Global Benchmarking Database

Version 1.9 (N = 275)

NB: this is an archived record, from 1 January 2019 version 1.9 of the Global Benchmarking Database will no longer be updated.
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Name	Producer	Type	Coverage	Created	Frequency
2003 Ageing Vulnerability Index	CSIS & Watson Wyatt Worldwide	III/IV	12 countries	2003	2003 only
ADB Country Performance Assessment	Asian Development Bank	II	28 countries	2005	Annual
ADL Global 100 Anti-Semitism Index	Anti-Defamation League	IV	103 countries & territories	2014	--
AfDB Country Policy and Institutional Assessment	African Development Bank	II	40 countries	2004	Annual
Africa Integrity Indicators	Global Integrity & Mo Ibrahim Foundation	IV	54 countries	2013	Annual
AIDS Program Effort Index	USAID, UNAIDS, WHO & POLICY Project	I/II	54 countries	1998	2000, 2003
Aid Transparency Index	Publish What You Fund	IV	68 donors	2010	Annual
AODP Global Climate 500 Index	Asset Owners Disclosure Project	IV	500 asset holders	2012	Annual
Arab Democracy Index	Arab Reform Initiative & Palestine Centre for Policy and Survey Research	IV	9 countries	2008	Biennial
Basel Anti-Money Laundering Index	Basel Institute on Governance	IV	162 countries	2012	Annual
Basic Capabilities Index	Social Watch	IV	167 countries	2004	Annual, 2004–11
Bertelsmann Transformation Index	Bertelsmann Stiftung	IV	129 countries	2003	Biennial
Best Countries for Business	Forbes	IV	146 countries	2006	Annual
Better Life Index	OECD	II	36 countries	2013	Annual
Big Mac Index	The Economist	IV	57 countries	1986	Annual
Bloomberg Innovation Index	Bloomberg	III	215 countries	2013	Annual
Bribe Payers Index	Transparency International	IV	28 economies	1999	Every 2–4 years
Capital Access Index	Milken Institute	IV	122 countries	1998	Annual, 1998–2009
Child Development Index	Save the Children UK	IV	137 countries	2008	2008 only
CIFP Fragility Index	Carleton University	IV	200 countries & territories	2010	Annual, 2010–12
CIFP Governance Index	Carleton University	IV	192 countries & territories	2007	2007 only
CIRI Human Rights Dataset	David L. Cingranelli, David L. Richards & K. Chad Clay	IV	202 countries	1981	Annual
CIVICUS Civil Society Index	CIVICUS	IV	56 countries	2000	Irregular, 2000–11
Climate Analysis Indicators Tool	World Resources Institute	IV	185 countries	2004	Annual
Climate Change Performance Index	Germanwatch & Climate Action Network Europe	IV	58 countries	2006	Annual
Commitment to Development Index	Center for Global Development and Foreign Policy	IV	27 countries	2003	Annual
Competitive Industrial Performance Index	UNIDO	II	133 countries	2003	Annual
Composite Index of National Capability	J. David Singer, Correlates of War project	IV	193	1963	Irregular
Corporate Corruption/Ethics Indices	World Bank Institute	II	104 countries	2004	2004 only
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark	Aviva Investors	III/IV	100 companies	2016	--
Corruption Perceptions Index	Transparency International	IV	175 countries & territories	1995	Annual
Countries at the Crossroads	Freedom House	IV	72 countries	2004	Annual, 2004–12
Country Risk Assessments	Coface	III	160 countries	2005	Regular updates
CSGR Globalisation Index	CSGR	IV	208 countries & territories	2004	2004 only
CSO Sustainability Index	USAID	I	63 countries	1997	Annual
Dashboard of Sustainability	IISD	IV	Variable	1999	Irregular
Democracy Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	167 countries	2007	Annual
Democracy Ranking	Democracy Ranking Association	IV	113 countries	2008	Annual
Digital Access Index	ITU	II	178 countries	2003	2003 only
Digital Opportunity Index	ITU	II	181 countries	2005	2005 & 2007 only
Disaster Risk Index	UNDP	II	215 countries	2004	2004 & 2009 only
Ducroire/Delcredere Country Risks	Ducroire/Delcredere	III	246 countries & territories	1990	Regular updates
Ease of Doing Business Ranking	IFC	II	189 countries	2003	Annual
Ecological Footprint	WWF	IV	152 countries & territories	2000	Biennial
