Standard of Living by Country 2025

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Quality of Life (Numbeo 2024)

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5 Countries with the Highest Quality of Life

Country
Quality of Life (Numbeo 2024)
QoL (US News 2023)
QoL (CEO World 2024)
QoL (US News 2022)
Luxembourg Flag
Luxembourg21962.197.6
Netherlands Flag
Netherlands20887.7967
Denmark Flag
Denmark20691.496.42
Oman Flag
Oman2048.982.770
Switzerland Flag
Switzerland20490.397.15
Finland Flag
Finland20090.694.58
Iceland Flag
Iceland20096.5
Austria Flag
Austria19178.995.411
Norway Flag
Norway18993.6974
Sweden Flag
Sweden18710094.93
Australia Flag
Australia18686.896.36
United States Flag
United States18549.196.720
Germany Flag
Germany18585.892.69
New Zealand Flag
New Zealand1848091.910
Japan Flag
Japan18469.68813
Estonia Flag
Estonia18417.586.248
Qatar Flag
Qatar18333.996.734
Spain Flag
Spain1815987.819
Slovenia Flag
Slovenia17815.48754
United Arab Emirates Flag
United Arab Emirates17841.292.424
Croatia Flag
Croatia17224.98237
Czech Republic Flag
Czech Republic17228.586.1
United Kingdom Flag
United Kingdom17173.992.314
Lithuania Flag
Lithuania17111.785.656
Saudi Arabia Flag
Saudi Arabia17127.687.633
Portugal Flag
Portugal1685885.421
Belgium Flag
Belgium16479.794.112
Singapore Flag
Singapore16250.396.816
Canada Flag
Canada16192.794100
Ireland Flag
Ireland16162.797.215
France Flag
France16059.691.317
Latvia Flag
Latvia15910.185.450
Taiwan Flag
Taiwan15986.6
Israel Flag
Israel15817.89336
Cyprus Flag
Cyprus15513.489.6
Slovakia Flag
Slovakia15416.184.846
Kuwait Flag
Kuwait15386.5
South Korea Flag
South Korea15045.28818
Poland Flag
Poland14949.484.625
South Africa Flag
South Africa14712.768.5
Italy Flag
Italy14651.490.322
Uruguay Flag
Uruguay1431183.655
Hungary Flag
Hungary14024.382.630
Bulgaria Flag
Bulgaria14018.380.142
Romania Flag
Romania13718.881.644
Hong Kong Flag
Hong Kong13592.4
Malaysia Flag
Malaysia13426.479.328
Greece Flag
Greece13232.484.826
Turkey Flag
Turkey12925.679.540
Mexico Flag
Mexico12718.579.941
Belarus Flag
Belarus1253.171.372
India Flag
India1241960.838
Ecuador Flag
Ecuador1227.86965
Jordan Flag
Jordan121865.568
Panama Flag
Panama121781.662
Georgia Flag
Georgia12173.4
Serbia Flag
Serbia1206.175.474
China Flag
China11676.17823
Argentina Flag
Argentina11617.579.459
North Macedonia Flag
North Macedonia11572.2
Brazil Flag
Brazil1141774.252
Azerbaijan Flag
Azerbaijan1133.471.473
Morocco Flag
Morocco1121663.947
Russia Flag
Russia11114.578.831
Ukraine Flag
Ukraine1116661
Colombia Flag
Colombia1078.670.360
Kenya Flag
Kenya1067.357.969
Pakistan Flag
Pakistan10553
Albania Flag
Albania10473.1
Chile Flag
Chile10313.581.343
Kazakhstan Flag
Kazakhstan1023.878.371
Indonesia Flag
Indonesia98.62065.935
Thailand Flag
Thailand98.424.870.729
Vietnam Flag
Vietnam97.220.564.232
Philippines Flag
Philippines90.820.363.639
Lebanon Flag
Lebanon86.52.162.277
Egypt Flag
Egypt8613.863.351
Peru Flag
Peru84.610.571.857
Iran Flag
Iran80.40.864.1
Sri Lanka Flag
Sri Lanka75.28.962.458
Bangladesh Flag
Bangladesh72.611.460.9
Nigeria Flag
Nigeria42.755.2
Myanmar Flag
Myanmar5.452.767
Ethiopia Flag
Ethiopia53.6
DR Congo Flag
DR Congo48.4
Tanzania Flag
Tanzania52
Sudan Flag
Sudan46.8
Uganda Flag
Uganda51.6
Algeria Flag
Algeria4.165.8
Iraq Flag
Iraq68.278
Afghanistan Flag
Afghanistan46.5
Yemen Flag
Yemen47.8
Angola Flag
Angola60
Uzbekistan Flag
Uzbekistan3.259.676
Mozambique Flag
Mozambique48.3
Ghana Flag
Ghana6.658.5
Madagascar Flag
Madagascar46.8
Ivory Coast Flag
Ivory Coast61.5
Cameroon Flag
Cameroon5.254.9
Nepal Flag
Nepal52.1
Venezuela Flag
Venezuela62.6
Niger Flag
Niger48.2
North Korea Flag
North Korea48.4
Syria Flag
Syria47
Mali Flag
Mali50.5
Burkina Faso Flag
Burkina Faso49.5
Malawi Flag
Malawi47.4
Zambia Flag
Zambia53.6
