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Ranked: the world’s best countries to live in

Healthy, wealthy and wise
Uruguay – 30th most prosperous (52nd richest)
Mauritius – 29th most prosperous (36th richest)
Cyprus – 28th most prosperous (26th richest)
Czech Republic – 27th most prosperous (25th richest)
Estonia – 26th most prosperous (33rd richest)
Spain – 25th most prosperous (49th richest)
Portugal – 24th most prosperous (35th richest)
Japan – 23rd most prosperous (19th richest)
Hong Kong – 22nd most prosperous (20th richest)
Singapore – 21st most prosperous (2nd richest)
France – 20th most prosperous (30th richest)
Malta – 19th most prosperous (15th richest)
Slovenia – 18th most prosperous (31st richest)
United States – 17th most prosperous (13th richest)
Belgium – 16th most prosperous (24th richest)
Austria – 15th most prosperous (17th richest)
Germany – 14th most prosperous (11th richest)
Australia – 13th most prosperous (28th richest)
Luxembourg – 12th most prosperous (3rd richest)
Iceland – 11th most prosperous (1st richest)
Ireland – 10th most prosperous (10th richest)
Netherlands – 9th most prosperous (6th richest)
Canada – 8th most prosperous (21st richest)
United Kingdom – 7th most prosperous (16th richest)
Sweden – 6th most prosperous (5th richest)
Denmark – 5th most prosperous (8th richest)
Switzerland – 4th most prosperous (4th richest)
Finland – 3rd most prosperous (12th richest)
New Zealand – 2nd most prosperous (14th richest)
Norway – The most prosperous country in the world (7th richest)
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Healthy, wealthy and wise

Where do the richest and happiest people in the world reside? And where is poverty rife? The Legatum Institute has released its 2018 Prosperity Index, which measures prosperity across eight categories including personal freedom, education, safety, governance, entrepreneurship and healthcare. Here are the 30 most prosperous countries.
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Charlotte Irwin

29 November 2018

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