# Lived Gap: prosperity rankings versus life evaluation

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
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# Lived Gap

Where our indicator index and people’s life ratings diverge.

Period: 2023 index / 2021–2023 survey · 132 calculated values / 132 economy rows · Unit: Rank places in the common 132-economy cohort

Index rank in common cohort − life-evaluation rank in common cohort

## Definition

Restrict both orderings to the same 132 economies with a 2023 index score and a captured life-evaluation estimate ending in 2023. Keep the original five-domain scores; rerank them within this intersection. Rank the Cantril-ladder means for the same economies. Positive values mean a better ordinal position for life evaluation than for the index.

## How to interpret it

Life evaluation is a 2021–2023 pooled survey mean, not a 2023 annual observation or current mood. The index is a separate normative construction. Rank distances are ordinal and not proportional wellbeing differences. Cultural response patterns and sampling errors affect comparisons. Source confidence intervals for survey means are included, but no significance test on the rank gap is performed.

This is a named diagnostic, not an official statistic, causal model or universal prosperity score. Missing outputs remain unavailable. Source estimates, normative choices and uncertainty are distinct.

## All captured results

Find an economy132 rows[Download complete CSV](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/insights/2026-11-02/lived-gap.csv)

| Economy | Index rank · 132 | Life-rating rank · 132 | Lived Gap · places | Life rating · 0–10 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| El Salvador | 86 | 31 | 55 | 6.5 |
| Guatemala | 89 | 40 | 49 | 6.3 |
| Uzbekistan | 87 | 44 | 43 | 6.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 67 | 28 | 39 | 6.6 |
| Philippines | 88 | 49 | 39 | 6.0 |
| Guinea | 124 | 88 | 36 | 5.0 |
| Honduras | 92 | 57 | 35 | 6.0 |
| Libya | 93 | 60 | 33 | 5.9 |
| Mexico | 57 | 25 | 32 | 6.7 |
| Viet Nam | 82 | 50 | 32 | 6.0 |
| Mozambique | 113 | 81 | 32 | 5.2 |
| Cameroon | 126 | 94 | 32 | 4.9 |
| Kuwait | 44 | 13 | 31 | 7.0 |
| Niger | 130 | 99 | 31 | 4.6 |
| Nigeria | 122 | 93 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Chad | 132 | 103 | 29 | 4.5 |
| Israel | 33 | 5 | 28 | 7.3 |
| Burkina Faso | 128 | 100 | 28 | 4.5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 49 | 22 | 27 | 6.7 |
| Tajikistan | 105 | 80 | 25 | 5.3 |
| Serbia | 59 | 35 | 24 | 6.4 |
| Lao PDR | 109 | 85 | 24 | 5.1 |
| Costa Rica | 35 | 12 | 23 | 7.0 |
| Bolivia | 90 | 67 | 23 | 5.8 |
| China | 76 | 56 | 20 | 6.0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 106 | 87 | 19 | 5.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 63 | 45 | 18 | 6.2 |
| Pakistan | 116 | 98 | 18 | 4.7 |
| Benin | 123 | 106 | 17 | 4.4 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 85 | 69 | 16 | 5.7 |
| Nepal | 99 | 84 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Gambia, The | 117 | 102 | 15 | 4.5 |
| Mali | 127 | 112 | 15 | 4.2 |
| Mauritania | 115 | 101 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Lithuania | 32 | 19 | 13 | 6.8 |
| Paraguay | 65 | 53 | 12 | 6.0 |
| Thailand | 66 | 54 | 12 | 6.0 |
| Mongolia | 83 | 71 | 12 | 5.7 |
| Senegal | 102 | 90 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Uganda | 119 | 107 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Myanmar | 120 | 108 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Togo | 125 | 114 | 11 | 4.2 |
| Romania | 40 | 30 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Jamaica | 71 | 61 | 10 | 5.8 |
| Gabon | 96 | 86 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Czechia | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6.8 |
| Peru | 69 | 62 | 7 | 5.8 |
| Finland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Austria | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6.9 |
| Iceland | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7.5 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7.3 |
| Slovenia | 26 | 21 | 5 | 6.7 |
| Poland | 38 | 33 | 5 | 6.4 |
