Ranked: World's Best Countries For Quality of Life, 2024

Monaco has been ranked as the number one country in the world for Quality of Life in 2024 according to the CEOWORLD Magazine report. Liechtenstein and Luxembourg secured the second and third positions respectively. Ireland is ranked fourth, followed by Switzerland in fifth, Norway in sixth, and Singapore in seventh. Burundi is placed last, behind Madagascar, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Sierra Leone.

The rankings are based on the perceptions of more than 258,000 people worldwide who were asked to evaluate 199 nations based on ten metrics ranging from stability to transparency to equality. The rankings measure global perceptions of nations that contribute most to the world’s GDP. Qatar, the United States, and Iceland hold the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions, respectively, on the list of the top 10 countries in the world for the best quality of life. Monaco’s top rank is attributed to its safety, political stability, and well-developed public health system.

Rank	Country	Region	Score
1	Monaco	Europe	98
2	Liechtenstein	Europe	97.73
3	Luxembourg	Europe	97.56
4	Ireland	Europe	97.16
5	Switzerland	Europe	97.13
6	Norway	Europe	97.04
7	Singapore	Asia	96.81
8	Qatar	Asia	96.66
9	United States	Americas	96.65
10	Iceland	Europe	96.51
11	Denmark	Europe	96.44
12	Australia	Oceania	96.34
13	Netherlands	Europe	95.95
14	San Marino	Europe	95.9
15	Austria	Europe	95.41
16	Greenland	Americas	95.21
17	Cuba	Americas	95.02
18	Sweden	Europe	94.94
19	Finland	Europe	94.48
20	Macau (China)	Asia	94.37
21	Belgium	Europe	94.14
22	Canada	Americas	94.02
23	Israel	Asia	93
24	Germany	Europe	92.58
25	Hong Kong (China)	Asia	92.41
26	United Arab Emirates	Asia	92.39
27	United Kingdom	Europe	92.26
28	New Zealand	Oceania	91.91
29	France	Europe	91.28
30	Andorra	Europe	91.19
31	Malta	Europe	90.8
32	Italy	Europe	90.32
33	Puerto Rico	Americas	90.28
34	Cyprus	Asia	89.62
35	Brunei	Asia	89.01
36	Bahamas	Americas	88.24
37	Japan	Asia	88.04
38	South Korea	Asia	87.99
39	Spain	Europe	87.76
40	Saudi Arabia	Asia	87.61
41	Slovenia	Europe	87.04
42	Taiwan	Asia	86.61
43	Kuwait	Asia	86.54
44	Estonia	Europe	86.22
45	Czech Republic	Europe	86.06
46	Lithuania	Europe	85.57
47	Bahrain	Asia	85.53
48	Portugal	Europe	85.44
49	Latvia	Europe	85.39
50	Slovakia	Europe	84.78
51	Greece	Europe	84.77
52	Poland	Europe	84.57
53	Barbados	Americas	84.01
54	Uruguay	Americas	83.63
55	Oman	Asia	82.68
56	Hungary	Europe	82.59
57	Seychelles	Africa	82.05
58	Croatia	Europe	81.98
59	Guyana	Americas	81.94
60	French Polynesia	Oceania	81.84
61	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	81.72
62	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	81.69
63	Panama	Americas	81.64
64	Romania	Europe	81.58
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	81.55
66	Maldives	Asia	81.34
67	Chile	Americas	81.28
68	Costa Rica	Americas	80.38
69	Bulgaria	Europe	80.09
70	Palau	Oceania	79.98
71	Mexico	Americas	79.93
72	Saint Lucia	Americas	79.53
73	Turkey	Asia	79.48
74	Argentina	Americas	79.39
75	Malaysia	Asia	79.28
76	Russia	Europe	78.84
77	Kazakhstan	Asia	78.34
78	Turkmenistan	Asia	78.03
79	China	Asia	77.97
80	Nauru	Oceania	77.76
81	Mauritius	Africa	77.61
82	Grenada	Americas	77.32
83	Montenegro	Europe	75.61
84	Serbia	Europe	75.4
85	Dominican Republic	Americas	74.79
86	Brazil	Americas	74.22
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	74.03
88	Dominica	Americas	73.91
89	Gabon	Africa	73.64
90	Armenia	Asia	73.59
91	Georgia	Asia	73.4
92	Albania	Europe	73.06
