Iceland Named Best Country to Live In
BRASILIA (Nov. 27) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the
world's most desirable country to live in, according to an
annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts
AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.
The index ranks 175 U.N. member countries plus Hong Kong
and the Palestinian territories. It does not include 17
countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, because of
inadequate data.
Norway had held top spot for six years but was edged into
second place by Iceland this year because of new life
expectancy estimates and updated figures for gross domestic
product, or GDP, the report said.
Country Rankings:
1 Iceland
2 Norway
3 Australia
4 Canada
5 Ireland
6 Sweden
7 Switzerland
8 Japan
9 Netherlands
10 France
11 Finland
12 United States
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