.70
    20 97 Russia 45.47

    Source: http://www.fundalib.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WIMF-2020.pdf

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Finland 100
    N/A 2 Norway 100
    N/A 3 Sweden 100
    N/A 4 New Zealand 99
    N/A 5 Netherlands 98
    1 17 Slovenia 95
    2 18 Estonia 94
    3 38 Czech Republic 91
    4 41 Lithuania 90
    5 42 Slovakia 90
    6 49 Latvia 89
    7 53 Croatia 85
    8 59 Romania 83
    9 63 Poland 82
    10 74 Bulgaria 78
    11 86 Hungary 69
    12 90 Albania 66
    13 93 Macedonia 66
    14 98 Serbia 64
    15 99 Montenegro 63
    16 105 Moldova 61
    17 110 Ukraine 60
    18 118 Bosnia 53
    19 172 Russia 20
    20 192 Belarus 11

    Source: https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/score

    3. The Final Act of the Helsinki Accord

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Iceland 1.1
    N/A 2 New Zealand 1.253
    N/A 3 Denmark 1.256
    N/A 4 Portugal 1.267
    N/A 5 Slovenia 1.315
    1 5 Slovenia 1.315
    2 9 Czech Republic 1.329
    3 17 Croatia 1.48
    4 19 Hungary 1.494
    5 24 Poland 1.524
    6 25 Romania 1.53
    7 26 Slovakia 1.557
    8 27 Bulgaria 1.577
    9 30 Estonia 1.612
    10 35 Latvia 1.686
    11 37 Lithuania 1.689
    12 40 Macedonia 1.744
    13 44 Serbia 1.797
    14 48 Albania 1.824
    15 51 Montenegro 1.847
    16 59 Moldova 1.909
    17 72 Bosnia 1.97
    18 117 Belarus 2.285
    19 142 Ukraine 2.66
    20 154 Russia 2.993

    Source: https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GPI-2021-web-1.pdf

    4. The UN Convention against Corruption

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Norway 9.81
    N/A 2 Iceland 9.37
    N/A 3 Sweden 9.26
    N/A 4 New Zealand 9.25
    N/A 5 Canada 9.24
    1 27 Estonia 7.84
    2 31 Czech Republic 7.67
    3 35 Slovenia 7.54
    4 38 Latvia 7.24
    5 42 Lithuania 7.13
    6 47 Slovakia 6.97
    7 50 Poland 7.85
    8 52 Bulgaria 6.71
    9 55 Hungary 6.56
    10 59 Croatia 6.5
    11 62 Romania 6.4
    12 66 Serbia 6.22
    13 71 Albania 6.08
    14 78 Macedonia 5.89
    15 79 Ukraine 5.81
    16 80 Moldova 5.78
    17 81 Montenegro 5.77
    18 101 Bosnia 4.84
    19 124 Russia 3.31
    20 148 Belarus 2.59

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Denmark 88
    N/A 2 New Zealand 88
    N/A 3 Finland 85
    N/A 4 Singapore 85
    N/A 5 Sweden 85
    1 17 Estonia 75
    2 35 Lithuania 60
    3 35 Slovenia 60
    4 42 Latvia 57
    5 45 Poland 56
    6 49 Czech Republic 54
    7 60 Slovakia 49
    8 63 Croatia 47
    9 63 Belarus 47
    10 67 Montenegro 45
    11 69 Romania 44
    12 69 Bulgaria 44
    13 69 Hungary 44
    14 94 Serbia 38
    15 104 Albania 36
    16 111 Bosnia 35
    17 112 Macedonia 35
    18 115 Moldova 34
    19 117 Ukraine 33
    20 129 Russia 30

    Source: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/nzl

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score (high = bad)
    N/A 1 Norway 6.72
    N/A 2 Finland 6.99
    N/A 3 Sweden 7.24
    N/A 4 Denmark 8.57
    N/A 5 Costa Rica 8.76
    1 15 Estonia 15.25
    2 22 Latvia 19.26
    3 28 Lithuania 20.15
    4 35 Slovakia 23.02
    5 36 Slovenia 23.1
    6 40 Czech Republic 23.38
    7 48 Romania 24.91
    8 56 Croatia 27.95
    9 58 Bosnia 28.34
    10 64 Poland 28.84
    11 83 Albania 30.59
    12 89 Moldova 31.61
    13 90 Macedonia 31.67
    14 92 Hungary 31.76
    15 93 Serbia 32.03
    16 97 Ukraine 32.96
    17 104 Montenegro 34.33
    18 112 Bulgaria 37.29
    19 150 Russia 48.71
    20 158 Belarus 50.82

