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The UN's Human Development Index is the most recognised measure of how good a country is to live in. Here are its rankings:
(1) Switzerland
(2) Norway
(3) Iceland
(15) Canada
(18) UK
(21) USA
I also grabbed the figures for the ten most obvious categories individually:
Percentage of the population living in poverty (under $6.85/day):
(1) Finland
(2) Switzerland
(3) Cyprus
(13) Canada
(14) UK
(30) USA
Education Index (2019):
(1) UK
(2) Germany
(3) Norway
(16) USA
(18) Canada
Social Mobility:
(1) Denmark
(2) Norway
(3) Finland
(14) Canada
(21) UK
(27) USA
Human Freedom Index:
(1) Switzerland
(2) New Zealand
(3) Estonia
(13) Canada
(20) UK
(23) USA
Corruption:
(1) Denmark
(2) Finland
(3) New Zealand
(14) Canada
(18) UK
(24) USA
Healthcare:
(1) Singapore
(2) Japan
(3) South Korea
(32) Canada
(34) UK
(69) USA
Crime:
(1) Qatar
(2) UAE
(3) Taiwan
(54) Canada
(71) UK
(79) USA
Happiness:
(1) Finland
(2) Denmark
(3) Iceland
(13) Canada
(15) USA
(19) UK
GDP (PPP) per Capita:
(1) Luxembourg
(2) Ireland
(3) Singapore
(9) USA
(26) Canada
(28) UK
Infrastructure:
(1) Singapore
(2) Netherlands
(3) Hong Kong, or Switzerland if you don't count Hong Kong, as it isn't a country
(11) UK
(13) USA
(26) Canada
(1) Switzerland
(2) Norway
(3) Iceland
(15) Canada
(18) UK
(21) USA
I also grabbed the figures for the ten most obvious categories individually:
Percentage of the population living in poverty (under $6.85/day):
(1) Finland
(2) Switzerland
(3) Cyprus
(13) Canada
(14) UK
(30) USA
Education Index (2019):
(1) UK
(2) Germany
(3) Norway
(16) USA
(18) Canada
Social Mobility:
(1) Denmark
(2) Norway
(3) Finland
(14) Canada
(21) UK
(27) USA
Human Freedom Index:
(1) Switzerland
(2) New Zealand
(3) Estonia
(13) Canada
(20) UK
(23) USA
Corruption:
(1) Denmark
(2) Finland
(3) New Zealand
(14) Canada
(18) UK
(24) USA
Healthcare:
(1) Singapore
(2) Japan
(3) South Korea
(32) Canada
(34) UK
(69) USA
Crime:
(1) Qatar
(2) UAE
(3) Taiwan
(54) Canada
(71) UK
(79) USA
Happiness:
(1) Finland
(2) Denmark
(3) Iceland
(13) Canada
(15) USA
(19) UK
GDP (PPP) per Capita:
(1) Luxembourg
(2) Ireland
(3) Singapore
(9) USA
(26) Canada
(28) UK
Infrastructure:
(1) Singapore
(2) Netherlands
(3) Hong Kong, or Switzerland if you don't count Hong Kong, as it isn't a country
(11) UK
(13) USA
(26) Canada
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