These 10 Countries Have The Highest Quality Of Life
If you’re searching for the country where residents tend to have the happiest lives, head down under to Australia, where people earn only $26,000 a year, but live to be 82 years old, according to the OECD’s newest Better Life Index.
Norway and the United States are close behind.
Factors included: income, housing, jobs, community, education, environment, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work-life balance.
We looked at the countries with the highest overall scores, and highlighted a few of the criteria on the following slides.
#9 New Zealand
Income: 2.8
Life satisfaction: 7.9
Work-life balance: 6.4
#8 Netherlands
Income: 5.9
Life satisfaction: 9
Work-life balance: 8.7
#7 Switzerland
Income: 7.9
Life satisfaction: 9
Work-life balance: 7.6
#6 Canada
Income: 6.1
Life satisfaction: 8.7
Work-life balance: 6.5
#5 Denmark
Income: 4
Life satisfaction: 10
Work-life balance: 9.7
#4 Sweden
Income: 4.9
Life satisfaction: 8.3
Work-life balance: 8.2
#3 United States
Income: 10
Life satisfaction: 7.6
Work-life balance: 5.7
#2 Norway
Income: 3.9
Life satisfaction: 9.2
Work-life balance: 8.8
#1 Australia
Income: 4.5
Life satisfaction: 8.6
Work-life balance: 5.6
