The Index Simulator

This simulator is for advanced users who have an understanding of the indices and have reviewed their country's ranking in those indices. The Index Simulator allows you to imagine how a change in your country's performance in an index KPI would alter its overall ranking, and to select other countries for comparison.

Country description

Malta is a high income country. It has a GDP per capita of around 34.13 Thousand USD (2022) and HDI value of 0.92 (2022)

Index description

Financial inclusiveness is a key component of economic integration, participation and growth. It has significant impact on inequalities, especially for women access to work and economic activity. The index comprises of three parameters including Access, Usage and Barriers.

Results for Malta

	2023	Simulator projection
Rank	24
Score	0.59Value: 0.593851	Value: 0.593851

Comparison benchmarks

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Top 3 in Income Group

Top 3 in Region

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Income Group

Region

Access Rank 9 / Score 0.58	Traditional infrastructure Rank 4 / Score 0.55
KPI	2023 - Malta
KPI	Weight	Best	Worst	Aspirational value	Current Value
	Number of ATMs per 1000 Km²	Initial Value: 1	3660.09	0.06	Worst: Central African Republic 0.06 Best: Singapore 3660.09 17.16%	628.12Value: 628.125
	Number of ATMs per 100000 adults	Initial Value: 1	276.29	0.36	Worst: Sierra Leone 0.36 Best: Uruguay 276.29 16.34%	45.44Value: 45.4412
Number of commercial bank branches 100000 adults	Initial Value: 1	72.07	0.39	Worst: Ukraine 0.39 Best: Bolivia 72.07 32.26%	23.51Value: 23.5119
Number of commercial bank branches per 1000 km²	Initial Value: 1	1218.10	0.03	Worst: Central African Republic 0.03 Best: China 1218.10 26.68%	325Value: 325
Digital infrastructure Rank 32 / Score 0.72
Has access to the internet (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.16	Worst: Afghanistan 0.16 Best: Denmark 1.00 86.81%	0.89Value: 0.889222
Own a mobile phone (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.55	Worst: Mozambique 0.55 Best: China 1.00 90.86%	0.96Value: 0.958867
E-Finance content	Initial Value: 1	2.00	1.00	Worst: Bangladesh 1.00 Best: Algeria 2.00	n/aValue: n/a
Household with a computer (%)	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.02	Worst: Uganda 0.02 Best: Saudi Arabia 0.99 83.51%	0.83Value: 0.83
Governemnt initiative to make wifi available	Initial Value: 1	2.00	0.00	Worst: Benin 0.00 Best: Argentina 2.00 0%	n/aValue: n/a
International Internet bandwidth (bits per second per Internet user)	Initial Value: 1	8267910.00	1432.50	Worst: Liberia 1432.50 Best: Luxembourg 8267910.00 3.91%	324366Value: 324366
Propotion of individual using the internet for internet banking	Initial Value: 1	0.96	0.00	Worst: El Salvador 0.00 Best: Denmark 0.96 75%	0.72Value: 0.72
Active mobile broadband subscription per 100 inhabitants	Initial Value: 1	241.18	5.22	Worst: Central African Republic 5.22 Best: United Arab Emirates 241.18 31.15%	78.72Value: 78.7234
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	Initial Value: 1	48.76	0.00	Worst: Chad 0.00 Best: France 48.76 86.12%	41.99Value: 41.9931
Population coverage, by mobile network technology 3G	Initial Value: 1	100.00	24.00	Worst: Niger 24.00 Best: Armenia 100.00 100%	100Value: 100
Ease of access to services Rank 45 / Score 0.46
Account (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.10	Worst: Afghanistan 0.10 Best: Denmark 1.00 96.05%	0.96Value: 0.964457
Account, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.05	Worst: Afghanistan 0.05 Best: Australia 1.00 95.08%	0.95Value: 0.953261
Account, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.15	Worst: Afghanistan 0.15 Best: Denmark 1.00 97.14%	0.98Value: 0.975653
Owns a credit card (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.83	0.00	Worst: Pakistan 0.00 Best: Canada 0.83 51.17%	0.42Value: 0.42471
Owns a credit card,female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.83	0.00	Worst: Pakistan 0.00 Best: Canada 0.83 46.44%	0.39Value: 0.385413
