Overall Best Countries Ranking
2020 Rankings

The overall ranking of Best Countries measure global performance on a variety of metrics.

Top 5 African countries
1.South Africa
2.Morocco
3.Kenya
4.Ghana
5.Tunisia

Switzerland
#1 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$705.5 billion
POPULATION8.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$65,010

#2 Canada
in Best Countries Overall

#3 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.7 trillion
POPULATION37.1 million
GDP PC, PPP$49,690

Japan
#3 in Best Countries Overall

#2 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$5.0 trillion
POPULATION126.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$44,246

Germany
#4 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$4.0 trillion
POPULATION82.9 million
GDP PC, PPP$52,386

Australia
#5 in Best Countries Overall

#7 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.4 trillion
POPULATION25.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$52,379

United Kingdom
#6 in Best Countries Overall

#5 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$2.8 trillion
POPULATION66.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$45,741

United States
#7 in Best Countries Overall

#8 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$20.5 trillion
POPULATION327.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$62,869

Sweden
#8 in Best Countries Overall

#6 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$551.0 billion
POPULATION10.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$53,652

Netherlands
#9 in Best Countries Overall

#11 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$913.7 billion
POPULATION17.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$56,489

Norway
#10 in Best Countries Overall

#9 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$434.8 billion
POPULATION5.3 million
GDP PC, PPP$74,357

New Zealand
#11 in Best Countries Overall

#12 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$205.0 billion
POPULATION4.9 million
GDP PC, PPP$40,096

France
#12 in Best Countries Overall

#10 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$2.8 trillion
POPULATION67.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$45,893

Denmark
#13 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$352.1 billion
POPULATION5.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$52,279

Finland
#14 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$274.0 billion
POPULATION5.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$46,596

China
#15 in Best Countries Overall

#16 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$13.6 trillion
POPULATION1.4 billion
GDP PC, PPP$18,116

Singapore
#16 in Best Countries Overall

#15 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$364.2 billion
POPULATION5.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$101,387

Italy
#17 in Best Countries Overall

#18 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$2.1 trillion
POPULATION60.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$39,676

Austria
#18 in Best Countries Overall

Not Ranked in 2019

GDP$455.7 billion
POPULATION8.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$52,172

Spain
#19 in Best Countries Overall

#20 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.4 trillion
POPULATION46.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$40,172

South Korea
#20 in Best Countries Overall

#22 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.6 trillion
POPULATION51.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$43,290

Luxembourg
#21 in Best Countries Overall

#19 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$69.5 billion
POPULATION607.7 thousand
GDP PC, PPP$106,372

United Arab Emirates
#22 in Best Countries Overall

#23 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$414.2 billion
POPULATION9.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$69,222

Russia
#23 in Best Countries Overall

#24 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.7 trillion
POPULATION144.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$28,797

Portugal
#24 in Best Countries Overall

#25 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$238.0 billion
POPULATION10.3 million
GDP PC, PPP$32,412

India
#25 in Best Countries Overall

#27 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$2.7 trillion
POPULATION1.4 billion
GDP PC, PPP$7,859

Thailand
#26 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$505.0 billion
POPULATION69.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$19,484

Greece
#27 in Best Countries Overall

#30 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$218.0 billion
POPULATION10.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$29,072

Brazil
#28 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$1.9 trillion
POPULATION209.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$16,146

Israel
#29 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$369.7 billion
POPULATION8.9 million
GDP PC, PPP$37,994

Qatar
#30 in Best Countries Overall

#31 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$192.0 billion
POPULATION2.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$129,638

Saudi Arabia
#31 in Best Countries Overall

#32 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$782.5 billion
POPULATION33.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$55,730

Malaysia
#32 in Best Countries Overall

#38 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$354.3 billion
POPULATION31.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$31,311

Mexico
#33 in Best Countries Overall

#35 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.2 trillion
POPULATION126.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$20,616

Poland
#34 in Best Countries Overall

#33 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$585.8 billion
POPULATION38.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$32,005

