1. Click on category below to start the game
Science and Technology
Planet and Climate
Prosperity and Equality
Health and Wellbeing

2. Click on the up or down arrows to see if 'Planet and Climate' is higher or lower
 Japan
 Finland 1 18

3. Science and Technology Prosperity and Equality
Country
Science and Technology
Planet and Climate
Prosperity and Equality
Health and Wellbeing
Sweden 8 7 1
 Denmark 4 19 3 6
 Netherlands 15 10
 United Kingdom 22 5 2
 Germany 11 17 30 13
 Finland 26
 Canada 21 29 24
 France 20 18
 Austria 23
 New Zealand 31 14
 Ireland
  Switzerland
 Norway 41
 Belgium 12 9
 Cyprus 28 55
 Luxembourg 43 35
 Australia 54 66
 Italy 40 42
 Japan 50 60 16
 Spain 34 48
 United States 46
 Hungary 39 63
 Portugal 25
 Singapore
 Poland 89
 Malta 27 38
 Iceland
108
 Chile 64
 Slovenia
104
 Bulgaria 82 81
 South Korea 83 72
 Greece 65 53
 Mauritius 99 75
117
 Czech Republic
152
 Moldova 67 88
 Romania 51
138 80
 Slovakia 45
102
 Croatia 33 95
Notes on this table:
Life Expectancy data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011
Happy Planet Index - Arithmetic mean of individual responses to the Ladder of Life question in the Gallup World Poll. Latest data for each country as at February (0-10)
Happy Life Years – Life Expectancy x Happy Planet Index)
Footprint data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countries (GHA per capita). 19
 Japan 18 6
 Finland 26 L 24
 Singapore 14 H 12
  Switzerland 3 21
 United States 34

4. 1 1 1 1 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5
Click on team name to increase score by ‘1’
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5 1 1 1 1

5. Aim:
To learn the current Good Country Index of some of the major economies in the world. Teams will be shown the ranking (out of 163 countries) for one country using the category of their choice. They are also shown the name of another country – their task is to say whether they think the ranking of the second country will be higher (closer to 1) or lower than the original country. If they get the answer correct they score a point, if incorrect they do not score. After answering a third country is shown and the team must decide whether the ranking is higher or lower than the second country. This process is repeated until 5 countries have been shown. The maximum score per round is 4 marks.
The data used shows the Good Country Index for 2016.
Setting up:
This resource uses ‘macros’ embedded in the Powerpoint file. These needs to be ‘enabled’ when prompted.
The data can be changed (if you wished to update the information) by altering the data in the table on slide 3.

6. How to play:
Start the slideshow from slide 1 and show students the aim of the game. Split the class into 5 teams and assign each team a number.
Ask for a member of team 1 to come to the front. This volunteer can then be asked to choose one of the 5 categories (or the teacher can choose for them!).
Click on the chosen category. The board will show one country and its ranking in the chosen category plus the name of the next country in the sequence. Click on higher (the up arrow) or lower (the down arrow) depending on whether the team thinks the ranking for the next country will be higher (closer to 1) or lower in that category. If they are correct they will earn a point.
After clicking the arrow a third country’s data name will appear. Repeat the ‘higher’ or ‘lower’ process comparing the third country to the second. Repeat the process until 4 new countries have appeared. The highest possible score in one round is 4.
Click on ‘score board’ to be taken to the score screen. Click on the team name to increase their score by 1 (e.g. click 3 times if they scored 3). Click on ‘home’ and ask team 2 to go next. Repeat this process with team 2, 3, 4 and 5.

7. The idea of the Good Country Index is to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.
The index uses a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organisations. Countries receive scores on each indicator as a rank relative to all countries for which data is available (after most data is corrected for GDP, i.e. the economic size of the country). There are 6 categories but this resource uses only 4 of them:
‘Contributions to Science & Technology ’ includes number of foreign students studying in the country, number of journal exports and number of accumulated Nobel prizes.
‘Contributions to Planet and Climate’ includes ecological footprint relative to the size of the economy, hazardous pesticides exports, CO2 emissions and consumption of ozone-depleting substances.
‘Contributions to Prosperity and Equality’ includes open trading, number of aid workers and volunteers sent overseas, Fairtrade market size and Development assistance.
Contributions to Health and Wellbeing includes Food aid, pharmaceutical exports, voluntary excess donations to the WHO, humanitarian aid donations and International Health Regulations Compliance.