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Norway has the highest quality of life

Norway has the highest quality of life

According to a United Nations report, Norway has the highest quality of life in the world. Read more here.

According to the 2010 Human Development Reports, the world rankings are:

Human Development Index (HDI) - 2010 Rankings

Very High Human Development

Norway
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Ireland
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Canada
Sweden
Germany
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Switzerland
France
Israel
Finland
Iceland
Belgium
Denmark
Spain
Hong Kong, China (SAR)
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Austria
United Kingdom
Singapore
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Andorra
Slovakia
United Arab Emirates
Malta
Estonia
Cyprus
Hungary
Brunei Darussalam
Qatar
Bahrain
Portugal
Poland
Barbados

High Human Development

Bahamas
Lithuania
Chile
Argentina
Kuwait
Latvia
Montenegro
Romania
Croatia
Uruguay
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Panama
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Trinidad and Tobago
Serbia
Belarus
Costa Rica
Peru
Albania
Russian Federation
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ukraine
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mauritius
Brazil
Georgia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Armenia
Ecuador
Belize
Colombia
Jamaica
Tunisia
Jordan
Turkey
Algeria
Tonga

Medium Human Development

Fiji
Turkmenistan
Dominican Republic
China
El Salvador
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Gabon
Suriname
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Paraguay
Philippines
Botswana
Moldova (Republic of)
Mongolia
Egypt
Uzbekistan
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Guyana
Namibia
Honduras
Maldives
Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan
South Africa
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Viet Nam
Morocco
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Equatorial Guinea
Cape Verde
India
Timor-Leste
Swaziland
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Solomon Islands
Cambodia
Pakistan
Congo
São Tomé and Príncipe

Low Human Development

Kenya
Bangladesh
Ghana
Cameroon
Myanmar
Yemen
Benin
Madagascar
Mauritania
Papua New Guinea
Nepal
Togo
Comoros
Lesotho
Nigeria
Uganda
Senegal
Haiti
Angola
Djibouti
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Côte dIvoire
Zambia
Gambia
Rwanda
Malawi
Sudan
Afghanistan
Guinea
Ethiopia
Sierra Leone
Central African Republic
Mali
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Chad
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Burundi
Niger
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Zimbabwe

Note: The HDI rankings featured above were published in the Human Development Report 2010, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development. Information about the HDI. PDF version Table 1 - Human Development Index and its components [108 KB].

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