Economic Complexity Index	Observatory of Economic Complexity	IV	125 countries	2009	Annual, 2009–12
Economic Freedom of the World	Cato Institute & Fraser Institute	IV	152 countries	1996	Annual
Economic Vulnerability Index	UNCDP	II	130 countries	1975	Triennial
Education for all Development Index	UNESCO	II	205 countries	2002	Annual
EF English Proficiency Index	Education First	III	63 countries	2011	Annual (coverage from 2007)
EIU Business Environment Rankings	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	82 countries	1997	Annual
EMC Global Data Protection Index	EMC Corporation	III	18 countries	2014	Biennial
Enabling Environment Index	CIVICUS	IV	109 countries	2013	So far 2013 only
Energy Productivity and Economic Prosperity Index	Lisbon Council, Ecofys & Quintel Intelligence	III/IV	131 countries	2015	So far 2015 only
Energy Trilemma Index	World Energy Council	IV	130 countries	2011	Annual
Environment and Gender Index	International Union for Conservation of Nature	IV	72 countries	2013	2013 only
Environmental Degradation Index	Raghbendra Jha & Bhanu Murthy	IV	174 countries	2003	2004 update
Environmental Democracy Index	The Access Initiative & World Resources Institute	IV	70 countries	2014	Biennial
Environmental Performance Index	CIESIN & Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy	IV	178 countries	2000	Biennial (since 2006)
Environmental Vulnerability Index	SOPAC & UNEP	II	235 countries & territories	1999	Irregular
e-Readiness Rankings	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	70 countries	2000	Annual, 2000–09
Ernst & Young Globalization Index	Ernst & Young (with EIU)	III/IV	60 countries	2009	Annual, 2009–12
Ethnic Fractionalization and Cultural Diversity Scores	James Fearon	IV	160 countries	2003	2003 only
Ethnolinguistic/Religious Fractionalization and Political Instability Indices	Anthony Annett	IV	150, 148, & 108 countries	2001	2001 only
Euro Health Consumer Index	Health Consumer Powerhouse	III	36 countries	2006	Annual
European e-Business Readiness Index	European Commission	II	27 countries	2004	Annual, 2004–08
European Foreign Policy Scorecard	European Council on Foreign Relations	IV	28 countries	2010	Annual
European Human Capital Index	Lisbon Council	IV	12 countries	2006	2006–07 only
European Quality of Government Index	QoG Institute	IV	206 regions in 24 countries	2010	Irregular
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index	OECD	II	58 countries	2003	Annual
Female Entrepreneurship Index	Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute	IV	77 countries	2013	Annual
Financial Development Index	World Economic Forum	IV	62 countries	2008	Annual, 2008–12
Financial Secrecy Index	Tax Justice Network	IV	82 countries & territories	2009	Biennial
Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index	A.T. Kearney	III	25 countries	1998	Annual
Fractionalization Index	Alberto Alesina et al.	IV	215 countries & territories	2003	2003 only
Failed/Fragile States Index	The Fund for Peace	IV	178 countries	2005	Annual
Freedom in the World	Freedom House	IV	195 countries & 15 territories	1972	Annual
Freedom of the Press	Freedom House	IV	197 countries & territories	2002	Annual
Freedom on the Net	Freedom House	IV	65 countries	2011	Annual
G20 e-Trade Readiness Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	19 countries	2014	--
Gender Development Index	UNDP	II	187 countries	1995	Annual
Gender Equity Index	Social Watch	IV	168 countries	2007	Irregular
Gender Inequality Index	UNDP	II	187 countries	2010	Annual
GINI Index	World Bank	II	248 countries	1912 orig.	Annual
Global AgeWatch Index	HelpAge International	IV	96 countries	2013	Annual
Global Entrepreneurship Index	Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute	IV	132 countries	2009	Annual
Global Go To Think Tank Index	University of Pennsylvania	IV	Over 6,500 think tanks	2008	Annual
Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index	Transparency International UK	IV	114 countries	2015	2015 only