    Source: https://rsf.org/en/ranking

    5. The Paris Climate Accord

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Mt CO2/year
    N/A 1 China 10,175
    1 2 United States 5285
    N/A 3 India 2616
    N/A 4 Russia 1678
    N/A 5 Japan 1107
    1 4 Russia 1678
    2 20 Poland 323
    3 29 Ukraine 223
    4 43 Czech Republic 101
    5 47 Romania 75
    6 54 Belarus 63
    7 55 Serbia 55
    8 57 Hungary 49
    9 62 Bulgaria 42
    10 75 Slovakia 33
    11 82 Bosnia 27
    12 90 Croatia 18
    13 96 Estonia 14
    14 97 Slovenia 14
    15 98 Lithuania 14
    16 117 Latvia 8.3
    17 118 Macedonia 8
    18 129 Moldova 6
    19 131 Albania 5.6
    20 149 Montenegro 2.5

    Source: http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/en/CO2-emissions

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Denmark 82.5
    N/A 2 Luxembourg 82.3
    N/A 3 Switzerland 81.5
    N/A 4 United Kingdom 81.3
    N/A 5 France 80
    1 18 Slovenia 72
    2 20 Czech Republic 71
    3 26 Slovakia 68.3
    4 30 Estonia 65.3
    5 32 Romania 64.7
    6 33 Hungary 63.7
    7 34 Croatia 63.1
    8 35 Lithuania 62.9
    9 36 Latvia 61.6
    10 37 Poland 60.9
    11 41 Bulgaria 57
    12 43 Macedonia 55.4
    13 45 Serbia 55.2
    14 49 Belarus 53
    15 58 Russia 50.5
    16 60 Ukraine 49.5
    17 62 Albania 49
    18 74 Montenegro 46.3
    19 78 Bosnia 45.4
    20 87 Moldova 44.4

    Source: https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2020/component/epi

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 French Guiana 174
    N/A 2 Western Sahara 175
    N/A 3 Botswana 181
    N/A 4 Central African Republic 193
    N/A 5 Namibia 200
    1 29 Belarus 239
    2 62 Latvia 270
    3 71 Russia 273
    4 83 Estonia 280
    5 116 Slovakia 303
    6 123 Bosnia 306
    7 137 Lithuania 314
    8 138 Czech Republic 315
    9 142 Macedonia 316
    10 143 Ukraine 317
    11 145 Moldova 322
    12 147 Bulgaria 323
    13 158 Albania 330
    14 164 Romania 335
    15 173 Croatia 343
    16 188 Poland 354
    17 196 Slovenia 362
    18 197 Hungary 363
    19 N/A Montenegro —
    20 N/A Serbia —

    Source: http://islands.unep.ch/EVI%202004%20Technical%20Report.pdf

    6. Immigration and Diversity

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Papau New Guinea 0.990
    N/A 2 Vanuatu 0.972
    N/A 3 Solomon Islands 0.965
    N/A 4 Tanzania 0.965
    N/A 5 Central African Republic 0.960
    1 68 Latvia 0.595
    2 71 Moldova 0.589
    3 76 Macedonia 0.566
    4 92 Ukraine 0.492
    5 96 Estonia 0.476
    6 103 Bosnia 0.416
    7 104 Belarus 0.397
    8 115 Serbia 0.359
    9 118 Lithuania 0.339
    10 125 Slovakia 0.307
    11 127 Russia 0.283
    12 132 Albania 0.257
    13 135 Bulgaria 0.224
    14 142 Slovenia 0.174
    15 145 Romania 0.168
    16 149 Hungary 0.158
    17 162 Croatia 0.087
    18 168 Czech Republic 0.069
    19 171 Poland 0.060
    20 205 Montenegro —

