GPI Year to Year Comparison

The expansion of the GPI from 121 countries to 140 does not lend itself to direct comparisons of changes in rank as the introduction of a number of countries instantly pushes various countries downwards. Below is a special comparative version of the GPI in 2008 for the original 121 countries. The comparison excludes new 2008 countries. More details.

2008 vs 2007 Comparison
1
New
2
+2
Norway  Norway
3
-1
4
-1
Japan  Japan
5
+1
6
-1
7
+3
8
-1
9
New
10
+2
Canada  Canada
11
-1
12
+4
Sweden  Sweden
13
-4
14
0
15
-2
16
+1
17
-2
18
+2
Chile  Chile
19
-2
20
0
21
+5
22
0
23
+2
24
+4
Oman  Oman
25
-1
Bhutan  Bhutan
26
-5
27
0
Italy  Italy
28
+7
29
+2
Spain  Spain
30
-7
Poland  Poland
31
-2
32
+2
Qatar  Qatar
33
-1
34
-1
35
-6
France  France
36
-1
37
-1
38
0
Latvia  Latvia
39
+9
Ghana  Ghana
40
+7
41
+4
43
0
Taiwan  Taiwan
44
-6
Kuwait  Kuwait
45
+3
46
-2
47
-6
Panama  Panama
48
-1
49
+2
50
+2
Laos  Laos
51
New
Cyprus  Cyprus
52
+2
Zambia  Zambia
53
+3
Greece  Greece
54
-7
Gabon  Gabon
55
+4
56
-1
57
0
58
+2
59
+10
60
+10
Libya  Libya
61
0
Cuba  Cuba
62
-1
63
-11
64
+10
Jordan  Jordan
65
+1
China  China
67
-4
68
+13
Egypt  Egypt
69
+7
70
-12
71
-3
72
-8
Malawi  Malawi
73
-2
74
-9
Syria  Syria
75
+5
Rwanda  Rwanda
76
New
77
-9
78
-5
79
New
Peru  Peru
80
-5
81
New
83
-5
84
+2
Serbia  Serbia
85
+5
86
+6
87
+1
88
New
89
+7
Brazil  Brazil
90
0
91
+1
92
-9
Mexico  Mexico
93
-7
94
New
95
+1
96
-7
Mali  Mali
99
New
100
-4
101
+9
102
New
103
0
104
+4
Iran  Iran
105
+2
Yemen  Yemen
106
-1
India  India
107
+12
108
-8
Haiti  Haiti
109
New
Angola  Angola
110
+13
111
+10
112
+6
113
-2
Uganda  Uganda
114
+1
Turkey  Turkey
115
-12
116
-6
117
New
118
-1
Kenya  Kenya
119
-16
120
New
121
-5
122
-9
123
-8
124
-5
125
-1
126
-5
127
+1
129
+2
130
0
Russia  Russia
131
+1
132
-4
133
New
Chad  Chad
135
New
Israel  Israel
136
0
137
New
Sudan  Sudan
138
0
139
New
Iraq  Iraq
140
0