Where are the best and worst places to live?
Norway is the most highly developed country according to the UN’s 12th annual Human Development Report with Sierra Leone being ranked as the least developed. The report, which ranks 173 countries for their quality of life, uses indicators such as life expectancy, education and income per person to gauge a country’s progress. Sweden, Canada, Belgium, Australia and the United States where all ranked high in the chart with the bottom of the index being dominated by African countries. The report also warned that rising inequality and corruption around the world are putting the recent spread of democracy in many countries at risk. Which countries do you think have the best and worst quality of life? Can quality of life be measured? This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below. Your reaction ” Some of the larger countries are not homogenous ” Nico, USA The UN list, unfortunately, doesn’t take into account that some of the larger countries are not homogenous but instead