[Toshi]

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

Where's the US? #11.

Screenshot, hit the link to graph your own comparisons:

 

[stevew]

other than australia....whole lotta white folk up in there.

 

[DaveW]

Australia is a majority white country Steve?????

 

[valve bouncer]

These national cock measuring contests we see every now and again just goes to show that basically any country in the OECD is a nice place to live. None of the top 25 in this list I'd reject out of hand.

 

[BikeMike]

Apparently Australians spend an average of 20.5 years in school.

 

[MMike]

We're number 7! We're number 7! We're number 7!

 

[valve bouncer]

Apparently Australians spend an average of 20.5 years in school.

Ｙｅａｈ, but 8.5 years of that is beer drinking, swearing and bullsh*tting school.

 

[stevew]

Australia is a majority white country Steve?????

i would say australia has more people of color than finland.

 

[I.van]

Are the top 3 what would be considered "Social Democracies'?

 

[BikeMike]

Ｙｅａｈ, but 8.5 years of that is beer drinking, swearing and bullsh*tting school.

i would say australia has more people of color than finland.

While you would be technically correct, at ~92% whitefolk the Land Down Under is not exactly a cornucopia of diversity.

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

I can tell you that I would rather stay here in #3 than come back to the US, ever.

 

[Changleen]

No idea how the US scored better on quality of life than NZ. No offence but wtf? Was 'Average proximity to nearest 50 Starbucks' rated over everything else?

 

[Silver]

No idea how the US scored better on quality of life than NZ. No offence but wtf? Was 'Average proximity to nearest 50 Starbucks' rated over everything else?

Consumption per capita skewed it, probably.

And hey, it's Newsweek. The whole publication is worth around $1. Not one issue, either. The entire operation.