    Language: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000185202

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Chad 0.8514
    N/A 2 Cameroon 0.8426
    N/A 3 Nigeria 0.8306
    N/A 4 Togo 0.8118
    N/A 5 Kenya 0.8091
    1 54 Latvia 0.5168
    2 55 Moldova 0.5136
    3 63 Estonia 0.4835
    4 68 Macedonia 0.4674
    5 71 Serbia 0.4573
    6 88 Bulgaria 0.3527
    7 90 Ukraine 0.3349
    8 97 Romania 0.2975
    9 100 Lithuania 0.2901
    10 108 Russia 0.2353
    11 110 Slovakia 0.2309
    12 113 Croatia 0.2102
    13 114 Albania 0.2086
    14 119 Belarus 0.1965
    15 127 Poland 0.1506
    16 128 Hungary 0.1492
    17 130 Slovenia 0.1461
    18 135 Bosnia 0.1199
    19 159 Czech Republic 0.0594
    20 N/A Montenegro —

    Diversity: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-diverse-countries

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Iceland 8.26
    N/A 2 New Zealand 8.25
    N/A 3 Rwanada 8.16
    N/A 4 Canada 8.14
    N/A 5 Sierra Leone 8.05
    1 21 Albania 7.22
    2 99 Slovenia 4.42
    3 110 Moldova 3.80
    4 114 Belarus 3.38
    5 116 Poland 3.31
    6 118 Ukraine 3.15
    7 123 Romania 2.93
    8 124 Lithuania 2.72
    9 125 Bosnia 2.71
    10 127 Russia 2.60
    11 130 Bulgaria 2.42
    12 131 Croatia 2.39
    13 132 Estonia 2.37
    14 133 Czech Republic 2.26
    15 134 Latvia 2.04
    16 136 Slovakia 1.83
    17 137 Serbia 1.80
    18 138 Hungary 1.69
    19 139 Montenegro 1.63
    20 140 Macedonia 1.47

    Source: https://journals.tplondon.com/index.php/bc/article/view/576/541

    7. Globalization and Economic Prosperity

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Hong Kong 8.91
    N/A 2 Singapore 8.71
    N/A 3 New Zealand 8.50
    N/A 4 Switzerland 8.40
    N/A 5 United States 8.19
    1 13 Estonia 7.89
    2 16 Lithuania 7.88
    3 22 Czech Republic 7.75
    4 24 Latvia 7.73
    5 28 Romania 7.68
    6 30 Albania 7.67
    7 37 Bulgaria 7.54
    8 40 Slovakia 7.51
    9 54 Hungary 7.27
    10 56 Croatia 7.26
    11 59 Poland 7.24
    12 67 Slovenia 7.15
    13 73 Macedonia 7.02
    14 80 Serbia 6.89
    15 83 Montenegro 6.84
    16 85 Russia 6.78
    17 92 Bosnia 6.69
    18 97 Moldova 6.66
    19 99 Belrus 6.64
    20 135 Ukraine 5.96

    Source: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2019.pdf

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Hong Kong 8.97
    N/A 2 Singapore 8.82
    N/A 3 New Zealand 8.49
    N/A 4 Switzerland 8.39
    N/A 5 Ireland 8.07
    1 13 Lithuania 7.85
    2 14 Estonia 7.84
    3 19 Romania 7.70
    4 26 Latvia 7.64
    5 26 Czech Republic 7.57
    6 34 Albania 7.54
    7 47 Bulgaria 7.41
    8 53 Slovakia 7.31
    9 56 Poland 7.27
    10 59 Hungary 7.23
    11 68 Macedonia 7.12
    12 71 Montenegro 7.05
    13 72 Slovenia 7.04
    14 75 Croatia 6.96
    15 84 Serbia 6.86
    16 85 Russia 6.82
    17 95 Moldova 6.63
    18 97 Bosnia 6.62
    19 124 Belarus 6.22
    20 134 Ukraine 5.97

    Source:  https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Singapore 89.7
    N/A 2 New Zealand 83.9
    N/A 3 Australia 82.4
    N/A 4 Switzerland 81.9
    N/A 5 Ireland 81.4
    1 8 Estonia 78.2
    2 15 Lithuania 76.9
    3 27 Czech Republic 73.8
    4 30 Latvia 72.3
    5 35 Bulgaria 70.4
    6 41 Poland 69.7
    7 43 Romania 69.5
    8 46 Macedonia 68.6
    9 48 Slovenia 68.3
    10 54 Serbia 67.2
    11 55 Hungary 67.2
    12 61 Slovakia 66.3
    13 66 Albania 65.2
    14 79 Croatia 63.6
    15 80 Montenegro 63.4
    16 82 Bosnia 62.9
    17 85 Moldova 62.5
    18 92 Russia 61.5
    19 95 Belarus 61
    20 127 Ukraine 56.2

