Every January magazine “Quality of Life Index” measures 194 countries ranked and rated to reveal the best places to live. They make this list using nine different categories like Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate. After this they collates all results to produce final rankings. Lets see according to 2010 results what are the top 20 best quality of life countries!
20.Hungary
Cost of Living – 58
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 48
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure – 77
Risk & Safety – 93
Climate – 76
19.Uruguay
Cost of Living – 60
Leisure & Culture – 72
Economy – 52
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 76
Infrastructure – 64
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 93
18. Finland
Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 93
Economy – 66
Environment – 68
Freedom – 100
Health – 81
Infrastructure – 76
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76
17. Spain
Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 68
Economy – 63
Environment – 75
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 65
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
16.Denmark
Cost of Living – 33
Leisure & Culture – 88
Economy – 69
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 86
Infrastructure – 72
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 78
15.Malta
Cost of Living – 63
Leisure & Culture – 70
Economy – 53
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 52
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 95
14.Liechtenstein
Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 80
Economy – 100
Environment – 65
Freedom – 100
Health – 80
Infrastructure – 44
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
13.Austria
Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 68
Environment – 87
Freedom – 100
Health – 85
Infrastructure – 68
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76
12. Norway
Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 60
Economy – 89
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 89
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 60
11.Netherlands
Cost of Living – 48
Leisure & Culture – 71
Economy – 69
Environment – 67
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 75
10.Italy
Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 85
Economy – 63
Environment – 74
Freedom – 92
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 62
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
9.Canada
Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 69
Environment – 62
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure 85
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 69
8.Belgium
Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 83
Economy – 66
Environment – 64
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 86
7.United States
Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 79
Economy – 67
Environment – 62
Freedom – 92
Health – 78
Infrastructure – 100
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84
6. Luxembourg
Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 85
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 66
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 83
5.New Zealand
Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 65
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 70
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84
4. Germany
Cost of Living – 54
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 83
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 90
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
3. Switzerland
Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 79
Environment – 78
Freedom – 100
Health – 95
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 77
2.Australia
Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
1.France
Cost of Living – 55
Leisure & Culture - 81
Economy – 69
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 100
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
What! No Zimbabwe!
ReplyDeleteI wish you'd have explained how the ordering was arrived at; are all the rated categories worth the same, or is Health, for example, worth more than Climate?
ReplyDeleteAlso, hate to be a stickler, but for
Italy you have a picture of the Vatican, and that's officially a separate country... and a country with a somewhat lower Freedom score, it being an Absolute Monarchy (Paparachy?) and all.