The UN released its annual Human Development Index (HDI) for 2015 and Norway is on the top for the 12th year in a row.
Norway scored 0.944 followed by Australia and Switzerland making them the best countries to live in for health, life expectancy, education and high incomes, whereas Greece ranked 29th with 0.865.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of basic human developments within 188 countries. A country’s position on its rank scale is ranked by examining their life expectancy, education and Gross National Income (GNI) per capita
Human Development Index top 20
1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Denmark
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
6. Ireland
8. United States
9. Canada
9. New Zealand
11. Singapore
12. Hong Kong, China (SAR)
13. Liechtenstein
14. Sweden
14. United Kingdom
16. Iceland
17. South Korea
18. Israel
19. Luxembourg
20. Japan
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