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[Q4 2026](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)

Compare regions

Side by side, never added together

# Compare regions

Each region’s population is its own cohort, drawn from that country’s own register and scored against the same Index. There is no figure across regions: it would be a number about whichever region has more sites.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026

Region

- [United States](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)
- [United Kingdom](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk)
- [Canada](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/ca)
- [Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

Comparisons

## What can be compared

- [Universities and colleges](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/universities) · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- [Schools and school systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/schools) · The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves.
- [Hospitals and health systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/hospitals) · Where patients look for care.
- [National government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/national-government) · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- [Legislators](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/legislators) · Elected members and the websites each publishes.
- [States, provinces and devolved governments](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/regional-government) · The level between national and local government.
- [Local government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/local-government) · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- [Banks and credit unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/banks) · Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product.
- [Charities and nonprofits](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/charities) · The largest charitable organizations.