# Rank Drift: prosperity ranking sensitivity to weights

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
Observation periods are specified in the content; the revision date is not the data year.

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# Rank Drift

How much a ranking moves when the priorities change.

Period: 2023 inputs · 170 calculated values / 170 economy rows · Unit: Rank places

Worst tested rank − best tested rank

## Definition

Use the fixed 170-economy cohort and five domain percentiles. Evaluate all 381 weight combinations on a five-percentage-point grid, each domain between 10% and 30%, weights summing to 100%. Rank Drift is the difference between the worst and best ranks observed on that grid.

## How to interpret it

The grid span is not an exact bound over continuous weights, not a confidence interval, and not an estimate of how people choose weights. Domain definitions, input data, cohort and normalization are held fixed. The grid excludes our separate environmental preset with its 35% air-quality weight.

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 economy170 rows[Download complete CSV](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/insights/2026-11-02/rank-drift.csv)

| Economy | Best tested rank | Worst tested rank | Rank Drift · places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saudi Arabia | 51 | 121 | 70 |
| Kiribati | 57 | 123 | 66 |
| Qatar | 34 | 98 | 64 |
| Bahrain | 42 | 105 | 63 |
| United Arab Emirates | 38 | 99 | 61 |
| Tuvalu | 47 | 106 | 59 |
| Vanuatu | 60 | 119 | 59 |
| Turkmenistan | 79 | 138 | 59 |
| Marshall Islands | 52 | 108 | 56 |
| Kuwait | 34 | 88 | 54 |
| Solomon Islands | 77 | 131 | 54 |
| Naoero | 57 | 110 | 53 |
| Samoa | 41 | 92 | 51 |
| Belarus | 44 | 95 | 51 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 84 | 135 | 51 |
| Oman | 58 | 108 | 50 |
| Timor-Leste | 72 | 122 | 50 |
| China | 78 | 126 | 48 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 96 | 143 | 47 |
| Russian Federation | 52 | 98 | 46 |
| Fiji | 58 | 103 | 45 |
| Tonga | 40 | 83 | 43 |
| Jordan | 71 | 111 | 40 |
| Namibia | 79 | 119 | 40 |
| Madagascar | 112 | 152 | 40 |
| Iraq | 91 | 130 | 39 |
| Guyana | 59 | 97 | 38 |
| Turkiye | 62 | 100 | 38 |
| Botswana | 68 | 105 | 37 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 139 | 37 |
| Palau | 34 | 70 | 36 |
| Cabo Verde | 63 | 99 | 36 |
| Peru | 69 | 105 | 36 |
| Azerbaijan | 80 | 116 | 36 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 89 | 125 | 36 |
| Malawi | 108 | 144 | 36 |
| Liberia | 120 | 155 | 35 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 20 | 54 | 34 |
| Kazakhstan | 65 | 99 | 34 |
| South Africa | 92 | 124 | 32 |
| Uzbekistan | 101 | 132 | 31 |
| Mozambique | 123 | 154 | 31 |
| Tunisia | 63 | 93 | 30 |
| Mongolia | 94 | 124 | 30 |
| Comoros | 109 | 139 | 30 |
| Singapore | 13 | 42 | 29 |
| Ghana | 108 | 136 | 28 |
| Gabon | 113 | 141 | 28 |
| Tajikistan | 124 | 152 | 28 |
| Algeria | 77 | 104 | 27 |
| Armenia | 59 | 85 | 26 |
| Bangladesh | 121 | 147 | 26 |
| Moldova | 65 | 90 | 25 |
| Eswatini | 121 | 146 | 25 |
| Jamaica | 80 | 104 | 24 |
| Lebanon | 82 | 106 | 24 |
| Sri Lanka | 87 | 110 | 23 |
| Viet Nam | 96 | 119 | 23 |
| Zimbabwe | 127 | 150 | 23 |
| Lesotho | 131 | 154 | 23 |
| Pakistan | 134 | 157 | 23 |
| Myanmar | 139 | 162 | 23 |
| Nigeria | 142 | 165 | 23 |
| Montenegro | 51 | 73 | 22 |
| Thailand | 72 | 94 | 22 |
| Belize | 72 | 94 | 22 |
| India | 113 | 135 | 22 |
| Nepal | 122 | 143 | 21 |
| Senegal | 123 | 144 | 21 |
