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2008 Quality of Life Index

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Country Cost of Living Leisure & Culture Economy Environment Freedom Health Infrastructure Risk & Safety Climate Final Score
Afghanistan 76 7 20 54 8 0 31 0 61 31
Albania 55 65 36 74 67 78 41 64 65 59
Algeria 45 54 36 67 25 53 34 29 70 45
Andorra 53 78 56 38 100 90 22 100 82 67
Angola 35 38 43 67 25 2 34 57 52 39
Antigua & Barbuda 46 59 43 74 83 52 63 100 57 62
Argentina 66 71 44 66 100 86 63 100 93 74
Armenia 59 56 40 81 42 48 47 64 72 56
Australia 36 75 68 80 100 91 91 100 93 79
Austria 31 83 61 87 100 90 70 100 76 74
Azerbaijan 41 47 40 71 25 42 44 64 62 48
Bahamas 18 71 51 74 100 53 44 100 65 61
Bahrain 52 71 51 64 33 45 31 86 30 51
Bangladesh 61 16 35 62 50 39 50 64 49 47
Barbados 27 62 44 72 100 65 50 100 57 61
Belarus 61 78 40 75 8 54 56 64 77 56
Belgium 24 88 60 64 100 92 88 100 86 74
Belize 65 50 36 93 92 69 53 93 60 66
Benin 55 25 32 64 83 36 38 64 51 49
Bermuda 15 49 85 41 92 75 22 100 66 60
Bhutan 77 29 36 83 25 20 31 100 79 54
Bolivia 77 65 33 75 67 62 50 50 83 62
Bosnia-Herzegovina 69 69 36 70 58 70 44 50 82 60
Botswana 66 66 33 78 83 30 47 79 82 61
Brazil 64 62 45 71 92 77 47 86 79 68
Brunei 61 63 54 95 25 55 28 79 25 54
Bulgaria 56 74 39 78 92 82 53 100 80 70
Burkina Faso 56 6 33 65 50 23 31 64 48 42
Burundi 46 26 32 57 50 31 31 36 75 42
Cambodia 56 35 35 77 25 32 38 64 47 45
Cameroon 44 31 33 65 17 32 34 64 66 42
Canada 47 78 63 62 100 88 82 100 67 74
Cape Verde 55 31 36 36 100 52 34 64 36 49
Cayman Islands 56 41 60 26 92 80 47 100 57 62
Central African Republic 55 26 32 72 42 24 34 36 54 42
Chad 38 18 31 68 25 15 34 57 50 37
Chile 55 71 40 71 100 76 44 100 48 65
China 51 68 61 54 8 71 47 57 89 56
Colombia 57 63 39 72 83 76 47 71 91 65
Comoros 56 38 32 74 50 38 31 100 40 50
Congo, Democratic Republic of 27 31 33 58 17 31 38 64 62 39
Congo, Republic of 46 41 35 61 33 29 41 57 62 45
Costa Rica 63 68 39 100 100 82 50 93 60 71
Cote d'Ivoire 49 28 31 67 17 35 34 43 55 40
Croatia 25 72 40 77 100 80 56 100 95 68
Cuba 58 79 38 77 0 83 53 64 63 56
Cyprus (Greek) 39 69 50 62 100 90 31 93 48 63
Czech Republic 41 82 46 74 100 86 61 100 67 70
Denmark 20 60 65 84 100 90 72 100 78 71
Djibouti 46 13 32 65 33 36 38 57 8 37
Dominica 61 41 35 90 100 72 54 100 57 66
Dominican Republic 52 50 33 81 92 72 34 86 57 60
Ecuador 66 63 35 93 83 73 41 86 100 69
Egypt 49 51 36 65 25 79 38 79 32 50
El Salvador 58 46 35 65 75 73 41 79 42 56
Equatorial Guinea 34 49 48 75 8 25 38 50 55 42
Eritrea 56 25 31 29 8 29 38 57 73 39
Estonia 55 60 47 77 100 66 60 86 74 68
Ethiopia 49 12 36 67 33 11 31 57 76 41
Fiji 46 50 35 68 58 63 59 79 43 54