    https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

    8. Innovation

    Global Innovation Index  – 2020

    9. Health

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Norway 0.957
    N/A 2 Ireland 0.955
    N/A 3 Switzerland 0.955
    N/A 4 Hong Kong 0.949
    N/A 5 Iceland 0.949
    1 22 Slovenia 0.917
    2 27 Czech Republic 0.9
    3 29 Estonia 0.892
    4 34 Lithuania 0.882
    5 35 Poland 0.88
    6 37 Latvia 0.866
    7 39 Slovakia 0.86
    8 40 Hungary 0.854
    9 43 Croatia 0.851
    10 48 Montenegro 0.829
    11 49 Romania 0.828
    12 52 Russia 0.824
    13 53 Belarus 0.823
    14 56 Bulgaria 0.816
    15 64 Serbia 0.806
    16 69 Albania 0.795
    17 73 Bosnia 0.78
    18 74 Ukraine 0.779
    19 82 Macedonia 0.774
    20 90 Moldova 0.75

    Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 United States 83.5
    N/A 2 United Kingdom 77.9
    N/A 3 Netherlands 75.6
    N/A 4 Australia 75.5
    N/A 5 Canada 75.3
    1 12 Slovenia 67.2
    2 17 Latvia 62.9
    3 29 Estonia 57.0
    4 32 Poland 55.4
    5 33 Lithuania 55.0
    6 35 Hungary 54.0
    7 38 Croatia 53.3
    8 39 Albania 52.9
    9 41 Serbia 52.3
    10 42 Czech Republic 52.0
    11 52 Slovakia 47.9
    12 60 Romania 45.8
    13 61 Bulgaria 45.6
    14 63 Russia 44.3
    15 68 Montenegro 43.7
    16 78 Moldova 42.9
    17 79 Bosnia 42.8
    18 90 Macedonia 39.1
    19 94 Ukraine 38.0
    20 108 Belarus 35.3

    Source: https://www.ghsindex.org/

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 France 0.994
    N/A 2 Italy 0.991
    N/A 3 San Marino 0.988
    N/A 4 Andorra 0.982
    N/A 5 Malta 0.978
    1 38 Slovenia 0.838
    2 43 Croatia 0.812
    3 48 Czech Republic 0.805
    4 50 Poland 0.793
    5 55 Albania 0.774
    6 62 Slovakia 0.754
    7 66 Hungary 0.743
    8 72 Belarus 0.723
    9 73 Lithuania 0.722
    10 77 Estonia 0.714
    11 79 Ukraine 0.708
    12 89 Macedonia 0.664
    13 90 Bosnia 0.664
    14 99 Romania 0.645
    15 101 Moldova 0.639
    16 102 Bulgaria 0.639
    17 105 Latvia 0.630
    18 130 Russia 0.544
    19 N/A Montenegro —
    20 N/A Serbia —

    Source: https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Finland 7.842
    N/A 2 Denmark 7.62
    N/A 3 Switzerland 7.571
    N/A 4 Iceland 7.554
    N/A 5 Netherlands 7.464
    1 18 Czech Republic 6.965
    2 29 Slovenia 6.461
    3 34 Slovakia 6.331
    4 38 Lithuania 6.255
    5 40 Estonia 6.189
    6 44 Poland 6.166
    7 46 Romania 6.14
    8 48 Serbia 6.078
    9 51 Latvia 6.032
    10 53 Hungary 5.992
    11 60 Croatia 5.882
    12 64 Bosnia 5.813
    13 65 Moldova 5.766
    14 72 Montenegro 5.581
    15 75 Belarus 5.534
    16 76 Russia 5.477
    17 88 Bulgaria 5.266
    18 93 Albania 5.117
    19 94 Macedonia 5.101
    20 110 Ukraine 4.875

