In which countries is it better to live? Ranking of the countries with the best quality of life

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Social progress understood as a quality of life and basic needs
Countries with the greatest social progress

For the Social Progress Imperative, social progress is the ability of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens and establish the pillars that allow them to maintain the quality of their lives and create the conditions for them to reach their full potential.

The Social Progress Index is based exclusively on indicators of social and environmental results. To do this, it takes into account the following aspects:

Spain is the 20th country with the best life in the world, one position less than the previous edition. Norway and Finland are the countries with the best quality of life in the world, followed by Denmark and Iceland.

In the following table you can see the complete list:

	Country	Quality of life	Basic needs	Wellness	opportunities
1	Norway	92,63	95,29	93,30	89,30
2	Finland	92,26	95,62	93,09	88,07
3	Denmark	92,15	95,30	92,74	88,41
4	Iceland	91,78	96,66	93,65	85,04
5	Swiss	91,78	95,25	93,80	86,28
6	Canada	91,41	94,72	92,83	86,68
7	Sweden	91,20	94,50	91,85	87,26
8	Netherlands	90,57	94,09	91,24	86,38
9	Japan	90,44	96,85	92,93	81,53
10	Germany	90,32	94,59	89,35	87,03
11	Australia	90,28	95,12	90,41	85,33
12	New Zealand	90,02	94,30	91,50	84,27
13	Ireland	89,47	93,91	89,58	84,93
14	Austria	89,44	94,42	91,32	82,58
15	Luxembourg	88,75	92,98	91,52	81,74
16	Belgium	88,68	93,13	88,12	84,79
17	Korea, Republic of	88,42	95,22	89,66	80,36
18	United Kingdom	88,25	92,67	90,50	81,59
19	France	88,23	92,46	89,98	82,25
20	Spain	87,53	92,57	89,03	80,98
21	Estonia	87,38	92,34	91,10	78,71
22	Czech Republic	86,60	94,44	86,07	79,27
23	Italia	86,56	91,28	87,77	80,62
24	USA	86,29	89,93	86,67	82,27
25	Portugal	85,97	92,20	85,81	79,89
26	Slovenia	85,83	93,58	86,21	77,70
27	Lithuania	85,58	91,30	85,44	80,01
28	Malta	85,24	92,99	86,32	76,40
29	Cyprus	85,03	91,19	86,60	77,29
30	Singapore	84,73	96,57	86,87	70,74
31	Greece	84,37	92,10	83,59	77,41
32	Israel	83,81	90,95	85,39	75,09
33	Slovakia	83,69	92,68	82,59	75,80
34	Latvia	83,43	90,58	83,18	76,51
35	Poland	83,08	92,68	82,06	74,50
36	Croatia	82,82	91,32	85,01	72,14
37	Chile	82,18	87,51	81,66	77,36
38	Costa Rica	81,73	87,11	82,59	75,48
39	Uruguay	81,15	86,22	81,23	76,00
40	Barbados	80,74	86,67	81,58	73,98
41	Argentina	80,38	85,00	80,01	76,12
42	Hungary	80,15	91,84	79,20	69,42
43	Bulgaria	78,81	90,43	75,04	70,95
44	Rumania	78,41	89,47	76,87	68,91
45	Mauricio	77,30	90,31	76,90	64,70
46	Trinidad and Tobago	76,82	84,58	78,54	67,33
47	Serbia	75,99	88,61	75,06	64,29
48	Ukraine	75,78	84,30	75,84	67,20
49	Georgia	75,47	86,49	75,86	64,06
50	Kuwait	75,32	90,74	77,62	57,59

Comparing the quality of life of a country requires analyzing many factors, so many that they would never be enough for not taking into account more intangible aspects. In the case of this study, the indices of safety, medical care, pollution, and climate are taken into account, all factors that contribute to the quality of life.