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	72.62
94	Botswana	Africa	72.43
95	North Macedonia	Europe	72.18
96	Peru	Americas	71.85
97	Azerbaijan	Asia	71.41
98	Belarus	Europe	71.33
99	Thailand	Asia	70.72
100	Belize	Americas	70.66
101	Colombia	Americas	70.27
102	Jamaica	Americas	70.19
103	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	69.69
104	Ecuador	Americas	69.44
105	Moldova	Europe	69.03
106	South Africa	Africa	68.5
107	Fiji	Oceania	68.46
108	Kosovo	Europe	68.41
109	Iraq	Asia	68.16
110	Libya	Africa	67.83
111	Paraguay	Americas	67.51
112	Tuvalu	Oceania	67.43
113	Suriname	Americas	66.95
114	El Salvador	Americas	66.79
115	Tonga	Oceania	66.76
116	Guatemala	Americas	66.28
117	Mongolia	Asia	66.01
118	Ukraine	Europe	65.96
119	Indonesia	Asia	65.9
120	Algeria	Africa	65.77
121	Jordan	Asia	65.52
122	Namibia	Africa	65.4
123	Samoa	Oceania	65.03
124	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	Africa	64.94
125	Micronesia	Oceania	64.37
126	Vietnam	Asia	64.17
127	Iran	Asia	64.09
128	Tunisia	Africa	64.05
129	Eswatini	Africa	63.97
130	Morocco	Africa	63.92
131	Philippines	Asia	63.57
132	Bolivia	Americas	63.34
133	Egypt	Africa	63.27
134	Djibouti	Africa	63.12
135	Bhutan	Asia	63.09
136	Vanuatu	Oceania	62.96
137	Venezuela	Americas	62.64
138	Palestine	Asia	62.54
139	Sri Lanka	Asia	62.39
140	Lebanon	Asia	62.2
141	Honduras	Americas	62.16
142	Congo	Africa	61.54
143	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	Africa	61.5
144	Bangladesh	Asia	60.87
145	India	Asia	60.81
146	Nicaragua	Americas	60.77
147	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	60.01
148	Angola	Africa	59.97
149	Uzbekistan	Asia	59.6
150	Mauritania	Africa	58.89
151	Ghana	Africa	58.5
152	Solomon Islands	Oceania	58.11
153	Kenya	Africa	57.86
154	Haiti	Americas	57.72
155	Zimbabwe	Africa	57.54
156	Kiribati	Oceania	57.04
157	Cambodia	Asia	55.89
158	Laos (Lao PDR)	Asia	55.67
159	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	55.34
160	Nigeria	Africa	55.2
161	Cameroon	Africa	54.86
162	Senegal	Africa	53.92
163	Guinea	Africa	53.85
164	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Asia	53.7
165	Zambia	Africa	53.59
166	Ethiopia	Africa	53.56
167	Pakistan	Asia	52.98
168	Benin	Africa	52.92
169	Myanmar	Asia	52.67
170	Comoros	Africa	52.2
171	Nepal	Asia	52.15
172	Tanzania	Africa	52.01
173	Tajikistan	Asia	51.59
174	Uganda	Africa	51.56
175	Lesotho	Africa	51.54
176	Rwanda	Africa	51.08
177	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	50.83
178	Togo	Africa	50.56
179	Mali	Africa	50.46
180	Gambia	Africa	50.31
181	Burkina Faso	Africa	49.54
182	Liberia	Africa	49
183	Somalia	Africa	48.82
184	Chad	Africa	48.6
185	DR Congo	Africa	48.39
186	North Korea	Asia	48.36
187	Mozambique	Africa	48.3
188	Eritrea	Africa	48.28
189	Niger	Africa	48.18
190	Yemen	Asia	47.83
191	Malawi	Africa	47.4
192	Central African Republic	Africa	47.23
193	Syria	Asia	47.04
194	Sudan	Africa	46.84
195	Madagascar	Africa	46.8
196	Afghanistan	Asia	46.52
197	South Sudan	Africa	46.11
198	Sierra Leone	Africa	45.89
199	Burundi	Africa	45.68

Detailed findings & methodology: The CEOWORLD magazine carried out a study to determine the rankings of 199 countries based on ten key categories. These categories include Affordability, Economic stability, Family-friendliness, Job market, Income equality, Political neutrality and stability, Safety, Cultural influence, a Well-developed public education system, and a well-developed public health system. Each attribute was graded on a 100-point scale.

Ranked: World's Best Countries For Quality of Life, 2024 - CEOWORLD magazine (2024)