Norway Is Best Place In The World To Live

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) index for 2009 showed Norway to be the best place to live.

Norway is followed by Australia, Iceland, Canada and Ireland for second, third, fourth and fifth place. The United States is number 13.

The Philippines is number 105 behind Thailand, Iran, China, Tonga, Jamaica and Algeria.

Here's the top 20 list.

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Iceland
4. Canada
5. Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. France
9. Switzerland
10. Japan
11. Luxembourg
12. Finland
13. United States
14. Austria
15. Spain
16. Denmark
17. Belgium
18. Italy
19. Liechtenstein
20. New Zealand

You can view the full list at http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/