Kyiv ranked 254th out of 304 cities in the Quality of Life Index by City 2026 ranking published by Numbeo, with an index of 118.0 points.
The Hague in the Netherlands topped the ranking with a score of 230.1, followed by other Dutch cities in the top ten, including Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, as well as Luxembourg, Vienna, Ghent, and Nuremberg.
At the bottom of the list are Colombo (56.1), Manila (53.2), and Lagos (0.0).
Numbeo emphasizes that the 2026 version is a “historical snapshot” and is published periodically as a snapshot of data at a specific point in time, while the “current” ranking is updated continuously.
The Numbeo Quality of Life Index is a composite indicator calculated based on sub-indices of purchasing power, safety, healthcare, cost of living, housing affordability, travel time, pollution, and climate. The index is based on data and user surveys/contributions from website visitors, with Numbeo stating that it filters out potential spam and requires a sufficient number of participants for each location; the formula uses the Math.max(0, …) restriction, which may result in outsiders being assigned a value of 0.0.
Ukraine ranked 20th in the annual Global Firepower (GFP) military power ranking for 2025 among 145 countries, while in the 2024 ranking it ranked 18th, according to the resource’s data.
According to Ukraine’s GFP data, its PowerIndex (PwrIndx) in the 2025 ranking is 0.3755 (in the GFP methodology, a lower value means a higher assessment of potential).
The GFP ranking is calculated based on more than 60 factors, including the structure and size of the forces, the availability of equipment, financial parameters, logistics, and geographical characteristics.
Global Firepower is an online project that was officially launched in 2005 and publishes annual comparative reviews of countries’ military capabilities; however, the composition of factors and the assessment formula change from year to year, which means that direct comparisons between different years may be limited in their accuracy. The ranking is widely cited in the media as a benchmark for comparing “conventional” capabilities, but it is not an official assessment by government agencies and is based on publicly available statistics and assumptions about a number of parameters.
The top 20 in the GFP-2025 ranking include: the United States, Russia, China, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia, Germany, Israel, Iran, Spain, Australia, Egypt, and Ukraine.
At the end of the second half of 2025, Ukraine ranked 111th out of 147 economies in the AI diffusion ranking prepared by Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute. According to the report, Ukraine’s AI Diffusion index for the second half of 2025 was 9.0%, compared to 9.1% in the first half of the year (a change of -0.1 p.p.).
For comparison, the index is significantly higher in a number of countries in the region: Poland – 28.5%, Romania – 16.2%, Moldova – 17.0% (H2 2025). At the bottom of the list, next to Ukraine, are Belarus (8.4%) and Russia (8.0%, 119th place).
The research methodology describes the indicator as an estimate of the share of the working-age population actively using AI tools, based on anonymized Microsoft telemetry and adjustments for device access; the authors also note a strong link between the spread of AI and the level of economic development.
The top ten in the ranking include the UAE (64.0%), Singapore (60.9%), Norway (46.4%), Ireland (44.6%), France (44.0%), Spain (41.8%), New Zealand (40.5%), the Netherlands (38.9%), the United Kingdom (38.9%), and Qatar (38.3%).
The bottom ten include Laos (6.7%), Armenia (6.6%), Sri Lanka (6.6%), Uzbekistan (6.3%), Rwanda (6.3%), Cuba (6.1%), Afghanistan (5.6%), Tajikistan (5.6%), Turkmenistan (5.6%), and Cambodia (5.1%).
Ukraine appears in the list of countries included in an international study of narcissistic traits based on surveys in 53 countries, and ranks 34th out of 53 in terms of the integral indicator.
According to the materials, the study is based on surveys of more than 45,000 respondents from 53 countries and uses the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ) scale, which divides narcissism into two components – “admiration” (self-presentation, desire for recognition) and “rivalry” (devaluation of others, conflict).
The “bottom five” countries in terms of the total score were Serbia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Denmark.
The “top five” countries, according to the sources, were Germany, Iraq, China, Nepal, and South Korea.
The United States, according to this data, ranked 16th out of 53.
According to the description of the methodology, the researchers used the NARQ questionnaire and separately analyzed the components of “admiration” and “rivalry,” then compared the average country values. Publications summarizing the results also note that this is not a measurement of the proportion of people with a clinical diagnosis, but a comparison of the average self-assessments of traits in the sample.
In Numbeo’s European sample (Europe: Current Crime Index by City), the highest Crime Index is recorded in Marseille (France) – 66.7. It is followed by Birmingham (UK) – 63.8, Grenoble (France) – 62.6, Naples (Italy) – 62.3, and Coventry (UK) – 61.7.
At the bottom of the European list, i.e., among the most peaceful cities according to the ranking, are The Hague (Netherlands) – 19.9, Tampere (Finland) – 20.4, Eindhoven (Netherlands) – 20.9, as well as Trondheim (Norway) and Utrecht (Netherlands) – 21.0 each.
Numbeo publishes crime/safety indices based on user surveys. The current version is continuously updated and is based on data from the last five years. The project has been running since 2009 and is widely cited in the media and city comparison services, but the indicators reflect subjective perceptions of safety and are not a substitute for official statistics.
Several Ukrainian cities are represented in the current Numbeo Crime Index ranking. Odesa has the highest score among them (55.2), followed by Dnipro (53.7), Kharkiv (47.2), Kyiv (45.5), and Lviv (37.2).
In Numbeo’s global list, these cities are ranked as follows: Odesa – 160th, Dnipro – 177th, Kharkiv – 233rd, Kyiv – 247th, and Lviv – 320th.
The bottom of the current global ranking is occupied by Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) – 82.8 and Pretoria (South Africa) – 81.8, while Abu Dhabi (UAE) – 11.0 is listed as the safest city in the table. In Europe, Marseille has the highest Crime Index (66.7) and The Hague has the lowest (19.9).
Numbeo was launched in April 2009. The Crime Index is based on user surveys and reflects a subjective assessment of safety rather than statistics on reported crimes. The current rating is continuously updated and is based on data from the last five years, so the results should be interpreted as an indicator of perception and used in conjunction with official sources.