| South Africa | 81 | 76 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Denmark | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7.6 |
| Uruguay | 29 | 26 | 3 | 6.6 |
| Chile | 39 | 36 | 3 | 6.4 |
| Panama | 40 | 37 | 3 | 6.4 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 73 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Brazil | 43 | 41 | 2 | 6.3 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 130 | 128 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Liberia | 112 | 111 | 1 | 4.3 |
| Ethiopia | 121 | 120 | 1 | 3.9 |
| Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7.3 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Canada | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Iraq | 83 | 83 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Kenya | 104 | 104 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Ireland | 16 | 17 | -1 | 6.8 |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 20 | -2 | 6.7 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7.1 |
| Afghanistan | 129 | 132 | -3 | 1.7 |
| Singapore | 25 | 29 | -4 | 6.5 |
| Norway | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7.3 |
| Madagascar | 108 | 113 | -5 | 4.2 |
| United States | 17 | 23 | -6 | 6.7 |
| Bahrain | 52 | 58 | -6 | 6.0 |
| Moldova | 58 | 64 | -6 | 5.8 |
| Ecuador | 62 | 68 | -6 | 5.7 |
| Australia | 3 | 10 | -7 | 7.1 |
| Belgium | 9 | 16 | -7 | 6.9 |
| Latvia | 36 | 43 | -7 | 6.2 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9 | -8 | 7.1 |
| Estonia | 24 | 32 | -8 | 6.4 |
| Slovak Republic | 34 | 42 | -8 | 6.3 |
| Algeria | 70 | 78 | -8 | 5.4 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 55 | -10 | 6.0 |
| Tanzania | 111 | 121 | -10 | 3.8 |
| Germany | 13 | 24 | -11 | 6.7 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 80 | 91 | -11 | 4.9 |
| Cambodia | 98 | 109 | -11 | 4.3 |
| Sierra Leone | 118 | 129 | -11 | 3.2 |
| Spain | 22 | 34 | -12 | 6.4 |
| Russian Federation | 54 | 66 | -12 | 5.8 |
| France | 14 | 27 | -13 | 6.6 |
| Cyprus | 31 | 46 | -15 | 6.1 |
| Hungary | 37 | 52 | -15 | 6.0 |
| Ghana | 95 | 110 | -15 | 4.3 |
| Italy | 23 | 39 | -16 | 6.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 47 | 63 | -16 | 5.8 |
| Bangladesh | 103 | 119 | -16 | 3.9 |
| Lesotho | 114 | 130 | -16 | 3.2 |
| Zambia | 106 | 123 | -17 | 3.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 110 | 127 | -17 | 3.3 |
| Azerbaijan | 74 | 92 | -18 | 4.9 |
| Namibia | 78 | 96 | -18 | 4.8 |
| Morocco | 78 | 97 | -19 | 4.8 |
| Korea, Rep. | 28 | 48 | -20 | 6.1 |
| Montenegro | 50 | 70 | -20 | 5.7 |
| Colombia | 51 | 72 | -21 | 5.7 |
| Mauritius | 42 | 64 | -22 | 5.8 |
| Armenia | 53 | 75 | -22 | 5.5 |
| Georgia | 60 | 82 | -22 | 5.2 |
| India | 94 | 116 | -22 | 4.1 |
| Eswatini | 101 | 123 | -22 | 3.5 |
| North Macedonia | 54 | 77 | -23 | 5.4 |
| Turkiye | 64 | 89 | -25 | 5.0 |
| Comoros | 97 | 122 | -25 | 3.6 |
| Malawi | 100 | 125 | -25 | 3.4 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 91 | 117 | -26 | 4.0 |
| Bulgaria | 47 | 74 | -27 | 5.5 |
| Malta | 10 | 38 | -28 | 6.3 |
| Japan | 19 | 47 | -28 | 6.1 |
| Greece | 30 | 59 | -29 | 5.9 |
| Portugal | 21 | 51 | -30 | 6.0 |
| Albania | 46 | 79 | -33 | 5.3 |
| Ukraine | 54 | 95 | -41 | 4.9 |
| Jordan | 72 | 115 | -43 | 4.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 75 | 118 | -43 | 3.9 |
| Tunisia | 61 | 105 | -44 | 4.4 |
| Botswana | 68 | 126 | -58 | 3.4 |
| Lebanon | 73 | 131 | -58 | 2.7 |

Displayed values are rounded; downloads retain calculation precision. Local-currency amounts are comparable only within a country. Table order does not imply a universal better-to-worse ordering.

## Inspect and reproduce

[All calculations and source hashes](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/insights/2026-11-02/analysis.json) · [Reproduce with Python](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/insights/2026-11-02/reproduce.py) · [Pinned source release](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/releases/2026-11-02-r3/manifest.json)

Original provider citations are in the pinned release. [Agent API and source datasets](https://www.pluraterra.com/developers/). For non-scalar details, peer memberships, source flags, intervals and sensitivity variants, use the analysis JSON.