Finland named as #1 country in the world in 2021 for Quality of Life

Finland has been named as the #1 country in the world in 2021 for Quality of Life, according to the CEOWORLD magazine 2021 report, while Denmark and Norway placed second and third, respectively.

The 2021 rankings placed Belgium in fourth ahead of Sweden into fifth; while Switzerland ranked sixth and the Netherlands seventh. Syria is in the last place behind Sudan, Montserrat, North Korea, and Comoros.

The rankings measure global perceptions of 165 nations chosen because they contribute most to the world’s GDP.

More than 258,000 people around the world are asked to evaluate the countries based on 10 metrics ranging from stability to transparency to equality. Overall, among the top 10 best countries in the world for the best quality of life, the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions are held by France, Germany, and Japan.

Being safe, politically stable, and having a well-developed public health system drove Finland’s quality of life ranking to the top of the Best Countries 2021 list.

The World's Best Countries For Quality of Life, 2021

Rank	Country	Score
1	Finland	99.06
2	Denmark	98.13
3	Norway	96.75
4	Belgium	96.53
5	Sweden	96.15
6	Switzerland	94.4
7	Netherlands	93.69
8	France	92.08
9	Germany	91.26
10	Japan	91.23
11	United Kingdom	90.68
12	Canada	90.3
13	South Korea	89.67
14	United States	89.11
15	Taiwan	88.73
16	Austria	88.52
17	Australia	88.23
18	Ireland	87.76
19	Singapore	87.64
20	Spain	87.62
21	Italy	86.85
22	Czech Republic	86.6
23	Portugal	86.38
24	New Zealand	86.02
25	Luxembourg	85.08
26	Iceland	84.96
27	Liechtenstein	84.75
28	Hong Kong	84.64
29	Israel	84.43
30	United Arab Emirates	83.79
31	Greece	83.39
32	Cyprus	83.39
33	Hungary	83.26
34	Malta	83.04
35	India	82.95
36	Estonia	82.87
37	China	82.8
38	Thailand	82.69
39	Philippines	82.48
40	Brazil	82.38
41	Malaysia	82.34
42	Qatar	82.24
43	Russia	82.06
44	Argentina	81.93
45	Poland	81.82
46	Mexico	81.46
47	Slovakia	81.08
48	Algeria	80.96
49	Brunei	80.83
50	Bhutan	80.78
51	Latvia	80.68
52	Croatia	80.11
53	Morocco	79.69
54	Tunisia	79.54
55	Bulgaria	79.46
56	Kuwait	79.39
57	Romania	79.08
58	Indonesia	78.86
59	Ukraine	78.86
60	Peru	78.77

Rank	Country	Score
61	Turkey	78.72
62	Vietnam	78.49
63	Panama	77.95
64	South Africa	77.94
65	Saudi Arabia	77.75
66	Lithuania	77.55
67	Chile	77.42
68	Puerto Rico	77.35
69	Egypt	77.28
70	Bangladesh	77.22
71	Colombia	77.16
72	Lebanon	76.77
73	Slovenia	76.77
74	Bahrain	76.76
75	Uruguay	76.56
76	Costa Rica	76.46
77	Belarus	76.46
78	Oman	76.32
79	Nepal	75.66
80	Ecuador	75.52
81	Nigeria	75.49
82	Kazakhstan	75.45
83	Tanzania	75.11
84	Iraq	74.89
85	Kenya	74.8
86	Uzbekistan	74.79
87	Serbia	74.13
88	Guatemala	74.11
89	Venezuela	73.66
90	Paraguay	73.59
91	Uganda	73.21
92	Sri Lanka	73.16
93	Iran	73.08
94	Ethiopia	73.05
95	Mauritius	72.95
96	Cuba	72.74
97	Angola	72.57
98	Ghana	72.03
99	Moldova	72.03
100	North Macedonia	72.02
101	Myanmar	71.38
102	Jordan	71.15
103	Azerbaijan	71.01
104	Zimbabwe	70.64
105	Cameroon	70.61
106	Turkmenistan	70.55
107	Dr Congo	70.36
108	Libya	70.31
109	Ivory Coast	70.14
110	Yemen	69.43
111	Cambodia	69.18
112	El Salvador	68.99
113	Albania	68.96
114	Georgia	68.73
115	Botswana	68.58
116	Afghanistan	68.5
117	Mali	68.09
118	Gabon	68.06
119	Maldives	67.65
120	Jamaica	65.01

Rank	Country	Score
121	Mozambique	64.71
122	Burkina Faso	64.42
123	Mongolia	63.84
124	Namibia	62.25
125	Armenia	61.62
126	Guinea	60.96
127	Madagascar	59.95
128	Chad	58.23
129	Pakistan	57.18
130	Equatorial Guinea	56.8
131	Benin	53.41
132	Republic Of The Congo	52.4
133	Rwanda	51.26
134	Niger	49.43
135	Haiti	46.91
136	Kyrgyzstan	44.81
137	Somalia	44.73
138	Eritrea	43.95
139	Malawi	42.25
140	Tajikistan	41.6
141	Togo	40.95
142	Montenegro	38.56
143	Mauritania	38.08
144	Eswatini	37.77
145	Guyana	37.56
146	Sierra Leone	37.3
147	Suriname	36.65
148	Burundi	36.55
149	Timor Leste	36
150	Liberia	35.61
151	South Sudan	35.52
152	Djibouti	35.39
153	Central African Republic	35.13
154	Cape Verde	34.81
155	Belize	34.78
156	Gambia	34.74
157	Seychelles	34.74
158	San Marino	34.35
159	Guinea Bissau	34.32
160	Dominica	34.19
161	Comoros	33.14
162	North Korea	32.41
163	Montserrat	32.06
164	Sudan	31.67
165	Syria	31.55