Where are The Best Countries to Live?

The Social Progress Index determines what it means to be a good society according to three dimensions: Basic Human Needs (food, water, shelter, safety); Foundations of Wellbeing (basic education, information, health and a sustainable environment); and Opportunity (do people have rights, freedom of choice, freedom from discrimination, and access to higher education?)

1.      Norway

2.      Sweden

3.      Switzerland

4.      Iceland

5.      New Zealand

6.      Canada

7.      Finland

8.      Denmark

9.      Netherlands

10.   Australia

11.   United Kingdom

12.   Ireland

13.   Austria

14.   Germany

15.   Japan

16.   United States

17.   Belgium

18.   Portugal

19.   Slovenia

20.   Spain

21.   France

22.   Czech Republic

23.   Estonia

24.   Uruguay

25.   Slovakia

26.   Chile

27.   Poland

28.   Costa Rica

29.   Republic of Korea

30.   Cyprus

31.   Italy

32.   Hungary

33.   Latvia

34.   Greece

35.   Lithuania

36.   Mauritius

37.   Croatia

38.   Argentina

39.   United Arab Emirates

40.   Israel

41.   Panama

42.   Brazil

43.   Bulgaria

44.   Jamaica

45.   Serbia

46.   Malaysia

47.   Kuwait

48.   Montenegro

49.   Colombia

50.   Romania

51.   Ecuador

52.   Albania

53.   Macedonia

54.   Mexico

55.   Peru

56.   Paraguay

57.   Thailand

58.   Turkey

59.   Bosnia and Herzegovina

60.   Georgia

61.   Armenia

62.   Ukraine

63.   South Africa

64.   Philippines

65.   Botswana

66.   Belarus

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European Countries, The Happiest Place to Live?

As per the data crunched from the World Values Survey, the National Science Foundation sponsored a survey that measured health, wealth, education, sense of identity and the aesthetic quality of the landscape. 

The list are;

Country

1.     Denmark,             2.     Puerto Rico,         3.     Colombia             4.     Iceland

5.     Northern Ireland

6.     Ireland

7.     Switzerland

8.     Netherlands

9.     Canada

10.  Austria

11.  El Salvador

12.  Malta

13.  Luxemburg

14.  Sweden

15.  New Zealand

16.  U.S.A.

17.  Guatemala

18.  Mexico

19.  Norway

20.  Belgium

21.  Great Britain

22.  Australia

23.  Venezuela

24.  Trinidad

25.  Finland

Saudi Arabia ranked 26th, and Philippines ranked 36th among the 97 countries surveyed from 1981 to 2007.

Money is one of the factor resulting to happiness according to this research. But the Filipino's especially those who have grasp their sense of purpose can still laugh, have fun and crack jokes about ourselves despite our lack in financial and material things in this world.

And is Europe the new place to be?

7 out of top 10 happiest country can be found in Europe, and 14 out of 25 countries. Well, not to mention the favorite destinations like Italy, and France, Germany and the UK.

Ireland is the best place to live in the world, according to a "quality of life" assessment by Economist magazine.

And for the 2nd year running, Norway has been named as the best place in the world to live, according to an annual report from the United Nations. The Top 10 list was dominated by the European countries.

Why Europe is the best, read here

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