International rankings

• Human Development Index
  Human Development Index
  The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
  
   2007: Rank 42nd out of 177 countries
• Index of Economic Freedom
  Index of Economic Freedom
  The Index of Economic Freedom is a series of 10 economic measurements created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Its stated objective is to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations....
  
   2008: Rank 35th out of 157 countries
• Reporters Without Borders
  Reporters Without Borders
  Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
  
  ' Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2008: Rank 7th (along with 5 other countries) out of 173 countries
• Global Competitiveness Report
  Global Competitiveness Report
  The Global Competitiveness Report is a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum. The first report was released in 1979. The 2011–2012 report covers 142 major and emerging economies....
  
   2008–2009: Rank 46th out of 157 countries
• Corruption Perceptions Index
  Corruption Perceptions Index
  Since 1995, Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private...
  
   2008: 52nd out of 180 countries
• Democracy Index
  Democracy Index
  The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that claims to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states...
  
   2008: Rank 44th out of 167 countries
• Environmental Performance Index
  Environmental Performance Index
  The Environmental Performance Index is a method of quantifying and numerically benchmarking the environmental performance of a country's policies. This index was developed from the Pilot Environmental Performance Index, first published in 2002, and designed to supplement the environmental targets...
  
   2008: Rank 17th out of 149 countries
• Global Peace Index
  Global Peace Index
  The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected...
  
   2009: Rank 24th out of 144 countries
• Programme for International Student Assessment
  Programme for International Student Assessment
  The Programme for International Student Assessment is a worldwide evaluation in OECD member countries of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance, performed first in 2000 and repeated every three years...
  
  2006: Rank 27th out of 57 jurisdictions