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Ranked: World’s Best Countries to Live in for Quality of Life (2024 Report)

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Deciding where to live is crucial, and finding the best country to live in is essential. Our 2024 Human Progress Index (HPI) rankings thoroughly analyze factors such as quality of life, life expectancy, education, political stability, per capita income, and opportunities. A country gets a higher score on the Human Progress Index (HPI) when its life expectancy, quality of life, education level, gross income per person, and work-life satisfaction are better.

The driving force that makes a country a global leader is none other than its citizens. According to the 2024 Human Progress Index (HPI) report by CEOWORLD Magazine, Switzerland is the world’s best country for quality of life. Norway and Iceland are next. Hong Kong secured fourth place, leading ahead of Sweden, while Denmark and Germany ranked sixth and seventh, respectively. The top 10 best countries for citizens to live in are Ireland, Singapore, and Australia, holding the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions, respectively.

World’s Best Countries to Live in for Quality of Life, 2024

RankCoutryHuman Progress Index (HPI)HPI TierRegionPopulation
1Switzerland97.9Very HighEurope8,981,565
2Norway97.87Very HighEurope5,562,363
3Iceland97.47Very HighEurope383,726
4Hong Kong (China)97.31Very HighAsia7,503,100
5Sweden97.28Very HighEurope10,548,261
6Denmark96.92Very HighEurope5,967,824
7Germany96.54Very HighEurope84,673,158
8Ireland96.08Very HighEurope5,281,600
9Singapore95.9Very HighAsia5,917,600
10Australia95.78Very HighOceania27,282,542
11Netherlands95.7Very HighEurope17,977,676
12Belgium95.18Very HighEurope11,828,948
13Finland95.12Very HighEurope5,583,284
14Monaco94.16Very HighEurope38,367
15Liechtenstein93.84Very HighEurope40,023
16United Kingdom93.82Very HighEurope 67,596,281
17New Zealand93.74Very HighOceania5,338,900
18United Arab Emirates93.68Very HighAsia 10,288,946
19Taiwan93.66Very HighAsia 23,413,608
20South Korea93.23Very HighAsia51,285,153
21United States93.07Very HighAmericas335,893,238
22Luxembourg92.52Very HighEurope672,020
23Austria92.5Very HighEurope9,170,647
24Slovenia92.4Very HighEurope 2,123,949
25Japan92.34Very HighAsia123,960,000
26Israel91.88Very HighAsia9,907,100
27Macao (China)91.49Very HighAsia686,400
28Malta90.78Very HighEurope542,051
29Spain90.37Very HighEurope 48,692,804
30France90.22Very HighEurope68,449,000
31Cyprus90.1Very HighAsia918,100
32Italy89.76Very HighEurope58,968,501
33Estonia89.72Very HighEurope1,374,687
34Czech Republic (Czechia)89.56Very HighEurope10,859,532
35Greece89.44Very HighEurope10,413,982
36Bahrain89.21Very HighAsia 1,577,059
37Andorra88.62Very HighEurope85,100
38Poland88.42Very HighEurope37,582,000
39Lithuania88.37Very HighEurope2,891,215
40Canada88.21Very HighAmericas41,012,563
41Latvia87.85Very HighEurope1,862,700
42Croatia87.47Very HighEurope3,855,641
43Saudi Arabia87.43Very HighAsia32,175,224
44Qatar87.22Very HighAsia2,857,822
45Portugal87Very HighEurope10,639,726
46San Marino86.89Very HighEurope33,950
47Chile86.69Very HighAmericas19,960,889
48Turkey (Türkiye)86.59Very HighAsia85,372,377
49Slovakia86.31Very HighEurope 5,422,620
50Hungary86.04Very HighEurope9,584,627
51Argentina85.09Very HighAmericas47,067,441
52Kuwait84.54Very HighAsia4,913,271
53Montenegro84.23Very HighEurope616,695
54Saint Kitts and Nevis83.83Very HighAmericas51,320
55Uruguay83.59Very HighAmericas3,444,263
56Romania83.05Very HighEurope19,051,562
57Antigua and Barbuda82.98Very HighAmericas103,603
58Brunei Darussalam82.08Very HighAsia445,400
59Russia81.84Very HighEurope146,150,789
60Panama81.57Very HighAmericas4,064,780
61Bahamas81.24Very HighAmericas397,360
62Oman80.77Very HighAsia5,190,332
63Georgia80.55Very HighAsia3,694,600
64Trinidad and Tobago80.45Very HighAmericas1,367,510
65Barbados80.27Very HighAmericas267,800
66Malaysia79.53Very HighAsia33,980,600
67Costa Rica79.42Very HighAmericas5,309,625
68Serbia79.4Very HighEurope6,605,168
69Thailand79.33Very HighAsia 65,990,480
70Kazakhstan79.32Very HighAsia20,118,478
71Seychelles79.29Very HighAfrica120,581
72Belarus78.97Very HighEurope9,155,978
73Bulgaria78.6HighEurope6,445,481
74Palau78.14HighOceania16,733
75Mauritius78.02HighAfrica1,260,379
76Albania77.27HighEurope46,700,000
77China77.25HighAsia1,409,670,000
78Armenia77.08HighAsia3,039,700
79Mexico77.04HighAmericas129,713,690
