Quality Of Life

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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.

Best Countries to Live In •

Canada




Sweden




Denmark




Norway




Switzerland




Finland


https://www.usnews.com/news/bestcountries/quality-of-life-rankings

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