Chad Flag
Chad48.6
Somalia Flag
Somalia48.8
Senegal Flag
Senegal53.9
Guatemala Flag
Guatemala5.466.364
Cambodia Flag
Cambodia12.255.949
Zimbabwe Flag
Zimbabwe4.857.5
Guinea Flag
Guinea53.9
Benin Flag
Benin52.9
Rwanda Flag
Rwanda51.1
Burundi Flag
Burundi45.7
Bolivia Flag
Bolivia63.3
Tunisia Flag
Tunisia9.26466
South Sudan Flag
South Sudan46.1
Haiti Flag
Haiti57.7
Dominican Republic Flag
Dominican Republic10.874.853
Honduras Flag
Honduras4.162.2
Cuba Flag
Cuba95
Tajikistan Flag
Tajikistan51.6
Papua New Guinea Flag
Papua New Guinea60
Togo Flag
Togo50.6
Sierra Leone Flag
Sierra Leone45.9
Laos Flag
Laos55.7
Turkmenistan Flag
Turkmenistan78
Libya Flag
Libya67.8
Kyrgyzstan Flag
Kyrgyzstan55.3
Paraguay Flag
Paraguay67.5
Nicaragua Flag
Nicaragua60.8
Republic of the Congo Flag
Republic of the Congo61.5
El Salvador Flag
El Salvador566.875
Liberia Flag
Liberia49
Palestine Flag
Palestine62.5
Central African Republic Flag
Central African Republic47.2
Mauritania Flag
Mauritania58.9
Costa Rica Flag
Costa Rica14.680.4
Eritrea Flag
Eritrea48.3
Mongolia Flag
Mongolia66
Puerto Rico Flag
Puerto Rico90.3
Namibia Flag
Namibia65.4
Armenia Flag
Armenia73.6
Jamaica Flag
Jamaica70.2
Gambia Flag
Gambia50.3
Gabon Flag
Gabon73.6
Botswana Flag
Botswana72.4
Lesotho Flag
Lesotho51.5
Guinea-Bissau Flag
Guinea-Bissau50.8
Equatorial Guinea Flag
Equatorial Guinea69.7
Bahrain Flag
Bahrain11.285.5
Trinidad and Tobago Flag
Trinidad and Tobago81.7
Timor-Leste Flag
Timor-Leste53.7
Mauritius Flag
Mauritius77.6
Eswatini Flag
Eswatini64
Djibouti Flag
Djibouti63.1
Fiji Flag
Fiji68.5
Comoros Flag
Comoros52.2
Solomon Islands Flag
Solomon Islands58.1
Guyana Flag
Guyana81.9
Bhutan Flag
Bhutan63.1
Macau Flag
Macau94.4
Suriname Flag
Suriname67
Montenegro Flag
Montenegro75.6
Malta Flag
Malta90.8
Maldives Flag
Maldives81.3
Cape Verde Flag
Cape Verde64.9
Brunei Flag
Brunei89
Belize Flag
Belize70.7
Bahamas Flag
Bahamas88.2
Vanuatu Flag
Vanuatu63
Barbados Flag
Barbados84
French Polynesia Flag
French Polynesia81.8
Samoa Flag
Samoa65
Saint Lucia Flag
Saint Lucia79.5
Kiribati Flag
Kiribati57
Seychelles Flag
Seychelles82
Grenada Flag
Grenada77.3
Micronesia Flag
Micronesia64.4
Tonga Flag
Tonga66.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Flag
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines74
Andorra Flag
Andorra91.2
Dominica Flag
Dominica73.9
Greenland Flag
Greenland95.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis Flag
Saint Kitts and Nevis81.5
Liechtenstein Flag
Liechtenstein97.7
Monaco Flag
Monaco98
San Marino Flag
San Marino95.9
Palau Flag
Palau80
Nauru Flag
Nauru77.8
Tuvalu Flag
Tuvalu67.4
  • Many measures of Quality of Life exist, each with a unique methodology. Several such measures are compiled here.
  • Numbeo’s Quality of Life Index estimates the overall quality of life in a city or country by analyzing a range of indicators, including purchasing power, pollution levels, housing affordability, cost of living, safety, healthcare quality, commute times, and climate conditions. The index is designed to provide a comparative measure, where a higher index value indicates a better quality of life.
  • The US News Quality of Life subranking is based on an equally weighted average of scores from nine country attributes that relate to quality of life in a country: affordable, a good job market, economically stable, family friendly, income equality, politically stable, safe, well-developed public education system and well-developed public health system.
  • CEO World’s Quality of Life 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.
  • The Human Development Index (HDI) assesses a country’s average achievements in health, education, and income, reflecting its level of overall human development and, by extension, its quality of life.