World's best nations to live in (The so-called Richest, Bestest country didn't make the Top 10)

[marmar]

AFP via Yahoo!:



Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN


PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.

The index compiled by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

Norway, Australia and Iceland took the first three spots while Niger ranks at the very bottom, just below Afghanistan.

China moved up seven places on the list to rank as the 92nd most developed country due to improvements in education as well as income levels and life expectancy.

....(snip)....

The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091005/ts_afp/undevelopmentpoverty_20091005115324

[NYC_SKP]

1. Another Obama Failure !!11!!!

:sarcasm:

I'm thinking we're gonna hear something about this, a connection of this slide in our ratings to the new administration.

:patriot:

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Too bad Shrub couldn't fix the term limits ,Poppy was busy.

[KelleyKramer]

13. That list is for 2007 data

[corkhead]

26. think that minor detail would matter to republicons?

[virgogal]

2. I don't think being #13 in a list of 182 countries is anything to be embarassed about.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Geez, and I was about to feel terrible until you posted this... n/t

[orpupilofnature57]

8. Everything considered ,post shrub era ,thats not bad. We're Alive.

AND HE GONE!!!!! No more smirks.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. France has more amenities than a hotel ,and don't take shit from us.

FreeDumb fries cost us our country ,Thanks again Shrub.

[cali]

5. coudn't bring yourself to post where the U.S. did rank, could you?

13th is hardly dreadful. It must really chap your butt that in the results of a survey released today, the U.S. was the most admired country- up from 7th last year.

[marmar]

7. WTF is your problem? Chapped butt? I really don't care that much.....

..... and I didn't know about that survey anyway. But feel free to keep posting strident bullsh*t.

[asdjrocky]

9. Why do you hate America?

USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA.....

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. USA, USA, USA, WE ARE NUMBER ONE, USA, USA

Oh wait, we are not?

:facepalm:

:hi:

Imagine nations with STRONG social democracies... and not strong plutonomies...

[BREMPRO]

23. OMG! we used to be number 1 before Obama was elected - now we are number 13th! It's his fault!

:sarcasm:

[BlooInBloo]

11. It did, however, top the Most Admired list.

[marmar]

12. I just saw your post......That's cool. What a difference a new administration makes.

nt

[Orwellian_Ghost]

14. All of the countries listed at or near the top

rely on the exploitation of other people's labor and other people's resources to keep their high standards.

[Swede]

20. Oh bull fucking shit.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

27. Of course they do

Where do you think all of the materials which "build" those economies are coming from? How do you think those materials rise up from the ground? It's not by hallucinatory magic that these things migrate from The Global South to the "wealthy" countries of the so-called "developed world."

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Shh, Norway is a country reliying on SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

watch the Second bill of Rights for a clue

[lastliberalintexas]

22. While Norway does rely on the exploitation of natural resources,

it is at least the public treasury which benefits, rather than private corporations who give nothing back. Which is also why Norway is able to sustain such an incredibly high standard of living.

[anonymous171]

24. SHH! You will upset the Europhiles. nt

[Yehonala]

15. No wonder

It's really no surprise. The Chinese are paying their scientists top dollar, paying their manufacturing businesses top dollar to stay and also recruiting businesses like fiends to stay and create/bring jobs over to employ their citizenry.

Then of course academics; people like Bill Gates and Stephen Hawkings are celebrities over there and I remember hearing about how Vietnamese citizens had to be literally pulled off of his car while he was there. Same with India.

[orpupilofnature57]

16. Were paying homage to animal abusers and Kate with or without 8.

[stray cat]

17. Isn't Iceland completely broke due to 2008 burst? And unemployment is high in Ireland

[REP]

18. Iceland is in bad shape; Australia is #1 in skin cancer

I think EVE isk is worth more than real ISK today.

[BlooInBloo]

19. I read somewhere that the Icelandic makers of my mmo are like 1/6 of the economy or something.

[autorank]

25. k*r Norway has Mayhem and yet they're #1;)