Owns a credit card, male(% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.82	0.00	Worst: Cambodia 0.00 Best: Canada 0.82 56.59%	0.46Value: 0.464007
Owns a debit card (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.01	Worst: Sierra Leone 0.01 Best: Denmark 0.99 89.93%	0.89Value: 0.891329
Owns a debit card, female(% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Denmark 0.99 88.24%	0.87Value: 0.873543
Owns a debit card, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.99	0.03	Worst: Sierra Leone 0.03 Best: Denmark 0.99 91.57%	0.91Value: 0.909116
Deposit account with commercial banks	Initial Value: 1	2120000000.00	161189.00	Worst: Central African Republic 161189.00 Best: India 2120000000.00 0.05%	1320640Value: 1.32064e+006
Number of loan accounts with commercial banks per 1,000 adults	Initial Value: 1	3532.09	3.02	Worst: Afghanistan 3.02 Best: Brazil 3532.09 13.94%	494.82Value: 494.821
Main source of emergency funds in 30 days: loan from a bank, employer, or private lender (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.28	0.01	Worst: Afghanistan 0.01 Best: Dominican Republic 0.28 12.72%	0.04Value: 0.0443451
Usage Rank 29 / Score 0.5	Traditional financial operations Rank 29 / Score 0.61
Usage Rank 29 / Score 0.5	Made a deposit (% with a financial institution account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.97	0.15	Worst: Iraq 0.15 Best: Australia 0.97 79.4%	0.8Value: 0.801057
Made a withdrawal (% with a financial institution account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.98	0.15	Worst: Iraq 0.15 Best: Norway 0.98 82.19%	0.83Value: 0.832202
Sent or received domestic remittances using an account (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.63	0.01	Worst: Afghanistan 0.01 Best: Ghana 0.63	N/AValue: N/A
Received government payments (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.89	0.05	Worst: Madagascar 0.05 Best: Mongolia 0.89 63.59%	0.58Value: 0.584157
Borrowed from a formal financial institution (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.81	0.02	Worst: Afghanistan 0.02 Best: Canada 0.81 46.75%	0.39Value: 0.389358
Borrowed from a formal financial institution, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.81	0.01	Worst: Afghanistan 0.01 Best: Canada 0.81 39.91%	0.33Value: 0.329291
Borrowed from a formal financial institution, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.81	0.03	Worst: Afghanistan 0.03 Best: Canada 0.81 53.77%	0.45Value: 0.449425
Saved at a financial institution (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.81	0.01	Worst: Tajikistan 0.01 Best: Norway 0.81 55.77%	0.46Value: 0.456143
Saved at a financial institution, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.84	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Norway 0.84 49.64%	0.42Value: 0.416998
Saved at a financial institution, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.81	0.01	Worst: Tajikistan 0.01 Best: Sweden 0.81 60.66%	0.5Value: 0.495288
Digital financial services Rank 27 / Score 0.4
Used a mobile phone or the internet to access an account (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.85	0.00	Worst: Ethiopia 0.00 Best: Norway 0.85 50.75%	0.43Value: 0.431344
Used a mobile phone or the internet to access an account, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.85	0.00	Worst: Ethiopia 0.00 Best: Norway 0.85 48.8%	0.41Value: 0.414776
Used a mobile phone or the internet to access an account, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.86	0.01	Worst: Ethiopia 0.01 Best: Norway 0.86 51.52%	0.45Value: 0.447912
Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy something online (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.87	0.00	Worst: Ethiopia 0.00 Best: Norway 0.87 60.08%	0.52Value: 0.522726
Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy something online, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.89	0.00	Worst: Ethiopia 0.00 Best: Denmark 0.89 55.91%	0.5Value: 0.497626
Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy something online, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.85	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Norway 0.85 64.45%	0.55Value: 0.547826
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.88	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Finland 0.88 58.37%	0.51Value: 0.513678
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.90	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Estonia 0.90 54.14%	0.49Value: 0.4873
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.88	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Finland 0.88 61.37%	0.54Value: 0.540056
Made or received a digital payment (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.08	Worst: Afghanistan 0.08 Best: Denmark 1.00 89.92%	0.91Value: 0.907306
Made or received a digital payment, female (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.04	Worst: Afghanistan 0.04 Best: Denmark 1.00 88.49%	0.89Value: 0.889482
Made or received a digital payment, male (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	1.00	0.12	Worst: Afghanistan 0.12 Best: Denmark 1.00 91.49%	0.93Value: 0.925129
Saved money using mobile money account (% age 15)	Initial Value: 1	0.37	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Kenya 0.37 0%	0Value: 0
Borrowed any money using mobile money (% age 15)	Initial Value: 1	0.30	0.00	Worst: Afghanistan 0.00 Best: Kenya 0.30 0%	0Value: 0
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service (% age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.37	0.00	Worst: Egypt 0.00 Best: Cambodia 0.37 0%	N/AValue: N/A
Barriers Rank 49 / Score 0.7	Traditional barriers Rank 87 / Score 0
Barriers Rank 49 / Score 0.7	No account because financial institutions are too far away (% without an account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.38	0.00	Worst: Croatia 0.00 Best: Afghanistan 0.38 0%	N/AValue: N/A
No account because financial services are too expensive (% without an account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.51	0.01	Worst: Israel 0.01 Best: Nicaragua 0.51	N/AValue: N/A
No account because of insufficient funds (% without an account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.89	0.03	Worst: Malaysia 0.03 Best: Afghanistan 0.89	N/AValue: N/A
No account because of a lack of trust in financial institutions (% without an account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.38	0.00	Worst: Malaysia 0.00 Best: Afghanistan 0.38 0%	N/AValue: N/A
No account because of a lack of necessary documentation (% without an account, age 15+)	Initial Value: 1	0.42	0.01	Worst: Cyprus 0.01 Best: Liberia 0.42	N/AValue: N/A
Digital barriers Rank 26 / Score 0.7
Ict regulatory environment	Initial Value: 1	99.00	7.00	Worst: Libya 7.00 Best: Italy 99.00 95.65%	95Value: 95
Regulatory quality	Initial Value: 1	2.23	-2.20	Worst: Venezuela -2.20 Best: Singapore 2.23 68.03%	0.81Value: 0.813723
Cybersecurity	Initial Value: 1	100.00	2.20	Worst: Honduras 2.20 Best: United States 100.00 83.28%	83.65Value: 83.65
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)	Initial Value: 1	46678100.00	6.00	Worst: Central African Republic 6.00 Best: United States 46678100.00 0.02%	7445Value: 7445
Smart phone cost	Initial Value: 1	100.00	0.90	Worst: Malawi 0.90 Best: Australia 100.00	n/aValue: n/a
Data-only mobile broadband basket	Initial Value: 1	40.99	0.18	Worst: Luxembourg 0.18 Best: Central African Republic 40.99 0.88%	0.54Value: 0.539605
Access to electricity (%)	Initial Value: 1	100.00	0.00	Worst: Kosovo 0.00 Best: Albania 100.00 100%	100Value: 100
Support for digital literacy	Initial Value: 1	3.00	0.00	Worst: Burkina Faso 0.00 Best: Argentina 3.00 0%	n/aValue: n/a
Digital skills among active population	Initial Value: 1	5.83	2.74	Worst: Mozambique 2.74 Best: Finland 5.83 64.09%	4.72Value: 4.7204
Mean years of schooling	Initial Value: 1	14.20	1.60	Worst: Burkina Faso 1.60 Best: Germany 14.20	N/AValue: N/A
Government expenditure on education (% of gdp )	Initial Value: 1	9.84	1.34	Worst: Venezuela 1.34 Best: Bolivia 9.84 53.29%	5.87Value: 5.87

