Norway The Best Place To Live—Un Report

[Mr Lee]

So why do you think there are so many Norwegians moving to the Philippines? I know, the women. :SugarwareZ-037:  I think we should all move to Zimbabwe. :angry: UNITED NATIONS—The United Nations on Thursday named oil-rich Norway as the country with the best quality of life, while Asia has made the biggest strides in recent decades.The UN's annual A-to-Z of global wealth, poverty, health and education highlighted however that it is becoming ever more difficult to break into the rich club of nations.Norway – with its 81.0 years of life expectancy and average annual income of $58,810 – has now topped the Human Development Index (HDI) for all but two years since 2001.It doesn't come in first place in any individual category – average income in Liechtenstein, for example, is a wallet-busting $81,011 and Japan's life expectancy is 83.6 years – but Norway's all-round performance gave it superiority in the UN Development Programme (UNDP) 20th annual rankings.Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland, in order, also made the top five.Zimbabwe came in last among the 169 nations ranked, behind Mozambique, Burundi, Niger and Democratic Republic of Congo.In stark contrast to the leaders, in Zimbabwe life expectancy is just 47 years and per capita income $176.The complete story HERE