The stories behind the standings
Who leads, what separates the contenders, and what the points can tell us. Stories and interactive comparisons across all four leagues.
Featured story · Airlines
ANA and Korean Air lead our first Airline League with 85 points. The 59-airline table compares passengers’ ratings of boarding, comfort and crew across three divisions.
Read the story ↗Passenger ratings · 23 October 2026 snapshot
Joint first · 85 points each
Boarding · Comfort · Crew
Three ratings. Equal weight.
Analysis, comparisons and a closer look at the data.
Senzanome in Brussels tops the Italian Restaurant League, 0.3 points ahead of Autem in Milan. Three of the top four are outside Italy.
Read the story ↗In 21 of 27 EU countries, people trust their police more than they believe misconduct is investigated and punished. Sweden has the widest gap.
Read the story ↗Roscioli's New York restaurant is third in La Lega; its Rome salumeria is joint 102nd. Nine restaurant families have more than one entry. Compare any two.
Read the story ↗Rome has nine ranked restaurants in La Lega and Milan eight, but Milan has three in Serie A and Rome none. Compare 13 cities head to head.
Read the story ↗One country until 1993, Czechia and Slovakia now sit 13th and 27th in the Police League. Compare any two national police systems, pillar by pillar.
Read the story ↗From Senzanome in Brussels to Agli Amici Rovinj in Croatia: the highest-placed La Lega restaurant in each of the 26 countries in the league.
Read the story ↗Countries whose parties score well in the Political Party League usually have well-scored police too. France, Latvia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Slovenia break the pattern.
Read the story ↗Aroma in Rome and Gourmetstube 1897 miss Serie A by 0.2 points. Across the whole of La Lega, no two neighbouring places are more than 0.6 points apart.
Read the story ↗Of the four public-assessment pillars, treatment is the weakest in 14 countries and perceived accountability in 11. Integrity is the strongest in 21.
Read the story ↗Only two of the 25 rated parties holding a prime minister's office in the EU reach Tier 1. Hungary's Tisza is one of them, five months after replacing a party ranked 201st.
Read the story ↗From Latvia's election to Poland's, the votes and decisions between now and November 2027 most likely to change scores and ranks in the Political Party League.
Read the story ↗Weighted by seats, the four parties of Sweden's centre-left bloc average 88 in the Political Party League. The four parties of the outgoing right bloc average 58.
Read the story ↗Of the parties behind declared candidates for the 2027 presidential election, the best-ranked is Les Écologistes in 91st place. None reaches Tier 2.
Read the story ↗Tisza entered the league in 22nd place in April on a first assessment. Since then Hungary has joined the EPPO, dissolved its old public-media structure and abolished the Sovereignty Protection Office.
Read the story ↗Germany is the only one of the EU's five most populous countries with a party in Tier 1. France, Italy, Spain and Poland have none, and France has no party in Tier 2 either.
Read the story ↗The Netherlands has the widest internal split in the Political Party League, from GroenLinks-PvdA in 5th place to Forum voor Democratie in 203rd.
Read the story ↗Pick any two of the 203 parties in the Political Party League and see how they compare on all five dimensions.
Read the story ↗Two parties, one question: which ranks higher in the Political Party League? See how long a streak you can build.
Read the story ↗On April 12, 2026, Tisza won Hungary’s parliamentary elections with...
Read the story ↗Nobody predicted this. When the DMI Index ranked over 200...
Read the story ↗Each league has its own evidence and rules. Compare points within a league and read the methodology alongside the results.