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Where's the best place in the world to live? (self.asklemmy)
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[–] Z4rK 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 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.

[–] ollie 2 points 2 years ago

see you fellas in norway

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