Global Accountability Scores	One World Trust	IV	10 IGOs, 10 INGOs, & 10 TNCs	2006	Annual, 2006–08
Global Aging Preparedness Index	CSIS	IV	20 countries	2010	2010 only
Global Cargo Watch List	Joint Cargo Committee	III	54 countries	2004	Monthly
Global Cleantech Innovation Index	Cleantech Group & WWF	III/IV	40 countries	2012	Biennial
Global Climate Risk Index	Germanwatch	IV	183 countries	2006	Annual
Global Competitiveness Index	World Economic Forum	IV	144 economies	2004	Annual
Global Connectivity Index	Huawei Technologies	III	50 countries	2014	Annual
Global Corruption Barometer	Transparency International	IV	107 economies	2003	Biennial
Global Creativity Index	Martin Prosperity Institute	IV	82 countries	2011	2011 only
Global Credit Survey	Institutional Investor	IV	179 countries	2001	Annual
Global Cybersecurity Index	ITU	II	104 countries	2014	--
Global Democracy Ranking	Democracy Ranking Association	IV	115 countries	2008	2008–09 & 2011–12
Global Dynamism Index	Grant Thornton and EIU	III/IV	60 economies	2012	Annual
Global E-Government Survey	WMRC & Brown University	III/IV	196 countries	2001	2001 only
Global Energy Architecture Performance Index	World Economic Forum (with Accenture)	III/IV	125 countries	2013	Annual
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor	Babson College et al.	IV	104 economies	1999	Annual
Global Financial Centres Index	Z/Yen	IV	83 financial centers	2007	Biannual
Global Financial Governance and Impact Scores	New Rules for Global Finance	IV	6 IGOs	2013	Annual
Global Firepower Military Ranks	Global Firepower	IV	126 countries	2006	--
Global Food Index	Oxfam	IV	125 countries	2014	--
Global Food Security Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	109 countries	2012	Annual
Global Gender Gap Index	World Economic Forum	IV	142 countries	2006	Annual
Global Hunger Index	IFPRI	IV	120 countries	2006	Annual
Global Innovation Index	Cornell University, INSEAD, & WIPO	II/IV	143 countries	2007	Annual
Global Innovation Policy Index	Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance	IV	55 countries	2012	2012 only
Global Integrity Index	Global Integrity	IV	31 countries & territories	2004	Annual, 2004–11
Global Intellectual Property Index	TaylorWessing & Z/Yen Group	III	36 countries	2008	Annual
Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index	Deloitte	III	40 countries	2010	Triennial
Global Microscope	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	55 countries	2009	Annual
Global Militarization Index	BICC	IV	152 countries	2009	Annual
Global Monitoring Report	World Bank & IMF (with OECD)	II	144 countries	2007	Annual
Global Natural Disasters Risk Hotspots	CHRR & World Bank	II/III	Countries & regions	2004	2004 only
Global Open Data Index	Open Knowledge	IV	122 countries	2013	Annual
Global Opportunity Index	Milken Institute	IV	136 countries	2013	Biennial
Global Peace Index	IEP	IV	162 countries	2007	Annual
Global Political Risk Index	Eurasia Group	III	24 countries	2007	Monthly
Global Real Estate Transparency Index	JLL	III	109 countries	1999	Biennial
Global Retail Development Index	A.T. Kearney	III	30 countries	2002	Annual
Global Right to Information Rating	Access Info Europe & CLD	IV	89 countries	2010	Annual
Global Services Location Index	A.T. Kearney	III	51 countries	2005	Biennial or triennial
Global Slavery Index	Walk Free Foundation	IV	167 countries	2013	Annual
Global Terrorism Index	IEP	IV	162 countries	2014	Annual
Global Talent Competitiveness Index	INSEAD, HCLI, & Adecco	III/IV	109 countries	2013	Annual
Global Youth Wellbeing Index	CSIS & IYF	IV	30 countries	2014	--
Globalization Index	Foreign Policy & A.T. Kearney	III/IV	62 countries	2001	Annual, 2001–07
Good Country Index	Simon Anholt & Robert Govers	IV	125 countries	2014	--
Greendex	National Geographic & GlobeScan	III/IV	18 countries	2008	Biennial
Happiness Index	Ruut Veenhoven	IV	90 countries	2004	2004 only
Happy Planet Index	New Economics Foundation	IV	151 countries	2006	Triennial
