- nutrition,
- basic medical care,
- water,
- sanitation,
- shelter,
- personal safety.
On a scale of 0 to 15, in 2016 the world had fulfilled the basic needs at the level of 10. In the individual countries the fulfillment of the basic needs rated from 3 to 15.
The most difficult situation was in Chad and Afghanistan.
There is a clear relationship between the fulfillment of basic needs of citizens, and the income of the state, however, many countries afford a better situation than it is. Factors other than GDP, have a negative impact especially in Chad and Angola.
Assessment of implementation of the basic needs of citizens
| Country | GDP per capita (2017) [nominal $] | Rating 2016 (max = 15) | Score [higher (+) or worse (-) than predicted by]: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1152 | 3 | -50% |
| Afghanistan | 629 | 3 | -40% |
| South Sudan | 265 | 4 | 0% |
| Burundi | 344 | 4 | 0% |
| Central African Republic | 404 | 4 | 0% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 559 | 5 | 0% |
| Somalia | 600 | 5 | 0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 625 | 5 | 0% |
| Angola | 4758 | 5 | -50% |
| Swaziland | 3182 | 5 | -38% |
| Republic of Congo | 2801 | 5 | -38% |
| Nigeria | 2784 | 5 | -38% |
| East Timor | 2009 | 5 | -29% |
| Kenya | 1643 | 5 | -29% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1523 | 5 | -29% |
| Zambia | 1505 | 5 | -29% |
| Mauritania | 1400 | 5 | -17% |
| Yemen | 1395 | 5 | -17% |
| Cameroon | 1360 | 5 | -17% |
| Lesotho | 1176 | 5 | -17% |
| Zimbabwe | 1110 | 5 | -17% |
| Tanzania | 1046 | 5 | -17% |
| Benin | 874 | 5 | -17% |
| Haiti | 873 | 5 | -17% |
| Sierra Leone | 847 | 5 | -17% |
| Ethiopia | 780 | 5 | 0% |
| Burkina Faso | 689 | 5 | 0% |
| Uganda | 650 | 5 | 0% |
| Togo | 648 | 5 | 0% |
| Mozambique | 635 | 5 | 0% |
| Guinea | 629 | 5 | 0% |
| Liberia | 544 | 5 | 0% |
| The Gambia | 483 | 5 | 0% |
| Niger | 453 | 5 | 0% |
| Madagascar | 435 | 5 | 25% |
| Malawi | 432 | 5 | 25% |
| North Korea | 757 | 5 | 0% |
| Comoros | 807 | 5 | 0% |
| Eritrea | 835 | 5 | 0% |
| Namibia | 6633 | 6 | -45% |
| Djibouti | 2077 | 6 | -14% |
| Myanmar | 1634 | 6 | -14% |
| Pakistan | 1576 | 6 | -14% |
| Ghana | 1536 | 6 | -14% |
| Bangladesh | 1511 | 6 | -14% |
| Cambodia | 1342 | 6 | 0% |
| Senegal | 1015 | 6 | 0% |
| Mali | 881 | 6 | 0% |
| Rwanda | 827 | 6 | 20% |
| Kiribati | 1406 | 7 | 0% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1782 | 7 | 0% |
| Gabon | 8824 | 7 | -36% |
| Botswana | 6501 | 7 | -30% |
| Mongolia | 4275 | 7 | -22% |
| Laos | 2013 | 7 | 0% |
| India | 1882 | 7 | 0% |
| Nepal | 860 | 7 | 17% |
| Syria | 1979 | 7 | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 2130 | 7 | 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 2183 | 8 | 0% |
| Sudan | 2206 | 8 | 0% |
| South Africa | 5966 | 8 | -20% |
| Guatemala | 4210 | 8 | -11% |
| Indonesia | 3782 | 8 | -11% |
| Philippines | 3355 | 8 | 0% |
| Bolivia | 3203 | 8 | 0% |
| Palestine, State of | 3117 | 8 | 0% |
| Honduras | 2447 | 8 | 0% |
| Nicaragua | 2142 | 8 | 14% |
| Vanuatu | 3134 | 8 | 0% |
| Tuvalu | 3165 | 8 | 0% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 3189 | 8 | 0% |
| Cape Verde | 3419 | 8 | 0% |
| Bhutan | 3424 | 8 | 0% |
| Marshall Islands | 3467 | 9 | 0% |
| Kosovo | 3857 | 9 | 0% |
| Turkmenistan | 8446 | 9 | -18% |
| Dominican Republic | 7191 | 9 | -18% |
| Peru | 6644 | 9 | -18% |
| Iraq | 5957 | 9 | -10% |
| Guyana | 4595 | 9 | -10% |
| Sri Lanka | 4545 | 9 | 0% |
| El Salvador | 4373 | 9 | 0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1281 | 9 | 50% |
| Tajikistan | 1033 | 9 | 50% |
| Tonga | 4307 | 9 | 0% |
| Samoa | 4474 | 9 | 0% |
| Belize | 5129 | 10 | 0% |
| Lebanon | 12101 | 10 | -17% |
| Brazil | 9101 | 10 | -9% |