    Source: https://countryeconomy.com/demography/world-happiness-index

    10. Education

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Germany 0.943
    N/A 2 Norway 0.93
    N/A 3 United Kingdom 0.928
    N/A 4 Finland 0.927
    N/A 5 Iceland 0.926
    1 12 Slovenia 0.91
    2 16 Lithuania 0.898
    3 18 Czech Republic 0.89
    4 20 Latvia 0.883
    5 21 Estonia 0.882
    6 23 Poland 0.869
    7 32 Belarus 0.838
    8 37 Slovakia 0.826
    9 39 Russia 0.823
    10 40 Hungary 0.821
    11 44 Croatia 0.805
    12 45 Montenegro 0.803
    13 47 Ukraine 0.799
    14 51 Serbia 0.783
    15 53 Bulgaria 0.779
    16 58 Romania 0.765
    17 62 Albania 0.746
    18 81 Bosnia 0.711
    19 82 Moldova 0.711
    20 84 Macedonia 0.704

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index#References

    https://worldtop20.org/education-database
    https://worldtop20.org/ukraine

    11. World Inequality

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Norway 1
    N/A 2 Denmark 0.99
    N/A 3 Germany 0.99
    N/A 4 Belgium 0.96
    N/A 5 Finland 0.96
    1 12 Slovenia 0.9
    2 13 Poland 0.9
    3 24 Czech Republic 0.85
    4 28 Ukraine 0.83
    5 30 Croatia 0.82
    6 31 Estonia 0.8
    7 32 Slovakia 0.8
    8 33 Belarus 0.79
    9 36 Russia 0.76
    10 38 Hungary 0.76
    11 42 Bulgaria 0.72
    12 43 Latvia 0.71
    13 47 Lithuania 0.69
    14 61 Romania 0.62
    15 80 Albania 0.55
    16 84 Serbia 0.54
    17 92 Moldova 0.5
    18 103 Macedonia 0.46
    19 N/A Bosnia —
    20 N/A Montenegro —

    Source: https://www.inequalityindex.org/#/

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Norway 0.957
    N/A 2 Ireland 0.955
    N/A 3 Switzerland 0.955
    N/A 4 Hong Kong 0.949
    N/A 5 Iceland 0.949
    1 22 Slovenia 0.917
    2 27 Czech Republic 0.9
    3 29 Estonia 0.892
    4 34 Lithuania 0.882
    5 35 Poland 0.88
    6 37 Latvia 0.866
    7 39 Slovakia 0.86
    8 40 Hungary 0.854
    9 43 Croatia 0.851
    10 48 Montenegro 0.829
    1 49 Romania 0.828
    12 52 Russia 0.824
    13 53 Belarus 0.823
    14 56 Bulgaria 0.816
    15 64 Serbia 0.806
    16 69 Albania 0.795
    17 73 Bosnia 0.78
    18 74 Ukraine 0.779
    19 82 Macedonia 0.774
    20 90 Moldova 0.75

    12. Democracy Index: The Economist

    Eastern European Rank Global Rank Country Score
    N/A 1 Norway 9.81
    N/A 2 Iceland 9.37
    N/A 3 Sweden 9.26
    N/A 4 New Zealand 9.25
    N/A 5 Canada 9.24
    1 27 Estonia 7.84
    2 31 Czech Republic 7.67
    3 35 Slovenia 7.54
    4 38 Latvia 7.24
    5 42 Lithuania 7.13
    6 47 Slovakia 6.97
    7 50 Poland 6.85
    8 52 Bulgaria 6.71
    9 55 Hungary 6.56
    10 59 Croatia 6.5
    11 62 Romania 6.4
    12 66 Serbia 6.22
    13 71 Albania 6.08
    14 78 Macedonia 5.89
    15 79 Ukraine 5.81
    16 80 Moldova 5.78
    17 81 Montenegro 5.77
    18 101 Bosnia 4.84
    19 124 Russia 3.31
    20 148 Belarus 2.59

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

    2021 – Democracy Index

    13. World in Figures: The Economist

    Rankings – The Economist – World in Figures

    Source: https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights

    Source: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions

    Source: Check out Alesina List for diversity Index

    Sourece: https://www.numbeo.com/health-care/rankings_by_country.jsp HEALTH

    Source: Bloomberg 2019 Healthiest Country Index (Pay to get)

    Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/fossil-co2-emissions-all-world-countries-2018-report

    Source: Inequality — http://www.oecd.org/social/inequality.htm#gender

    In case innovation is added: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii-2019-report. 2020 report is out on Sept. 2nd

    Freedom of the Press Index: https://rsf.org/en