[Hurricane88]

Posted this in the HCM thread...

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Best Places to Live: List of Countries for 2009 compiled by the United Nations 5th October 2009

Norway tops the study, which ranks countries on their education, infrastructure, wealth, social facilities and life expectancy, using figures compiled by the United Nations Development Programme. Australia moved up to No. 2 and Canada remain at no. 4. For the first time the USA slipped out of the top 10 and the United Kingdom out of the top 20! China moved up seven places on the list to rank as the 92nd most developed country due to improvements in education as well as income levels and life expectancy. Niger is the worst country to live in. Afghanistan, which returns to the list for the first time since 1996, is the only Asian country among the bottom ten.


The complete list of the best countries to live for the year 2009:


1.Norway
2.Australia
3.Iceland
4.Canada
5.Ireland
6.Netherlands
7.Sweden
8.France
9.Switzerland
10.Japan
11.Luxembourg
12.Finland
13.United States
14.Austria
15.Spain
16.Denmark
17.Belgium
18.Italy
19.Liechtenstein
20.New Zealand
21.United Kingdom
22.Germany
23.Singapore
24.Hong Kong, China (SAR)
25.Greece
26.Korea (Republic of)
27.Israel
28.Andorra
29.Slovenia
30.Brunei Darussalam
31.Kuwait
32.Cyprus
33.Qatar
34.Portugal
35.United Arab Emirates
36.Czech Republic
37.Barbados
38.Malta
39.Bahrain
40.Estonia
41.Poland
42.Slovakia
43.Hungary
44.Chile
45.Croatia
46.Lithuania
47.Antigua and Barbuda
48.Latvia
49.Argentina
50.Uruguay
51.Cuba
52.Bahamas
53.Mexico
54.Costa Rica
55.Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
56.Oman
57.Seychelles
58.Venezuela (Bolivarian Rupublic of)
59.Saudi Arabia
60.Panama
61.Bulgaria
62.Saint Kitts and Nevis
63.Romania
64.Trinidad and Tobago
65.Montenegro
66.Malaysia
67.Serbia
68.Belarus
69.Saint Lucia
70.Albania
71.Russian Federation
72.Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
73.Dominica
74.Grenada
75.Brazil
76.Bosnia and Herzegovina
77.Colombia
78.Peru
79.Turkey
80.Ecuador
81.Mauritius
82.Kazakhstan
83.Lebanon
84.Armenia
85.Ukraine
86.Azerbaijan
87.Thailand
88.Iran (Islamic Republic of)
89.Georgia
90.Dominican Republic
91.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
92.China
93.Belize
94.Samoa
95.Maldives
96.Jordan
97.Suriname
98.Tunisia
99.Tonga
100.Jamaica
101.Paraguay
102.Sri Lanka
103.Gabon
104.Algeria
105.Philippines
106.El Salvador
107.Syrian Arab Republic
108.Fiji
109.Turkmenistan
110.Occupied Palestinian Territories
111.Indonesia
112.Honduras
113.Bolivia
114.Guyana
115.Mongolia
116.Viet Nam
117.Moldova
118.Equatorial Guinea
119.Uzbekistan
120.Kyrgyzstan
121.Cape Verde
122.Guatemala
123.Egypt
124.Nicaragua
125.Botswana
126.Vanuatu
127.Tajikistan
128.Namibia
129.South Africa
130.Morocco
131.São Tomé and Principe
132.Bhutan
133.Lao, People's Dem. Rep.
134.India
135.Solomon Islands
136.Congo
137.Cambodia
138.Myanmar
139.Comoros
140.Yemen
141.Pakistan
142.Swaziland
143.Angola
144.Nepal
145.Madagascar
146.Bangladesh
147.Kenya
148.Papua New Guinea
149.Haiti
150.Sudan
151.Tanzania, U. Rep. of
152.Ghana
153.Cameroon
154.Mauritania
155.Djibouti
156.Lesotho
157.Uganda
158.Nigeria
159.Togo
160.Malawi
161.Benin
162.Timor-Leste
163.Côte d'Ivoire
164.Zambia
165.Eritrea
166.Senegal
167.Rwanda
168.Gambia
169.Liberia
170.Guinea
171.Ethiopia
172.Mozambique
173.Guinea-Bissau
174.Burundi
175.Chad
176.Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
177.Burkina Faso
178.Mali
179.Central African Republic
180.Sierra Leone
181.Afghanistan
182.Niger