Best Countries to Live In US NEWS and WORLD REPORT Beyond the essential ideas of broad
subranking score had a 17 percent weight
access to food and housing, to
in the overall Best Countries ranking.
quality education and health care, to employment that will sustain us, quality of life may also include intangibles such as job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality.
People consistently view a small group of nations as best providing for their citizens. For the fourth consecutive year, Canada ranks No. 1 overall for providing a good quality of life. Survey respondents view the
What social scientists do agree on is that
North American country as No. 1 for both
material wealth is not the most important
being politically stable and having a well-
factor in assessing a life lived well. The
developed public education system, and
results of the Quality of Life sub-ranking
No. 2 for having a good job market, a
survey reflect that sensibility.
perception supported by independent
The 2019 Best Countries rankings, formed in partnership with BAV Group, a unit of global marketing communications company VMLY&R, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are based on a study that surveyed more
research. The North American country is seen as possessing the fifth best welldeveloped public health care system. In fact, Canada is rated in the top 10 in all but one of the nine attributes, affordability, where Asian countries dominate.
than 20,000 global citizens from four
Seven European countries are ranked in
regions to assess perceptions of 80
the top 10, and 13 from the continent rank
c o u n t r i e s o n 7 5 d i ff e re n t m e t r i c s .
in the top 20.
The Quality of Life subranking is based on an equally weighted average of scores from nine country attributes that relate to quality of life in a country: affordable, a good job market, economically stable, family friendly, income equality, politically stable, safe, well-developed public education system and well-developed public health system. The Quality of Life
Sweden, Denmark and Norway immediate ly follow Canada, with Switzerland, Finland, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Germany also finishing in the top 10.
Countries perceived to provide a lower quality of life perform most poorly in areas concerning personal safety and economic
o p p o r t u n i t y . I r a q , f o l l o w e d by Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, and Angola are at the bottom of the quality of life ranking. Iraq finishes last in the survey for being friendly to families.
For the second year in a row, the United States ranks No. 17 overall by survey respondents for providing a good quality of life. Its highest ranking is for its job market, where it ranks first. Its lowest ranking came in affordability, where survey responses placed it No. 56.
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