Good Country Index - TED

**Papewaio** · 08-08-2014, 23:22

I was watching TED on my evening commute and saw a a talk about the good country index (goodcountry.org)

It is an interesting talk by itself. The index is also interesting in that it ranks Ireland as the number one good nation in the world based on its net contributions. I do wonder if those net contributions include the impact of tax minimization schemes. But since it is an Org it must be right

All the top ten countries are European bar or should that be baa New Zealand.

Australia is 15th

USA is 21st place.

The interesting thing in the talk that the more good a nation is seen to be done the easier time it has doing business and charging a premium for its products.

**Kadagar_AV** · 08-08-2014, 23:46

What!?

Sweden act social office for half the third world and we don't get the no. 1 spot?

Swedes, eat your hearts out.

**HoreTore** · 08-09-2014, 01:07

Interesting, but certainly could use a lot more work.

For example, Norway is ranked #4 in environmentalism.... Yep, we do hand out a lot of money to the environment elsewhere. We can afford it, as we are busy flooding the world in cheap oil....

But interesting nonetheless. Also, highest placed developing country on the list: Costa Rica. Interesting.

(And I note that Kad managed to sneak his racism into yet another thread...)

**Pannonian** · 08-09-2014, 01:36

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Interesting, but certainly could use a lot more work.

For example, Norway is ranked #4 in environmentalism.... Yep, we do hand out a lot of money to the environment elsewhere. We can afford it, as we are busy flooding the world in cheap oil....

But interesting nonetheless. Also, highest placed developing country on the list: Costa Rica. Interesting.

There's another factor there which isn't officially shown: World Cup progress. The UK would be topping the list but for that.

**HoreTore** · 08-09-2014, 01:39

Originally Posted by Pannonian

There's another factor there which isn't officially shown: World Cup progress. The UK would be topping the list but for that.

Can't be; you'd be rock bottom if that was the case...

**Beskar** · 08-09-2014, 01:40

A lot of the statistics seem bad. Like Spain being number one for health and wellbeing due to bad economy and pretty much controlling the drug-trade from Africa. Planet and climate statistics all seem to be broken.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 08-09-2014, 02:25

It's a terrible ranking system. US is listed as 26th under science and technology when US research universities dominate the top of the list, not to mention the fact that the world has been living under the age of silicon valley for the last 20 years.