80Iran (Islamic Republic of)76.68HighAsia85,000,000
81Sri Lanka76.55HighAsia22,037,000
82Bosnia and Herzegovina76.5HighEurope3,264,873
83Saint Vincent and the Grenadines76.12HighAmericas110,872
84Dominican Republic75.93HighAmericas10,760,028
85Ecuador75.85HighAmericas16,938,986
86North Macedonia75.29HighEurope1,829,954
87Cuba75.16HighAmericas11,089,511
88Moldova75.08HighEurope2,423,300
89Peru74.87HighAmericas34,038,457
90Maldives74.67HighAsia515,132
91Brazil74.49HighAmericas203,080,756
92Azerbaijan74.32HighAsia10,151,517
93Colombia73.82HighAmericas52,695,952
94Libya73.81HighAfrica6,931,061
95Algeria73.66HighAfrica46,700,000
96Turkmenistan73.54HighAsia7,057,841
97Guyana73.28HighAmericas772,975
98Mongolia73.04HighAsia3,504,741
99Dominica72.91HighAmericas67,408
100Tonga72.45HighOceania100,179
101Jordan72.31HighAsia11,516,000
102Ukraine72.15HighEurope 36,700,000
103Tunisia71.51HighAfrica 11,850,232
104Paraguay71.45HighAmericas6,109,644
105Marshall Islands71.33HighOceania42,418
106Fiji71.27HighOceania893,468
107Egypt71.17HighAfrica105,914,499
108Uzbekistan70.94HighAsia 36,963,262
109Vietnam70.72HighAsia100,300,000
110Saint Lucia70.19HighAmericas184,100
111Lebanon69.82HighAsia5,490,000
112South Africa69.74HighAfrica62,027,503
113Palestine69.27HighAsia5,483,450
114Indonesia68.68HighAsia281,603,800
115Philippines68.63HighAsia114,163,719
116Botswana68.53HighAfrica2,410,338
117Jamaica68.36HighAmericas2,825,544
118Samoa68.29HighOceania205,557
119Kyrgyzstan68.2HighAsia7,100,000
120Belize67.87HighAmericas397,483
121Venezuela67.69MediumAmericas28,302,000
122Morocco66.07MediumAfrica37,369,652
123Bolivia65.72MediumAmericas12,006,031
124Nauru64.93MediumOceania11,680
125Gabon64.84MediumAfrica2,408,586
126Suriname64.81MediumAmericas616,500
127Bhutan64.79MediumAsia777,224
128Tajikistan63.4MediumAsia 10,077,600
129El Salvador63.27MediumAmericas6,884,888
130Iraq63.25MediumAsia44,414,800
131Bangladesh63.11MediumAsia169,828,911
132Nicaragua62.99MediumAmericas6,803,886
133Cabo Verde [Cape Verde]62.74MediumAfrica491,233
134Tuvalu62.73MediumOceania10,679
135Equatorial Guinea62.61MediumAfrica1,558,160
136India62.5MediumAsia1,404,910,000
137Micronesia62.43MediumOceania105,754
138Guatemala61.79MediumAmericas17,843,132
139Kiribati61.26MediumOceania120,740
140Honduras61.09MediumAmericas9,892,632
141Laos60.95MediumAsia7,443,000
142Vanuatu60.84MediumOceania 301,295
143São Tomé and Príncipe60.62MediumAfrica228,319
144Namibia60.54MediumAfrica3,022,401
145Eswatini [Swaziland]59.26MediumAfrica1,235,549
146Myanmar [Burma]59.16MediumAsia56,712,559
147Ghana59.02MediumAfrica30,832,019
148Kenya58.83MediumAfrica52,428,290
149Nepal58.47MediumAsia29,164,578
150Cambodia58.43MediumAsia17,336,307
151Angola58.05MediumAfrica35,121,734
152Cameroon57.58MediumAfrica28,758,503
153Comoros56.74MediumAfrica758,316
154Zambia56.56MediumAfrica19,610,769
155Papua New Guinea56.49MediumOceania11,781,559
156Timor Leste (East Timor)56.47MediumAsia1,373,024
157Solomon Islands56.23MediumOceania750,325
158Syria56.2MediumAsia 22,923,000
159Haiti55.09MediumAmericas11,743,017
160Uganda54.73MediumAfrica 45,935,046
161Zimbabwe54.72MediumAfrica15,178,979
162Nigeria54.69LowAfrica223,800,000
163Rwanda54.59LowAfrica13,246,394
164Togo54.46LowAfrica8,095,498
165Pakistan54.32LowAsia241,499,431
166Mauritania54.3LowAfrica4,475,683
167Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)53.78LowAfrica29,389,150
168Tanzania53.48LowAfrica65,070,448
169Lesotho52.89LowAfrica2,306,000
170Senegal52.83LowAfrica18,126,390
171Sudan52.66LowAfrica41,984,500
172Djibouti52.64LowAfrica1,001,454
173Malawi52.54LowAfrica22,245,431
174Benin52.37LowAfrica12,910,087
175Gambia52.27LowAfrica2,417,471
176Eritrea51.97LowAfrica3,748,902
177Ethiopia51.95LowAfrica109,499,000
178Madagascar50.87LowAfrica30,811,969
179Liberia50.67LowAfrica5,248,621
180Guinea-Bissau50.63LowAfrica1,781,308
181DR Congo [Democratic Republic of the Congo]50.22LowAfrica98,370,000
182Guinea50.17LowAfrica13,261,638
183Afghanistan49.47LowAsia34,262,840
184Mozambique49.39LowAfrica32,419,747
185Republic of the Congo49.36LowAfrica6,142,180
186North Korea49.08Asia25,660,000
187Sierra Leone48.14LowAfrica8,494,260
188Burkina Faso47.84LowAfrica23,409,015
189Yemen47.77LowAsia31,888,698
190Burundi47.62LowAfrica12,837,740
191Mali47.55LowAfrica22,395,489
192Niger46.15LowAfrica26,312,034
193Chad46.03LowAfrica18,675,547
194Central African Republic45.48LowAfrica5,633,412
195South Sudan45.16LowAfrica14,746,494
196Somalia45.09LowAfrica 18,143,379