| China | 9073 | 10 | -9% |
| Venezuela | 8063 | 10 | -9% |
| Colombia | 6981 | 10 | -9% |
| Ecuador | 6782 | 10 | -9% |
| Jamaica | 5194 | 10 | 0% |
| Paraguay | 4231 | 10 | 11% |
| Morocco | 3464 | 10 | 11% |
| Vietnam | 2390 | 10 | 25% |
| Fiji | 5805 | 10 | 0% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7505 | 11 | 0% |
| Panama | 14789 | 11 | -15% |
| Russia | 11700 | 11 | -8% |
| Kazakhstan | 10989 | 11 | -8% |
| Dominica | 7548 | 11 | 0% |
| Thailand | 6425 | 11 | 10% |
| Azerbaijan | 6190 | 11 | 10% |
| Algeria | 4594 | 11 | 22% |
| Uzbekistan | 2584 | 11 | 38% |
| Moldova | 2080 | 11 | 57% |
| Cuba | 7907 | 11 | 0% |
| Saint Lucia | 8722 | 11 | 0% |
| Grenada | 9762 | 11 | 0% |
| Mexico | 9849 | 12 | 0% |
| Maldives | 10096 | 12 | 0% |
| Libya | 10239 | 12 | 0% |
| Suriname | 10534 | 12 | 0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20064 | 12 | -14% |
| Oman | 16658 | 12 | -8% |
| Romania | 10279 | 12 | 0% |
| Iran | 5107 | 12 | 20% |
| Georgia | 4424 | 12 | 33% |
| Egypt | 4065 | 12 | 33% |
| Tunisia | 4045 | 12 | 33% |
| Armenia | 3485 | 12 | 33% |
| Ukraine | 2400 | 12 | 50% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 12658 | 12 | 0% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15307 | 13 | 0% |
| Seychelles | 16412 | 13 | 0% |
| Barbados | 16702 | 13 | 0% |
| Kuwait | 33455 | 13 | -7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 23433 | 13 | -7% |
| Lithuania | 16244 | 13 | 0% |
| Latvia | 15423 | 13 | 0% |
| Chile | 14340 | 13 | 0% |
| Argentina | 13777 | 13 | 8% |
| Costa Rica | 11952 | 13 | 8% |
| Malaysia | 11258 | 13 | 8% |
| Mauritius | 10419 | 13 | 8% |
| Turkey | 10330 | 13 | 8% |
| Montenegro | 7129 | 13 | 18% |
| Belarus | 6403 | 13 | 30% |
| Jordan | 6064 | 13 | 30% |
| Macedonia | 5443 | 13 | 30% |
| Albania | 4694 | 13 | 30% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4600 | 13 | 30% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17080 | 13 | 0% |
| Palau | 17220 | 13 | 0% |
| Nauru | 19410 | 13 | 0% |
| Netherlands Antilles | 19957 | 13 | 0% |
| The Bahamas | 23121 | 14 | 0% |
| Malta | 24974 | 14 | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 38954 | 14 | -7% |
| Israel | 35016 | 14 | -7% |
| Italy | 31206 | 14 | 0% |
| South Korea | 30307 | 14 | 0% |
| Bahrain | 25249 | 14 | 0% |
| Cyprus | 23597 | 14 | 0% |
| Greece | 20114 | 14 | 0% |
| Estonia | 19645 | 14 | 8% |
| Uruguay | 17264 | 14 | 8% |
| Poland | 14012 | 14 | 8% |
| Hungary | 13611 | 14 | 17% |
| Croatia | 12322 | 14 | 17% |
| Bulgaria | 7377 | 14 | 27% |
| Serbia | 5774 | 14 | 40% |
| Taiwan | 25707 | 14 | 0% |
| Puerto Rico | 30569 | 14 | 0% |
| Brunei | 32644 | 14 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 82404 | 15 | 0% |
| Norway | 77572 | 15 | 0% |
| United States of America | 60347 | 15 | 0% |
| Denmark | 56220 | 15 | 0% |
| Ireland | 55683 | 15 | 0% |
| Sweden | 55624 | 15 | 0% |
| Iceland | 53966 | 15 | 0% |
| Australia | 52583 | 15 | 0% |
| United Kingdom | 47559 | 15 | 0% |
| Canada | 46597 | 15 | 0% |
| Austria | 46540 | 15 | 0% |
| Netherlands | 46129 | 15 | 0% |
| Finland | 44561 | 15 | 0% |
| Germany | 43555 | 15 | 0% |
| Belgium | 42044 | 15 | 0% |
| New Zealand | 39703 | 15 | 0% |
| France | 39658 | 15 | 0% |
| Japan | 34864 | 15 | 7% |
| Spain | 27485 | 15 | 7% |
| Slovenia | 22119 | 15 | 7% |
| Portugal | 20393 | 15 | 7% |
| Czech Republic | 18363 | 15 | 15% |
| Slovakia | 17608 | 15 | 15% |
| Hong Kong | 47940 | 15 | 0% |
| Andorra | 48949 | 15 | 0% |
| San Marino | 52818 | 15 | 0% |
| Singapore | 57937 | 15 | 0% |
| Qatar | 77966 | 15 | 0% |
| Monaco | 98679 | 15 | 0% |
| Luxembourg | 107308 | 15 | 0% |
| Liechtenstein | 170698 | 15 | 0% |
On the website Global Citizen you can find more detailed information, on a scale of  F = 0 to A = 15.