U.S. Newsweek magazine ranked Finland the best out of 100 countries to live in, Helsinki Times reported. The survey measured five categories of national well being: education, health, quality of life, economic competitiveness and political environment. Countries were also divided into groups based on size and income. Overall, Nordic countries did well in the ranking. Sweden was third, Norway fifth and Denmark 10th, all being small but wealthy. Switzerland was second, while the U.S. didn't squeeze into the top 10 (ranking 11th). China came in at 59.
Rank Country
1 Finland
2 Switzerland
3 Sweden
4 Australia
5 Luxembourg
6 Norway
7 Canada
8 Netherlands
9 Japan
10 Denmark
11 United States
12 Germany
13 New Zealand
14 United Kingdom
15 Korea, South
16 France
17 Ireland
18 Austria
19 Belgium
20 Singapore
21 Spain
22 Israel
23 Italy
24 Slovenia
25 Czech Republic
26 Greece
27 Portugal
28 Croatia
29 Poland
30 Chile
31 Slovakia
32 Estonia
33 Hungary
34 Lithuania
35 Costa Rica
36 Latvia
37 Malaysis
38 Bulgaria
39 Romania
40 Kuwait
41 Panama
42 Peru
43 United Arab Emirates
44 Uruguay
45 Mexico
46 Argentina
47 Jamaica
48 Brazil
49 Ukraine
50 Cuba
51 Russia
52 Turkey
53 Jordan
54 Qatar
55 Dominican Republic
56 Belarus
57 Albania
58 Thailand
59 China
60 Oman
61 Kazakhstan
62 Colombia
63 Philippines
64 Saudi Arabia
65 Tunisia
66 Sri Lanka
67 Morocco
68 Paraguay
69 Azerbaijan
70 Ecuador
71 Venezuela
72 El Salvador
73 Indonesia
74 Egypt
75 Nicaragua
76 Honduras
77 Bolivia
78 India
79 Iran
80 Botswana
81 South Africa
83 Syria
84 Guatemala
85 Algeria
86 Ghana
87 Kenya
88 Bangladesh
89 Pakistan
90 Madagascar
91 Senegal
92 Yemen
93 Tanzania
94 Ethiopia
95 Mozambique
96 Uganda
97 Zambia
98 Cameroon
99 Nigeria
100 Burkina Faso
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