Finland 28 69 63 68 100 86 75 100 76 71
France 50 98 85 72 100 100 95 100 87 85
French Guiana 42 35 39 29 92 58 56 100 28 52
French Polynesia 37 59 40 33 92 64 45 100 55 56
Gabon 39 15 35 65 33 47 50 64 49 43
Gambia 56 10 33 61 42 40 44 71 60 46
Georgia 51 40 36 80 67 65 50 57 79 57
Germany 45 87 69 83 100 94 85 100 79 80
Ghana 56 29 35 67 92 42 41 64 62 53
Greece 37 68 50 70 100 89 60 100 79 70
Grenada 49 56 33 75 92 69 59 86 57 62
Guatemala 56 41 35 74 50 68 34 79 95 58
Guinea 62 15 32 61 25 32 34 57 22 39
Guinea-Bissau 61 22 31 64 58 33 31 64 47 46
Guyana 58 65 35 77 67 59 41 64 39 55
Haiti 55 21 32 61 42 39 28 36 53 41
Honduras 66 34 35 70 67 69 41 79 83 59
Hungary 54 81 43 77 100 71 63 100 76 71
Iceland 28 90 63 74 100 91 59 100 74 72
India 15 41 46 68 75 62 41 64 47 49
Indonesia 39 47 36 74 75 55 38 36 47 48
Iran 61 57 38 52 17 50 41 20 64 45
Iraq 100 20 10 32 0 20 15 0 38 29
Ireland 0 85 67 59 100 85 57 100 59 65
Israel 30 74 54 68 92 89 44 57 84 63
Italy 51 100 58 74 100 93 65 100 87 78
Jamaica 52 47 33 77 75 75 50 79 57 59
Japan 14 97 75 71 92 94 69 100 84 74
Jordan 51 63 36 59 42 84 34 71 68 55
Kazakhstan 44 49 40 65 25 63 53 64 27 47
Kenya 45 49 33 62 67 33 34 57 66 49
Kiribati 72 13 31 57 100 56 13 100 38 53
Korea, North (DR of) 59 57 32 51 0 80 22 64 79 49
Korea, South (Rep of) 31 69 51 68 92 84 56 93 83 67
Kuwait 39 79 58 42 42 73 28 57 18 48
Kyrgyzstan 54 44 32 70 42 61 34 64 47 49
Laos 63 21 35 74 8 31 41 57 51 43
Latvia 54 79 46 51 100 68 60 86 73 67
Lebanon 63 59 31 65 42 76 41 21 92 54
Lesotho 66 40 32 41 75 31 31 71 93 53
Liberia 52 41 35 57 50 14 38 21 28 38
Libya 20 69 43 51 0 75 38 71 67 47
Liechtenstein 37 80 71 65 100 85 65 100 82 74
Lithuania 58 72 43 81 100 84 56 100 79 72
Luxembourg 36 81 98 80 100 92 78 100 83 82
Macau 38 46 53 0 50 64 25 100 79 50
Macedonia 62 68 36 72 67 65 47 71 79 62
Madagascar 56 29 32 59 67 39 34 64 92 52
Malawi 55 43 35 68 50 34 41 64 89 52
Malaysia 66 75 42 62 50 72 47 86 24 58
Maldives 58 66 44 36 25 63 31 100 49 52
Mali 56 13 33 62 83 26 31 64 50 46
Malta 58 76 46 84 100 91 34 100 99 74
Marshall Islands 69 21 33 26 100 73 6 79 23 48
Martinique 58 38 40 38 92 68 16 100 57 56
Mauritania 51 13 39 58 33 33 34 64 64 43
Mauritius 61 65 40 74 100 75 34 93 42 63
Mayotte 76 4 32 17 92 42 0 100 46 46
Mexico 55 67 40 68 92 80 58 86 90 68
Micronesia 54 38 32 42 100 70 6 71 5 46
Moldova 65 66 32 75 58 71 56 71 91 63
Monaco 31 90 60 30 92 85 60 100 89 68
Mongolia 63 63 35 70 83 58 50 64 14 55
Morocco 35 37 38 67 67 66 34 100 92 57
Mozambique 61 4 35 70 58 13 34 64 76 46
Myanmar (Burma) 72 37 32 71 0 53 44 64 35 46
Namibia 62 79 36 46 83 40 59 93 74 62
Nauru 85 9 39 64 100 57 13 100 38 57