| Djibouti | 139 | 160 | 21 |
| Korea, Rep. | 21 | 41 | 20 |
| Ecuador | 68 | 88 | 20 |
| Cambodia | 119 | 139 | 20 |
| Kenya | 121 | 141 | 20 |
| Haiti | 136 | 156 | 20 |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 146 | 166 | 20 |
| Andorra | 3 | 22 | 19 |
| Ireland | 9 | 28 | 19 |
| Maldives | 34 | 53 | 19 |
| Chile | 38 | 57 | 19 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 82 | 19 |
| Serbia | 68 | 87 | 19 |
| Lao PDR | 128 | 147 | 19 |
| Israel | 27 | 45 | 18 |
| Paraguay | 73 | 91 | 18 |
| Bhutan | 89 | 107 | 18 |
| Libya | 112 | 130 | 18 |
| Gambia, The | 139 | 157 | 18 |
| Dominican Republic | 53 | 70 | 17 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 127 | 144 | 17 |
| Zambia | 124 | 141 | 17 |
| Mauritania | 134 | 151 | 17 |
| Ethiopia | 145 | 162 | 17 |
| Malta | 4 | 20 | 16 |
| United States | 10 | 26 | 16 |
| Barbados | 33 | 49 | 16 |
| Latvia | 35 | 51 | 16 |
| North Macedonia | 64 | 80 | 16 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 110 | 16 |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 105 | 121 | 16 |
| Sierra Leone | 142 | 158 | 16 |
| Estonia | 20 | 35 | 15 |
| Lithuania | 27 | 42 | 15 |
| Panama | 42 | 57 | 15 |
| Bulgaria | 51 | 66 | 15 |
| Suriname | 62 | 77 | 15 |
| Morocco | 94 | 109 | 15 |
| Honduras | 116 | 131 | 15 |
| Benin | 148 | 163 | 15 |
| Cameroon | 150 | 165 | 15 |
| Seychelles | 35 | 49 | 14 |
| Romania | 44 | 58 | 14 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 65 | 14 |
| Albania | 49 | 63 | 14 |
| Philippines | 106 | 120 | 14 |
| Guatemala | 109 | 123 | 14 |
| Rwanda | 141 | 155 | 14 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 148 | 162 | 14 |
| Guinea | 148 | 162 | 14 |
| Afghanistan | 155 | 169 | 14 |
| Finland | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| San Marino | 2 | 15 | 13 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 29 | 42 | 13 |
| Costa Rica | 36 | 49 | 13 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 46 | 59 | 13 |
| Colombia | 58 | 71 | 13 |
| Mexico | 67 | 80 | 13 |
| Uganda | 145 | 158 | 13 |
| Sudan | 154 | 167 | 13 |
| Canada | 12 | 24 | 12 |
| Japan | 13 | 25 | 12 |
| Poland | 39 | 51 | 12 |
| Mauritius | 46 | 58 | 12 |
| Brazil | 49 | 61 | 12 |
| Georgia | 70 | 82 | 12 |
| Bolivia | 111 | 123 | 12 |
| Tanzania | 133 | 145 | 12 |
| El Salvador | 107 | 118 | 11 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 19 | 10 |
| Austria | 16 | 26 | 10 |
| Italy | 18 | 28 | 10 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 37 | 10 |
| Hungary | 40 | 50 | 10 |
| Sweden | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Denmark | 2 | 11 | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 26 | 9 |
| Cyprus | 28 | 37 | 9 |
| Iceland | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| Germany | 11 | 19 | 8 |
| Portugal | 19 | 27 | 8 |
| Spain | 19 | 27 | 8 |
| Australia | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 34 | 7 |
| Czechia | 27 | 34 | 7 |
| Greece | 28 | 35 | 7 |
| Slovak Republic | 33 | 40 | 7 |
| Togo | 154 | 161 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | 158 | 165 | 7 |
| Niger | 163 | 170 | 7 |
| Norway | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| France | 14 | 19 | 5 |
| Mali | 159 | 164 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Belgium | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 164 | 168 | 4 |
| Burundi | 165 | 169 | 4 |
| Central African Republic | 166 | 170 | 4 |
| Chad | 169 | 170 | 1 |

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.