Global Social Mobility Index

The Global Social Mobility Index is an index prepared by the World Economic Forum in the Global Social Mobility report. The Index measures the intergenerational social mobility in different countries in relation to socioeconomic outcomes. The inaugural ranking ranked 82 countries.[1]

Methodology

The Index is grounded on the following five factors:[2]

Health

• Overall

Education

• Education access
• Education quality and equity
• Lifelong learning

Technology

• Technology access

Work

• Work opportunities
• Fair wage distribution
• Working conditions

Resilience & Institutions

• Social protection
• Inclusive institutions

Global Social Mobility Index (2020)

World map of the Global Social Mobility Index (2020).

List of countries ranked by their score in the Global Social Mobility Index 2020. The value 100 was the best possible score a country could reach.[2]

Rank	Country	Index Score
1	Denmark	85.2
2	Norway	83.6
3	Finland	83.6
4	Sweden	83.5
5	Iceland	82.7
6	Netherlands	82.4
7	Switzerland	82.1
8	Belgium	80.1
9	Austria	80.1
10	Luxembourg	79.8
11	Germany	78.8
12	France	76.7
13	Slovenia	76.4
14	Canada	76.1
15	Japan	76.1
16	Australia	75.1
17	Malta	75.0
18	Ireland	75.0
19	Czech Republic	74.7
20	Singapore	74.6
21	United Kingdom	74.4
22	New Zealand	74.3
23	Estonia	73.5
24	Portugal	72.0
25	South Korea	71.4
26	Lithuania	70.5
27	United States	70.4
28	Spain	70.0
29	Cyprus	69.4
30	Poland	69.1
31	Latvia	69.0
32	Slovakia	68.5
33	Israel	68.1
34	Italy	67.4
35	Uruguay	67.1
36	Croatia	66.7
37	Hungary	65.8
38	Kazakhstan	64.8
39	Russia	64.7
40	Bulgaria	63.8
41	Serbia	63.8
42	Romania	63.1
43	Malaysia	62.0
44	Costa Rica	61.6
45	China	61.5
46	Ukraine	61.2
47	Chile	60.3
48	Greece	59.8
49	Moldova	59.6
50	Vietnam	57.8
51	Argentina	57.3
52	Saudi Arabia	57.1
53	Georgia	55.6
54	Albania	55.6
55	Thailand	55.4
56	Armenia	53.9
57	Ecuador	53.9
58	Mexico	52.6
59	Sri Lanka	52.3
60	Brazil	52.1
61	Philippines	51.7
62	Tunisia	51.7
63	Panama	51.4
64	Turkey	51.3
65	Colombia	50.3
66	Peru	49.9
67	Indonesia	49.3
68	El Salvador	47.4
69	Paraguay	46.8
70	Ghana	45.5
71	Egypt	44.8
72	Laos	43.8
73	Morocco	43.7
74	Honduras	43.5
75	Guatemala	43.5
76	India	42.7
77	South Africa	41.4
78	Bangladesh	40.2
79	Pakistan	36.7
80	Cameroon	36.0
81	Senegal	36.0
82	Ivory Coast	34.5

Weblinks

• Global Social Mobility Report 2020

References

1. Jones, Katie (2020-02-07). "Ranked: The Social Mobility of 82 Countries". Visual Capitalist. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
2. "The Global Social Mobility Report 2020" (PDF). Word Economic Forum. Retrieved 2020-02-23.