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Where's the best place in the world to live? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Here are some reports on various metrics:

Sources:

  1. World Happiness Report 2023
  2. Human Development Index (HDI) 2023
  3. Democracy Index 2023
  4. Global Peace Index 2023
  5. World Press Freedom Index 2023

Top 10 Countries per Report:

World Happiness Report 2023:

  1. Finland
  2. Denmark
  3. Switzerland
  4. Iceland
  5. Netherlands
  6. Norway
  7. Sweden
  8. Luxembourg
  9. New Zealand
  10. Austria

Human Development Index (HDI) 2023:

  1. Norway
  2. Switzerland
  3. Ireland
  4. Germany
  5. Hong Kong, China (SAR)
  6. Australia
  7. Iceland
  8. Sweden
  9. Singapore
  10. Netherlands

Democracy Index 2023:

  1. Norway
  2. New Zealand
  3. Finland
  4. Sweden
  5. Iceland
  6. Denmark
  7. Ireland
  8. Taiwan
  9. Australia
  10. Canada

Global Peace Index 2023:

  1. Iceland
  2. New Zealand
  3. Ireland
  4. Denmark
  5. Austria
  6. Portugal
  7. Slovenia
  8. Czech Republic
  9. Singapore
  10. Japan

World Press Freedom Index 2023:

  1. Norway
  2. Ireland
  3. Denmark
  4. Sweden
  5. Finland
  6. Netherlands
  7. Jamaica
  8. New Zealand
  9. Costa Rica
  10. Switzerland

Aggregate Top 10 Based on Rank:

  1. Norway

    • Happiness: 6
    • HDI: 1
    • Democracy: 1
    • Peace: 17
    • Press Freedom: 1
    • Total Score: 26

  2. Denmark

    • Happiness: 2
    • HDI: 11
    • Democracy: 6
    • Peace: 4
    • Press Freedom: 3
    • Total Score: 26

  3. Iceland

    • Happiness: 4
    • HDI: 7
    • Democracy: 5
    • Peace: 1
    • Press Freedom: 11
    • Total Score: 28

  4. Ireland

    • Happiness: 15
    • HDI: 3
    • Democracy: 7
    • Peace: 3
    • Press Freedom: 2
    • Total Score: 30

  5. New Zealand

    • Happiness: 9
    • HDI: 14
    • Democracy: 2
    • Peace: 2
    • Press Freedom: 8
    • Total Score: 35

  6. Finland

    • Happiness: 1
    • HDI: 13
    • Democracy: 3
    • Peace: 14
    • Press Freedom: 5
    • Total Score: 36

  7. Sweden

    • Happiness: 7
    • HDI: 8
    • Democracy: 4
    • Peace: 13
    • Press Freedom: 4
    • Total Score: 36

  8. Switzerland

    • Happiness: 3
    • HDI: 2
    • Democracy: 11
    • Peace: 11
    • Press Freedom: 10
    • Total Score: 37

  9. Netherlands

    • Happiness: 5
    • HDI: 10
    • Democracy: 12
    • Peace: 16
    • Press Freedom: 6
    • Total Score: 49

  10. Australia

  • Happiness: 12
  • HDI: 6
  • Democracy: 9
  • Peace: 19
  • Press Freedom: 26
  • Total Score: 72

This is just a simple aggregation based on rank, such that the lowest score wins.

Edit: There is no difference in score between Norway and Denmark, I tried to number both as 1 but can’t figure out the correct markdown. Finland and Sweden also shares the same aggregate score. And Australia refuses to get in line.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Canadian here and surprised / not surprised by the ranking

I'm indigenous Canadian who grew up in a semi remote community ... My family didn't have running water or indoor plumbing until 1989! In Canada! A supposed first world country.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] UtiAnimi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice idea, I think a webpage collecting this information to create a top 50 would be really interesting. One question: Where did you find your used ranking of the World Hapiness Report, I found this page but this seems different, eg. Israel is on the 4th place.

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree, I thought I had it from that linked report, but there seems to be the three year average. With those numbers, Denmark moves to nr one, one point ahead of Norway which is then tied with Iceland, and Sweden moves up one point ahead of Finland.

As this is such a simple way to do it though, these minor points between the top countries does not mean anything. All these countries are safe choices.

[–] UtiAnimi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was looking it up to see how it looks like for germany, and according to the data I found it would be on the same rank as Australia:

WHR 16

HDI 4

DI 14

GPI 17

WPFI 21

Sum: 72

As this is such a simple way to do it though, these minor points between the top countries do not mean anything. All these countries are safe choices.

Yeah, sure. I think it's more of an interesting and fun exercise but should not be taken too seriously.