The Good Country Index

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This just came across my feed and I found it quite interesting. The "goodest" country - not the best - the country that contributes the most to society..according to the definition:
 
The idea of the Good Country Index is pretty simple: to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. Using a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organisations, we’ve given each country a balance-sheet to show at a glance whether it’s a net creditor to mankind, a burden on the planet, or something in between.
It’s important to explain that we are not making any moral judgments about countries. What we mean by a Good Country is something much simpler: it’s a country that contributes to the greater good of humanity. A country that serves the interests of its own people, but without harming - and preferably by advancing - the interests of people in other countries too.

https://www.goodcountry.org/index/results/
 
there's a Ted Talk too

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world

 

South Africa ends up no 47 on the list

NZ - 17

Australia - 20

UK - 18

US - 40th

Finland- 1st

 

 

 

[Delarey]

This just came across my feed and I found it quite interesting. The "goodest" country - not the best - the country that contributes the most to society..according to the definition:

 

The idea of the Good Country Index is pretty simple: to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. Using a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organisations, we’ve given each country a balance-sheet to show at a glance whether it’s a net creditor to mankind, a burden on the planet, or something in between.

It’s important to explain that we are not making any moral judgments about countries. What we mean by a Good Country is something much simpler: it’s a country that contributes to the greater good of humanity. A country that serves the interests of its own people, but without harming - and preferably by advancing - the interests of people in other countries too.

https://www.goodcountry.org/index/results/

 

there's a Ted Talk too

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world

 

South Africa ends up no 47 on the list

NZ - 17

Australia - 20

UK - 18

US - 40th

Finland- 1st

Nr. 1 in Africa! That is something considering we hardly ever make the Afcon finals these days!

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Nr. 1 in Africa! That is something considering we hardly ever make the Afcon finals these days!

It's theoretically analytical...I haven't looked into it deep enough to see if it favours smaller populations... Facts day it doesn't. All that said.. It's quite interesting to look at the world from a different lens

[Delarey]

South Africa is such an unequal society that any metric that compares it to other countries is basically meaningless. Still an interesting analysis though.