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City Quality of Life Indices are lists of cities that are ranked according to a defined measure of living conditions.In addition to considering the provision of clean water, clean air, adequate food and shelter, many indexes also measure more subjective elements including a city's capacity to generate a sense of community and offer hospitable settings for all, especially young people, to ...
The Global Liveability Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranking 172 global cities (previously 140) for their urban quality of life based on assessments of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Legatum Prosperity Index; List of countries by cancer rate; List of countries by long-term unemployment rate; List of countries by natural disaster risk; List of countries by quality of healthcare; List of countries by risk of death from non-communicable disease; List of countries by total health expenditure by type of financing
Where-to-be-born index 2013 world map. The where-to-be-born index, formerly known as the quality-of-life index (QLI), was last published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in 2013. Its purpose was to assess which country offered the most favorable conditions for a healthy, secure, and prosperous life in the years following its release. [1]
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its 2015 list of countries based on their Better Life Index-- which looks into aspects from housing, income, education ...
The decision about which country to make your new home is a big one that requires extensive research and planning. Here’s what you need to know about where to go.
It is a standard means of measuring well-being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development.
The indicators are used to create a health index, an education index and an income index, each with a value between 0 and 1. The geometric mean of the three indices—that is, the cube root of the product of the indices—is the human development index. A value above 0.800 is classified as very high, between 0.700 and 0.799 as high, 0.550 to 0. ...