Nepal 69 21 31 68 25 41 28 64 91 49
Netherlands 32 85 60 67 100 91 88 100 85 75
New Zealand 43 87 60 83 100 92 65 100 84 77
Nicaragua 62 60 33 70 75 69 38 79 47 58
Niger 56 3 32 64 67 19 28 64 42 42
Nigeria 38 31 33 62 50 29 38 57 58 43
Norway 27 82 78 78 100 95 61 100 71 74
Oman 44 47 43 62 25 65 38 64 2 43
Pakistan 51 3 35 67 25 54 34 7 77 40
Palau 54 50 40 70 100 55 19 86 18 54
Panama 60 66 42 77 92 75 62 93 65 68
Papua New Guinea 48 24 33 64 67 38 41 57 55 47
Paraguay 73 63 33 64 67 74 34 86 68 62
Peru 55 51 39 70 75 59 38 57 45 54
Philippines 55 63 36 68 67 49 34 71 20 51
Poland 41 78 43 72 100 84 63 93 76 69
Portugal 52 76 44 74 100 91 62 100 93 74
Puerto Rico 49 46 42 42 100 76 41 100 55 60
Qatar 46 66 56 54 25 48 28 79 13 47
Romania 45 78 39 75 92 68 56 86 84 67
Russia 20 71 43 71 25 75 53 57 72 52
Rwanda 49 22 33 68 25 32 31 64 62 43
Saint Kitts & Nevis 58 47 36 72 100 74 55 100 57 65
Samoa (Western Samoa) 49 22 33 68 83 71 50 79 35 53
Saudi Arabia 55 72 42 51 8 74 31 36 22 44
Senegal 44 19 32 67 75 38 34 79 73 50
Seychelles 54 62 36 78 67 54 41 100 55 59
Sierra Leone 58 7 18 62 45 10 34 21 24 32
Singapore 45 75 60 39 42 78 53 100 39 58
Slovakia 41 63 44 81 100 83 56 93 74 68
Slovenia 42 74 49 74 100 76 56 100 83 70
Solomon Islands 65 29 32 61 67 64 3 79 43 49
Somalia 62 0 28 55 12 7 35 36 16 30
South Africa 47 63 40 75 92 56 47 86 98 65
Spain 50 72 54 75 100 94 71 100 87 76
Sri Lanka 59 37 36 78 67 55 41 71 40 53
Sudan 46 21 36 65 0 28 38 29 7 31
Suriname 61 47 36 78 83 62 44 64 39 56
Swaziland 51 60 32 81 17 29 38 86 96 53
Sweden 11 76 63 75 100 87 88 100 68 71
Switzerland 35 91 100 78 100 98 94 100 77 84
Syria 65 51 33 61 0 71 44 64 60 50
Taiwan 44 50 54 75 92 72 34 79 68 62
Tajikistan 70 26 35 67 25 53 34 29 80 47
Tanzania 49 29 33 74 58 31 34 64 51 46
Thailand 46 69 39 61 75 66 49 71 43 56
Togo 48 46 31 64 25 34 34 64 58 44
Tonga 66 26 32 65 50 69 41 100 63 56
Trinidad & Tobago 21 38 50 78 75 66 38 100 57 56
Tunisia 58 65 38 68 25 77 38 86 85 59
Turkey 42 63 39 68 67 62 44 86 73 58
Turkmenistan 82 24 38 61 0 43 16 57 61 44
Tuvalu 77 4 32 30 100 56 16 100 17 49
Uganda 48 35 33 61 42 34 34 43 70 44
Ukraine 42 65 38 74 75 72 63 71 78 62
United Arab Emirates 42 56 72 16 17 80 19 79 10 45
United Kingdom 5 87 65 78 100 81 71 100 59 68
United States 59 79 89 72 92 74 100 100 86 83
Uruguay 67 76 40 72 100 80 62 100 93 74
Uzbekistan 66 66 33 62 0 58 41 57 40 47
Vanuatu 48 38 36 33 83 53 34 79 49 50
Venezuela 48 71 38 84 50 70 38 79 52 57
Vietnam 48 56 36 71 17 61 38 57 67 49
Yemen 52 22 31 19 33 40 31 36 0 31
Zambia 51 46 33 71 50 20 41 64 89 51
Zimbabwe 24 62 0 77 8 34 41 64 93 42
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