Hays Global Skills Index	Hays	III	31 countries	2012	Annual
Health System Attainment and Performance Indices	WHO	II	191 countries	2000	2000 only
High Tech Indicators	Alan L. Porter et al.	IV	33 countries	1987	Triennial, 1987–2008
Human (In)Security Index	Sascha Werthes, Corinne Heaven & Sven Vollnhals	IV	183 countries	2011	2011 only
Human Assets Index	UNCDP	II	130 countries	1970	Triennial
Human Development Index	UNDP	II	187 countries	1990	Annual
Human Freedom Index	Cato Institute	IV	152 countries	2015	Annual
Human Freedom Index	UNDP	II	88 countries	1991	1991 only
Human Opportunity Index	World Bank	II	19 countries	2008	--
Human Security Index	David A. Hastings	IV	232 countries	2008	Irregular
Humanitarian Response Index	DARA International	IV	23 countries	2007	Annual, 2007–11
Ibrahim Index of African Governance	Mo Ibrahim Foundation	IV	52 countries	2000	Annual
ICT Development Index	ITU	II	157 countries	2008	Annual
IDA Country Performance Ratings	IDA	II	77 countries	1977	Annual
IDA Resource Allocation Index	IDA	II	80 countries & territories	2005	Annual, 2005–12
IDA Special Allocation Index	IDA	II	8 countries	2011	2011 only
Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	40 countries & territories	2012	Biennial
Index of Constructive External Engagement	CGD	IV	21 countries	2013	--
Index of Economic Freedom	Heritage Foundation & Wall Street Journal	IV	178 countries	1995	Annual
Index of Human Insecurity	Global Environmental Change and Human Security	IV	All countries	2000	2000 only
Index of Human Progress	Fraser Institute	IV	128 countries	2001	2001 only
Index of Knowledge Societies	UNPAN	II	45 countries	2005	2005 only
Index of National Power	National Power Project	IV	187 countries	2014	--
Index of Social Vulnerability to Climate Change for Africa	Katharine Vincent	IV	49 countries	2004	2004 only
Index of State Weakness in the Developing World	Brookings Institution	IV	141 countries	2008	2008 only
Indicador de Riesgo País Alternativo (Alternative Country Risk Index)	Development, Economy, Ecology, Equity - CLAES	IV	18 countries	2004	2004 only
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index	UNDP	II	187 countries	2010	Annual
Innovation Capacity Index	Augusto López-Claros & Yasmina N. Mata	IV	130 countries	2009–10	2009–10, 2010–11
Innovation Union Scoreboard	European Commission	II	34 countries	2000	Annual
International Energy Efficiency Scorecard	American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy	IV	23 countries	2012	Biennial
International Energy Security Risk Index	U.S. Chamber of Commerce / Institute for 21st Century Energy	III	75 countries	2012	Annual
International Index of Bribery for News Coverage	Institute for Public Relations	IV	66 countries	2003	2003 only
International Property Rights Index	Americans for Tax Reform Foundation / Property Rights Alliance	IV	129 countries	2007	Annual
Investment and Performance in the Knowledge Based Economy	European Commission	II	26 countries	2002	Infrequent
Inward FDI Performance and Potential Indices	UNCTAD	II	141 economies	1988	Annual
IT Industry Competitiveness Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	66 countries	2007	Annual, 2007–11
ITUC Global Rights Index	International Confederation of Trade Unions	IV	139 countries	2014	Annual
KidsRights Index	KidsRights Foundation	IV	165 countries	2013	Annual
KOF Index of Globalization	EHT Zurich	IV	207 countries	2002	Annual
Latin American Index of Budget Transparency	DFID	I	12 countries	2001	Infrequent
Legatum Prosperity Index	Legatum Institute	IV	142 countries	2010	Annual
LGBT Military Index	Hague Centre for Strategic Studies	IV	103 countries	2014	2014 only
Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index	Carl Linaburg & Michael Maduell	IV	53 sovereign wealth funds	2008	Quarterly
Lisbon Scorecard	Centre for European Reform	IV	27 countries	2001	Annual, 2001–10
Living Planet Index	WWF	IV	3,038 vertebrate species	1998	Biennial
Logistics Performance Index	World Bank	II	160 countries	2007	Biennial