Detailed findings & methodology:

To determine the rankings, researchers at the CEOWORLD magazine analyzed and compared 196 countries across three key categories: 1) Stability, 2) Satisfaction, and 3) Balance. To evaluate those dimensions, researchers looked at 23 indicators that fell into one of the three categories. Each attribute was graded on a 100-point scale.

1) Stability
economic growth
indirect tax rate
corporate tax rate
the personal income tax rate
average life expectancy
earnings and job security
housing conditions and spendings
household income (after taxes and transfers) and net financial wealth

2) Satisfaction
safety
level of happiness
quality of governance
corruption perceptions
child and maternal mortality
infrastructure and transport
efficacy of the public health system
overall efficacy of education system

3) Balance
human rights
civil liberties
political rights
work-life balance
religious freedom
equality among genders
care about the environment

Raw data for countries were normalized on a 1-100 scale according to the following:  Each indicator was given equal weighting within each of the three categories with some indicators being comprised of 2-3 sub-indicators that were also weighted equally. Each category was weighted equally to arrive at the overall index.

Sources: CEOWORLD magazine put together a panel of experts to go over data points culled from sources like the EIU Index, World Economic Forum, Global Insight, the Global Gender Gap Index, Gini, and Gender Gap index, The Legatum Prosperity Index, Transparency International, Environmental Performance Index, Better Life Index, CIA World Factbook, World Bank, UNDP Annual Report, as well as CEOWORLD magazine research. They then used that information to compare the world’s countries for its citizens and residents. Based on a consensus from these sources, the final choice of cities was judged editorially, as was their position on the list. All data is for the most recent period available.

So, these are some of the countries that have created a name for themselves in the citizenship arena. With the high quality of life practiced there, it can be easily concluded that citizens can enjoy a gala time in these nations!


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CEOWORLD magazine - Latest - Special Reports - Ranked: World’s Best Countries to Live in for Quality of Life (2024 Report)
Despina Wilson
I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

Email: despina@ceoworld.biz