Top 20 Countries With Highest Quality Of Life - Brief Analysis
October 7th 2009 12:55
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The United Nations Development Program has just released their statistics for this year, which you can find here. (Do check out the rest of the list, which I found quite insightful.) I have copied and pasted the Top Twenty below:
The first thing I notice here is that of the nine countries that have Tall Poppy Syndrome or Jante's Law, all of them made it into the top 20. The top 4 are exclusively societies where this socially levelling philosophy is in place. I would like to read more about this phenomenon - or perhaps even to write about it myself.
The second thing I notice is that out of the 7 countries that have legalised same-sex marriage, six are in the top 15. (The missing nation is South Africa.) Most of the rest are not far from following in their footsteps... I think that sends a pointed message to those who aren't sure about the benefits of allowing more people who love each other to get married.
What do you think of this list?
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
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
19. Liechtenstein
20. New Zealand
The first thing I notice here is that of the nine countries that have Tall Poppy Syndrome or Jante's Law, all of them made it into the top 20. The top 4 are exclusively societies where this socially levelling philosophy is in place. I would like to read more about this phenomenon - or perhaps even to write about it myself.
The second thing I notice is that out of the 7 countries that have legalised same-sex marriage, six are in the top 15. (The missing nation is South Africa.) Most of the rest are not far from following in their footsteps... I think that sends a pointed message to those who aren't sure about the benefits of allowing more people who love each other to get married.
A dramatic Norwegian landscape
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