Market Potential Index	Michigan State University-IBC	IV	87 countries	1996	Annual
MCC Country Scorecards	MCC	I	83 countries	2004	Annual
Media Sustainability Index	IREX (with USAID)	I/IV	83 countries	2001	Annual
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall - Health Rankings	The Commonwealth Fund	IV	11 countries	2004	Irregular
Mothers’ Index	Save the Children	IV	119 countries	2004	2004 only
Multiculturalism Policy Index	Queen's University	IV	21 countries	2006	Coverage: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010
Multidimensional Poverty Index	UNDP	II	91 countries	1997	Annual
National Biodiversity Index	UNEP, Convention on Biological Diversity	II	191 countries	2001	Annual
Nations in Transit	Freedom House	IV	29 countries	1995	Annual
Networked Readiness Index	World Economic Forum & INSEAD (Cornell University)	IV	148 economies	2001	Annual
NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index	Nuclear Threat Initiative & EIU	IV	25 countries, 151 countries	2012	Biennial
Observer Human Rights Index	The Guardian	IV	100 countries	1999	1999 only
OECD Country Risk Classifications	OECD	II	201 countries, 9 regional financial institutions	1999	Annual
OECD Progress Report	Transparency International	IV	39 countries	2005	Annual
Opacity Index	Milken Institute	IV	48 countries	2001	Annual, 2001–09
Open Budget Index	International Budget Partnership	IV	100 countries	2006	Biennial
Open Data Barometer	World Wide Web Foundation	IV	92 countries	2013	Annual
Passport Index	Arton Capital	III	188 countries & territories	2015	Rolling
Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger	CIDCM	IV	163 countries	2001	Biennial
Pension Sustainability Index	Allianz	III	40 countries	2009	Every 2–3 years
Political Instability Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	205 countries	2007	Biennial, 2007–09
Political Risk Map	AON	III	163 economies	2006	Annual
Political Terror Scale	Reed M. Wood & Mark Gibney	IV	189 countries	Early 1980s	Annual
Polity IV	Center for Systemic Peace	IV	167 countries	1970s	Annual
Pollution-Sensitive Human Development Index	M.C. Lasso de la Vega & A.M. Urrutia	IV	165 countries	2001	2001 only
Programme for International Student Assessment	OECD	II	65 countries & economies	2000	Triennial
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study	IEA	IV	49 countries	2001	Quinquennial
Pro-Poor Policy Index	UNDP	II	15 countries	2005	2005 only
Quality of Life Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	111 countries	2005	2005 only
Quality of Living Rankings	Mercer	III	223 cities	2007	Annual
Quality of Official Development Assistance	Center for Global Development	IV	35 donor countries & over 100 aid agencies	2010	Biennial
Real-time Air Quality Index	aqicn.org	IV	Numerous cities	2007	Regular updates
Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index	European Commission	II	125 regions	2013	2013 only
Religious Diversity Index	Pew Research Center	IV	232 countries & territories	2014	--
Reproductive Risk Index	Population Action International	IV	130 countries	2001	Irregular
Resilience Index	FM Global	III	130 countries & territories	2012	Annual
Responsible Competitiveness Index	AccountAbility	III	51 countries	2003	2003 only
Resource Governance Index	Natural Resource Governance Institute	IV	58 countries	2013	2013 only
Rule of Law Index	World Justice Project	IV	102 countries	2011	Annual
Science and Technology Indicators	European Commission	II	15 countries	2001	Annual, 2001–03
Scope and Flexibility of Exceptions to Exclusive Rights Index	Lisbon Council	IV	8 countries	2015	2015 only
Single Market Scoreboard	European Commission	II	31 countries	1997	Semiannual
Social Institutions and Gender Index	OECD	II	108 countries	2009	2009, 2012, 2014
Social Progress Index	Social Progress Imperative	IV	132 countries	2013	Annual
Social Watch Scorecard	Social Watch	IV	210 countries & territories	1999	Annual, 1999–2006
