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League tableSnapshot of 6 November 2026

Rankings: the UK and the 27 EU member states

Each score is the average of z-scores (each metric standardised across the 28 countries and capped at ±3) within two pillars, Economy and Quality of life, and the overall score is the mean of the two pillar scores; the methodology page sets out each step. To set two or three countries side by side, use Compare.

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Equal weights (default)Latest year: 2025. Ranks are competition ranks, so equal scores share a rank.

League table of the UK and the 27 EU member states, ordered by the score shown.
Ireland11.00111 of 11 metrics610 of 10 metrics
Denmark20.87211 of 11 metrics210 of 10 metrics
Sweden30.62611 of 11 metrics310 of 10 metrics
Netherlands40.62511 of 11 metrics510 of 10 metrics
Luxembourg50.52911 of 11 metrics49 of 10 metrics
Finland60.381511 of 11 metrics110 of 10 metrics
Belgium70.371111 of 11 metrics710 of 10 metrics
Germany80.37811 of 11 metrics910 of 10 metrics
Austria90.341011 of 11 metrics810 of 10 metrics
Malta100.30310 of 11 metrics1710 of 10 metrics
Slovenia110.231211 of 11 metrics1010 of 10 metrics
Czechia120.22711 of 11 metrics1510 of 10 metrics
Cyprus130.14410 of 11 metrics2010 of 10 metrics
United KingdomUK140.061811 of 11 metrics1110 of 10 metrics
France150.031911 of 11 metrics1310 of 10 metrics
Estonia16-0.071411 of 11 metrics1610 of 10 metrics
Spain17-0.142611 of 11 metrics1210 of 10 metrics
Italy18-0.172511 of 11 metrics1410 of 10 metrics
Poland19-0.191611 of 11 metrics1910 of 10 metrics
Portugal20-0.222211 of 11 metrics1810 of 10 metrics
Lithuania21-0.351311 of 11 metrics2410 of 10 metrics
Croatia22-0.361711 of 11 metrics2210 of 10 metrics
Slovakia23-0.402311 of 11 metrics2110 of 10 metrics
Latvia24-0.672111 of 11 metrics2610 of 10 metrics
Hungary25-0.742411 of 11 metrics259 of 10 metrics
Greece26-0.792811 of 11 metrics2310 of 10 metrics
Romania27-0.922711 of 11 metrics2710 of 10 metrics
Bulgaria28-1.022011 of 11 metrics2810 of 10 metrics

Where a country lacks a metric, that metric is left out of its score rather than filled in. The badge shows how many metrics fed each pillar score.

This table covers economy and quality-of-life measures only. It does not measure sovereignty, regulatory autonomy, migration policy or other non-economic factors that people weigh.

How sensitive are these ranks?

Some GDP-based measures are affected by how multinational companies record profits, most visibly in Ireland. These alternative calculations apply the same change to every country. The methodology page sets out the headline calculation.

Headline overall rank of the UK and the 27 EU member states, beside two alternative calculations.
Ireland1st2nd2nd
Denmark2nd1st1st
Sweden3rd3rd3rd
Netherlands4th4th4th
Luxembourg5th9th5th
Finland6th6th8th
Belgium7th8th6th
Germany8th5th9th
Austria9th7th10th
Malta10th12th13th
Slovenia11th11th11th
Czechia12th10th7th
Cyprus13th14th12th
United KingdomUK14th13th15th
France15th15th14th
Estonia16th16th17th
Spain17th19th16th
Italy18th17th19th
Poland19th20th18th
Portugal20th18th20th
Lithuania21st22nd21st
Croatia22nd21st22nd
Slovakia23rd23rd23rd
Latvia24th24th24th
Hungary25th25th26th
Greece26th26th25th
Romania27th27th28th
Bulgaria28th28th27th

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, at the snapshot date shown in the footer. Licence notes are on the Data page.