More: So, Sweden just opened a 'mansplaining' hotline. More: Why does gender parity remain elusive in corporate America? Sweden's acceptance of hundreds of thousands of refugees was also a factor in the country's high score. Hahn-Griffiths also credited the Swedish Institute, a public agency that communicates Sweden's culture and encourages tourists to visit the country, for improving its score.
Finland moved from the seventh most reputable country to the second most reputable country this year, receiving a score of Greece saw the largest reputation increase, jumping from Various news outlets and data collectors have unveiled their findings as to which countries people view as being the best to call home.
Arguably the most comprehensive and practical analysis of which countries are best to live in comes from the Human Development Report. Composed by the United Nations, this annual report expresses global satisfaction with life, offering an overview of what it's like to be alive on Earth in this day and age.
It is easily one of the top resources for determining which countries have the happiest, healthiest, and most stable populations compared to everywhere else in the world. Essentially, the Human Development Report summarizes how people feel about our planet as a whole, and then it goes on to discuss, in detail, which countries are best to live in, thus comparing the most satisfied populations with the most unhappy countries in the world.
The variables that this official UN report takes into account include equality among genders, literacy, average life expectancy, and financial stability. For the sake of this article, we will abide by the regulations put forward by the United Nations in drafting and publishing this report on the best countries to live in around the world.
If you have other factors that you deem to be important to consider, then by all means come to a conclusion of your own. These are the claims of one report, but that does not mean other countries are not amazing as well. Without further ado, here are the top places to live according to the United Nations' Human Development Report, in descending order:.
So, the report determines that the best country to live in is Norway! The United Nations listed Norway as the best country to live in primarily because all of the factors the researchers took into consideration were good marks on behalf of Norway. The European country excels in all the areas that the UN looked at, which you could say is purely based on luck.
However, even so, Norway is a good fit for the credentials that the United Nations took into account, which is impressive altogether. People in Norway live to be upwards of eighty-two years old, on average.
Of the countries that rank among the top 10 in the GCI, all perform relatively poorly in relation to global contribution to international peace and security, including the Nordic countries except for Iceland. There is a significant overlap of how countries contribute to the common good of humanity and how favorably countries are perceived. According to Simon Anholt, founder of both the GCI and the NBI, there is a significant correlation between how a country acts in the international arena and how that country is perceived.
In other words, how Sweden contributes to the good of humanity correlates with how Sweden is perceived abroad. Image: Reuters. It has low levels of corruption. Image: Transparency International. Image: European Commission. It has a powerful passport. Image: Henley and Partners. It has the best reputation.
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