Soft Power Survey	Institute for Government & Monocle	IV	40 countries	2010	Annual
Sovereign Ratings	Standard & Poor's	III	127 countries & territories	1916	Rolling
Space Competitiveness Index	Futron	III	15 countries & regions	2008	Annual
Startup Nation Scoreboard	Lisbon Council	IV	28 countries	2016	--
State Fragility Index	Center for Systemic Peace	IV	167 countries	2007	Irregular
Strictness of Employment Protection	OECD	II	45 countries	1999	Annual
Sustainable Governance Indicators	Bertelsmann Stiftung	IV	41 countries	2009	Every 2–3 years
Sustainable Society Index	Sustainable Society Foundation	IV	151 countries	2006	Biennial
Tax Attractiveness Index	Sara Keller & Deborah Schanz	IV	100 countries	2013	2013 only
Tax Misery & Reform Index	Forbes	IV	65 countries	2005	Annual, 2005–09
Technology Achievement Index	UNDP	II	72 countries	2002	2002 only
Telefónica Index on Digital Life	Telefónica	IV	34 countries	2016	--
Terrorism and Political Violence Map	AON	III	200 countries & territories	2004	Annual
Trade and Development Index	UNCTAD	II	123 countries	2005	2005, 2007 only
Trafficking in Persons Report	US Department of State	I	204 countries	2001	Annual
Transition Indicators	EBRD	II	29 countries	1994	Annual
Transnationality Index of Host Economies	UNCTAD	II	74 countries	2003	2003, 2005 only
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index	World Economic Forum	IV	140 countries	2007	Biennial
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study	IEA	IV	63 countries	1995	Quadrennial
UNCTAD FDI Contribution Index	UNCTAD	II	79 countries	2012	Annual
UN E-Government Development Index	UNPACS	II	193 countries	2003	Biennial
UN E-Participation Index	UNPACS	II	193 countries	2003	Biennial
University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index	University of Notre Dame	IV	180 countries	1995	Annual
U.S. Chamber International IP Index	U.S. Chamber of Commerce	III	38 economies	2013	Annual
Visa Restrictions Index	Henley & Partners	III	199 countries	2006	Annual
Water Poverty Index	Peter Lawrence, Jeremy Meigh & Caroline Sullivan	IV	147 countries	2002	2002 only
Wealth of Nations (Triangle) Index	Money Matters Institute/Global Horizon Fund	IV	70 countries	1996	Biannual, 1996–2005
Web Index	World Wide Web Foundation	IV	86 countries	2007	Annual
Welfare Index	Statistics Sweden	I	27 countries	2004	2004 only
Wellbeing Indices	Robert Prescott-Allen	IV	180 countries	2001	2001 only
Where-to-be-born Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	80 countries & territories	1988	Irregular
WJP Rule of Law Index	World Justice Project	IV	99 countries	2010	Annual
Women’s Economic Opportunity Index	Economist Intelligence Unit	IV	128 countries	2010	Biennial
Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa	Freedom House	IV	18 countries & territories	2005	Last in 2010
World Competitiveness Scoreboard	IMD World Competitiveness Center	IV	60 countries	1989	Annual
World Democracy Audit	World Audit	IV	150 countries	1997	Annual
World Health Report – Health System Rankings	World Health Organization	II	191 countries	2000	2000 only
World Giving Index	Charities Aid Foundation	IV	135 countries	2010	Annual
World Governance Assessment	Overseas Development Institute	IV	10 countries	2000	2000–02, 2005–07
World Happiness Ranking	SDSN	II/IV	156 countries	2012	Annual
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers Rankings	US Department of State	I	170 countries	1971	Irregular
World Misery Index	Steve H. Hanke	IV	108 countries	2011	Annual
World Press Freedom Index	Reporters Without Borders	IV	180 countries	2002	Annual
WorldPR Global Leadership Ranking	Patrick Robertson/WorldPR	IV	213 countries & territories	2013	Annual
World Risk Index	Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft (Alliance Development Works)	IV	171 countries	2011	Annual
World Watch List	Open Doors	IV	50 countries	2002	Annual
Worldwide Governance Indicators	World Bank Institute	II	215 economies	1996	Annual

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