Here Are The Top 80 Best Countries In The World In 2019

Sophie IrelandEducation and CareerJanuary 24, 2019

For the third year in a row, Switzerland is the world’s best country, according to the latest study conducted by US News. The “Best Countries” index, ranks nations based on 75 different metrics such as quality of life, gender equality, economic influence, power, religious freedom, education, skilled labor force, technological expertise, and transparent government practices among other factors.

Based on a combination of these metrics, Switzerland took the number one spot this year, followed by Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom in the top five.

Next came Sweden and Australia before the United States in eighth place. Japan saw the biggest jump in rankings this year, moving from number 5 in 2018 to number two in 2019.

Here are the top 80 best countries in the world in 2019:

Rank	Country	Entrepreneurship	Adventure	Citizenship	Cultural Influence	Heritage	Movers	Open for Business	Power	Quality of Life
1	Switzerland	4	17	3	9	27	25	2	14	5
2	Japan	1	39	17	6	10	5	22	7	13
3	Canada	6	19	2	12	42	39	7	12	1
4	Germany	2	57	12	11	20	34	21	4	10
5	United Kingdom	5	40	11	5	12	53	23	5	12
6	Sweden	7	21	4	10	36	37	4	21	2
7	Australia	9	10	8	8	32	21	14	15	7
8	United States	3	30	16	4	22	27	48	1	17
9	Norway	12	25	1	22	37	30	8	27	4
10	France	16	14	13	2	4	49	31	6	16
11	Netherlands	11	15	6	13	26	45	11	26	8
12	New Zealand	18	6	9	18	39	17	12	34	9
13	Denmark	13	29	7	17	43	59	5	28	3
14	Finland	14	23	5	28	49	36	9	40	6
15	Singapore	10	26	23	15	31	2	6	20	18
16	China	17	58	41	19	11	3	30	3	20
17	Belgium	15	36	10	23	24	69	15	25	11
18	Italy	22	2	19	1	1	31	46	18	22
19	Luxembourg	19	46	14	27	54	70	1	37	14
20	Spain	24	3	18	3	2	38	40	23	21
21	Ireland	21	13	15	25	16	42	13	48	15
22	South Korea	8	63	27	29	44	15	39	10	23
23	United Arab Emirates	20	67	35	16	64	1	60	11	26
24	Russia	23	50	44	20	14	12	79	2	36
25	Portugal	26	11	20	24	7	68	20	49	19
26	Thailand	37	5	58	21	9	6	10	54	30
27	India	29	45	55	30	6	4	27	17	34
28	Brazil	39	1	34	7	15	8	57	30	62
29	Israel	25	75	39	42	28	13	70	8	41
30	Greece	33	4	24	14	3	28	51	41	29
31	Qatar	28	73	45	35	77	11	61	24	32
32	Saudi Arabia	30	78	62	40	60	9	77	9	39
33	Poland	27	47	21	45	23	75	41	44	24
34	Turkey	36	28	57	31	8	19	75	16	43
35	Mexico	43	7	48	26	5	22	53	38	46
36	Croatia	38	16	26	33	38	41	32	75	28
37	South Africa	35	27	40	37	30	10	65	31	66
38	Malaysia	34	32	56	43	35	23	16	58	31
39	Vietnam	48	38	66	52	19	16	25	32	35
40	Egypt	57	48	69	34	13	7	74	29	75
41	Czech Republic	31	41	22	51	29	78	47	68	25
42	Morocco	64	35	70	39	21	14	45	61	57
43	Indonesia	50	34	63	49	33	26	19	47	40
44	Costa Rica	65	9	42	36	52	43	18	72	50
45	Sri Lanka	63	43	67	47	45	18	24	60	56
46	Peru	59	20	47	38	17	32	28	66	52
47	Hungary	32	42	25	48	25	79	37	71	27
48	Argentina	40	8	32	32	18	60	64	55	55
49	Dominican Republic	71	12	49	41	61	47	17	69	51
50	Philippines	51	22	59	44	40	46	26	51	37
51	Estonia	44	59	31	57	66	54	29	80	47
52	Panama	54	31	54	58	70	62	3	62	70
53	Chile	55	24	37	50	34	55	44	67	49
54	Tanzania	78	54	64	60	74	20	50	59	60
55	Latvia	47	56	28	64	65	65	35	79	44
56	Slovenia	45	49	33	55	57	72	38	78	42
57	Lithuania	41	65	30	68	69	73	36	76	53
58	Ecuador	66	33	46	56	55	44	42	65	54
59	Slovakia	42	53	29	62	56	77	34	77	48
60	Uruguay	53	37	38	54	50	71	43	74	45
61	Myanmar	76	64	73	66	68	24	56	53	58
62	Romania	49	44	43	59	41	76	54	70	38
63	Oman	61	76	65	67	78	33	59	42	72
64	Guatemala	79	52	60	72	72	51	33	64	61
65	Ukraine	46	51	51	53	51	67	71	39	59
66	Colombia	60	18	53	46	47	64	69	50	63
67	Bulgaria	52	55	36	78	58	80	52	73	33
68	Kazakhstan	74	72	72	80	75	29	68	43	65
69	Ghana	80	66	71	69	79	40	49	57	64
70	Azerbaijan	75	69	61	76	73	35	62	45	69
71	Jordan	62	71	74	70	48	50	63	33	77
72	Tunisia	69	60	76	65	53	63	55	63	68
73	Belarus	56	61	50	71	67	66	76	35	67
74	Nigeria	67	74	77	63	76	57	58	46	74
75	Pakistan	68	77	78	79	71	56	72	22	73
76	Lebanon	72	70	75	61	46	48	73	36	78
77	Serbia	58	62	52	75	63	74	67	52	71
78	Angola	77	68	68	74	80	58	66	56	76
79	Iran	70	79	80	73	59	52	80	13	79
80	Iraq	73	80	79	77	62	61	78	19	80

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