Index Global Highlights

Custom Region
Average
Weighted Average by population
Highest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank
Lowest Ranked Country		Country
		Score
		Rank

Global Details
Global Average		0.43 Value: 0.430144474820144
Developed Economies Average		0.6 0.5995718
Developing Economies Average		0.39 0.385972680555556
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73 0.729278
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Central African Republic
	Score	0.1 0.100368
	Global Rank	139
Highest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73 0.729278
	Global Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Developed Country	Country	Romania
	Score	0.48 0.480315
	Global Rank	57
Highest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Korea, Rep.
	Score	0.68 0.684512
	Global Rank	2
Lowest Ranked Developing Country	Country	Niger
	Score	0.14 0.137462
	Global Rank	137

Arab Region Details
Arab Average		0.39 0.38632475
Arab Diversified Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, State of Palestine		0.32 0.3179494
Arab LDC Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen		0.22 0.215837
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Bahrain
	Score	0.59 0.592073
	Global Rank	25
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.22 0.215837
	Global Rank	130
Highest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Jordan
	Score	0.39 0.386577
	Global Rank	77
Lowest Arab Diversified Country	Country	Iraq
	Score	0.22 0.215952
	Global Rank	129
Highest Arab LDC	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.22 0.215837
	Global Rank	130
Lowest Arab LDC	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.22 0.215837
	Global Rank	130

Economies per capita
High-Income Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Nauru, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Korea, Rep., Romania, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR			0.58 0.583117239130435
Upper-Middle-Income Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, Kosovo, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela, South Africa, North Macedonia			0.43 0.431477135135135
Lower-Middle-Income Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Moldova, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire, State of Palestine			0.34 0.340805894736842
Low Income Afghanistan, Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Korea Dem Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Rwanda, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uganda, Yemen, Central African Republic			0.23 0.225078388888889

Oil Exporting/Importing
Oil Exporting Average Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Chad, China, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Rep., Congo, Democratic Rep., Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Slovak Republic, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen		0.46 0.458963
Oil Importing Average Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Croatia, Korea Dem Rep., Myanmar, Nauru, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Monaco, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Somalia, Korea, Rep., Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Togo, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Uruguay, Czech Republic, Hong Kong SAR, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa, State of Palestine, North Macedonia		0.41 0.411275202380952
Oil Exporting Best	Country	United States
	Score	0.68 0.675353
	Global Rank	3
Oil Exporting Worst	Country	Chad
	Score	0.13 0.134926
	Global Rank	138
Oil Importing Best	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73 0.729278
	Global Rank	1
Oil Importing Worst	Country	Central African Republic
	Score	0.1 0.100368
	Global Rank	139

OECD
OECD Average		0.59 0.592427027777778
OECD Developed Average Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic		0.6 0.6009366875
OECD Developing Average Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Korea, Rep., Turkey		0.49 0.494194
OECD Best	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73 0.729278
	Global Rank	1
OECD Worst	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.37 0.371931
	Global Rank	87
OECD Developed Best	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73 0.729278
	Global Rank	1
OECD Developed Worst	Country	Mexico
	Score	0.37 0.373571
	Global Rank	85
OECD Developing Best	Country	Korea, Rep.
	Score	0.68 0.684512
	Global Rank	2
OECD Developing Worst	Country	Colombia
	Score	0.37 0.371931
	Global Rank	87

Arab region
Simple Average		0.39
Weighted Average by population		0.27
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Bahrain
	Score	0.59
	Rank	25
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.22
	Rank	130

AMU
Simple Average		0.32
Weighted Average by population		0.35
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Tunisia
	Score	0.38
	Rank	80
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Mauritania
	Score	0.22
	Rank	130

East Asia and Pacific
Simple Average		0.48
Weighted Average by population		0.54
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Australia
	Score	0.65
	Rank	7
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Lao PDR
	Score	0.26
	Rank	119

Europe and Central Asia
Simple Average		0.54
Weighted Average by population		0.55
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Luxembourg
	Score	0.73
	Rank	1
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Tajikistan
	Score	0.28
	Rank	113

Latin America and The Caribbean
Simple Average		0.39
Weighted Average by population		0.42
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Chile
	Score	0.54
	Rank	40
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Nicaragua
	Score	0.21
	Rank	132

North America
Simple Average		0.67
Weighted Average by population		0.67
Highest Ranked Country	Country	United States
	Score	0.68
	Rank	3
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Canada
	Score	0.67
	Rank	4

South Asia
Simple Average		0.35
Weighted Average by population		0.38
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Iran, Islamic Rep.
	Score	0.54
	Rank	41
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Afghanistan
	Score	0.15
	Rank	136

Sub-Saharan Africa
Simple Average		0.29
Weighted Average by population		0.29
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Mauritius
	Score	0.52
	Rank	49
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Central African Republic
	Score	0.1
	Rank	139

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Simple Average		0.34
Weighted Average by population		0.33
Highest Ranked Country	Country	Bahrain
	Score	0.59
	Rank	25
Lowest Ranked Country	Country	Chad
	Score	0.13
	Rank	138

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Index Global Highlights

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Oil Exporting/Importing

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East Asia and Pacific

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Latin America and The Caribbean

North America

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

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