Turkey
#35 in Best Countries Overall

#34 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$766.5 billion
POPULATION82.3 million
GDP PC, PPP$28,044

Egypt
#36 in Best Countries Overall

#40 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$250.9 billion
POPULATION98.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$13,358

Czech Republic
#37 in Best Countries Overall

#41 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$245.2 billion
POPULATION10.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$37,340

Costa Rica
#38 in Best Countries Overall

#44 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$60.1 billion
POPULATION5.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$17,566

South Africa
#39 in Best Countries Overall

#37 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$368.3 billion
POPULATION57.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$13,630

Morocco
#40 in Best Countries Overall

#42 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$118.5 billion
POPULATION36.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$8,931

Indonesia
#41 in Best Countries Overall

#43 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$1.0 trillion
POPULATION267.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$13,234

Argentina
#42 in Best Countries Overall

#48 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$518.5 billion
POPULATION44.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$20,551

Vietnam
#43 in Best Countries Overall

#39 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$244.9 billion
POPULATION95.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$7,513

Croatia
#44 in Best Countries Overall

#36 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$60.8 billion
POPULATION4.1 million
GDP PC, PPP$26,256

Philippines
#45 in Best Countries Overall

#50 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$330.9 billion
POPULATION106.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$8,943

Chile
#46 in Best Countries Overall

#53 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$298.2 billion
POPULATION18.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$25,700

Peru
#47 in Best Countries Overall

#46 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$222.2 billion
POPULATION32.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$14,242

Sri Lanka
#48 in Best Countries Overall

#45 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$88.9 billion
POPULATION21.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$13,443

Dominican Republic
#49 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$81.3 billion
POPULATION10.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$18,346

Panama
#50 in Best Countries Overall

#52 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$65.1 billion
POPULATION4.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$25,628

Colombia
#51 in Best Countries Overall

#66 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$330.2 billion
POPULATION49.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$14,936

Slovakia
#52 in Best Countries Overall

#59 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$106.5 billion
POPULATION5.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$35,136

Kenya
#53 in Best Countries Overall

Not Ranked in 2019

GDP$87.9 billion
POPULATION51.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$3,705

Romania
#54 in Best Countries Overall

#62 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$239.6 billion
POPULATION19.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$26,448

Estonia
#55 in Best Countries Overall

#51 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$30.3 billion
POPULATION1.3 million
GDP PC, PPP$34,157

Slovenia
#56 in Best Countries Overall

No Change in Rank from 2019

GDP$54.2 billion
POPULATION2.1 million
GDP PC, PPP$36,741

Myanmar
#57 in Best Countries Overall

#61 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$71.2 billion
POPULATION53.7 million
GDP PC, PPP$6,227

Bulgaria
#58 in Best Countries Overall

#67 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$65.1 billion
POPULATION7.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$23,169

Lithuania
#59 in Best Countries Overall

#57 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$53.3 billion
POPULATION2.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$34,597

Bolivia
#60 in Best Countries Overall

Not Ranked in 2019

GDP$40.3 billion
POPULATION11.4 million
GDP PC, PPP$7,842

Azerbaijan
#61 in Best Countries Overall

#70 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$46.9 billion
POPULATION9.9 million
GDP PC, PPP$18,023

Latvia
#62 in Best Countries Overall

#55 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$34.8 billion
POPULATION1.9 million
GDP PC, PPP$29,912

Ecuador
#63 in Best Countries Overall

#58 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$108.4 billion
POPULATION17.1 million
GDP PC, PPP$11,760

Jordan
#64 in Best Countries Overall

#71 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$42.3 billion
POPULATION10.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$9,431

Guatemala
#65 in Best Countries Overall

#64 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$78.5 billion
POPULATION17.2 million
GDP PC, PPP$8,443

Kazakhstan
#66 in Best Countries Overall

#68 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$170.5 billion
POPULATION18.3 million
GDP PC, PPP$27,660

Ghana
#67 in Best Countries Overall

#69 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$65.6 billion
POPULATION29.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$6,492

