Find out world's best countries to live in

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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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