Ukraine
#68 in Best Countries Overall

#65 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$130.8 billion
POPULATION44.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$9,287

Tunisia
#69 in Best Countries Overall

#72 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$39.9 billion
POPULATION11.6 million
GDP PC, PPP$12,384

Belarus
#70 in Best Countries Overall

#73 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$59.7 billion
POPULATION9.5 million
GDP PC, PPP$19,941

Oman
#71 in Best Countries Overall

#63 out of 80 in 2019
GDP$79.3 billion
POPULATION4.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$47,933

Serbia
#72 in Best Countries Overall

#77 out of 80 in 2019
GDP$50.5 billion
POPULATION7.0 million
GDP PC, PPP$17,552

Lebanon
#73 Best Countries Overall

#76 out of 80 in 2019

GDP$56.6 billion
POPULATION6.8 million
GDP PC, PPP$14,689

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/overall-rankings

Biko were is Nigeria ...
Or should we count from the bottom first?

No Nigeria?

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Imagine if Nigeria is divided into 3 , the standard of living in the south side will be so fvking goood

But all these almajari people nor wan let us progress..

Even with inventory of COVID-19, China is still not among top Ten?

bigdammyj:
Even with inventory of COVID-19, China is still not among top Ten?

Nigeria way nor day nor pain u nah China own pain you abegi park well

So this is how backward Bubu has taken us to.....

Bias and propaganda as usual. There's no way Canada would be better than Japan or South Korea? USA is better than Norway...? This is a joke

Olominira:
Bias and propaganda as usual. There's no way Canada would be better than Japan or South Korea? USA is better than Norway...? This is a joke

GDP does not reflect standard of living

Source

Overpopulation is weighing Nigeria down.

But Lord Lugard that merged 3 countries together knowing fully well what Overpopulation does to a nation(in the future) is the most wicked one to be blamed.

Anyways, they see us as just Africans.
Imagine if Nigeria was not merged.

Lalasticlala mynd44 seun
Please move this to front page

Damn Niggarr!

Wait, Are you trying to tell me that Nigeria(the giANT of Africa) does not have at least $50 billion??
Even if we do, it will be

Nigeria
#399 in Best Country Overall

Has never been rank since Independence

GDP$30 billion
POPULATION206 million
GDP PC, PPP$145.6

Is this not a shame??

Waiting for Nigeria to be on this list...

DamnnNiggarr:
Damn Niggarr!

Wait, Are you trying to tell me that Nigeria(the giANT of Africa) does not have at least $50 billion??
Even if we do, it will be

Nigeria
#399 in Best Country Overall

Has never been rank since Independence

GDP$30 billion
POPULATION206 million
GDP PC, PPP$145.6

Is this not a shame??

This is bullshit!! Nigeria GDP is more than $250b and our Per Capital Income should be close to $2.5k.

BabaOwen:
This is bullshit!! Nigeria GDP is more than $250b and our Per Capital Income should be close to $2.5k.

then,
Why is she not on the list
If we have $250billion(as you claimed),
Why do we always run to world bank., IMF AfDB
for fund, to finance any little project
Why?
Modified
But then, if we have $250b

Nigeria
#399 in Best Country Overall

Has never been ranked since independence

GDP$250 billion
POPULATION206 million
GDP PC, PPP$1,214

Are we moving forward or backwards??

DamnnNiggarr:
then,
Why is she not on the list
If we have $250billion(as you claimed),
Why do we always run to world bank., IMF AfDB
for fund, to finance any little project
Why?
Modified
But then, if we have $250b

Nigeria
#399 in Best Country Overall

Has never been ranked since independence

GDP$250 billion
POPULATION206 million
GDP PC, PPP$1,214

Are we moving forward or backwards??

I only corrected you cause of the wrong stuff you wrote. Have a good day.

BabaOwen:
I only corrected you cause of the wrong stuff you wrote. Have a good day.

you too, Have a very wonderful day, dear.

I saw Egypt before South Africa, or is Egypt no longer an African nation again.