Icecube

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nati...102-1mvnz.html

pipped at the post....

sailechz

AUSTRALIA is second best - almost but not quite the greatest place in which to live, according to the latest United Nations human development index. Norway pips us by a flared nostril. Australia scores 0.93 on a scale of 0 to 1, where 1 is the highest score possible. At 0.94, Norway's margin over Australia is close to invisible.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/not-q...102-1mvnz.html

Top 30 countries:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

1 Norway
2 Australia
3 Netherlands
4 United States
5 New Zealand
6 Canada
7 Ireland
8 Liechtenstein
9 Germany
10 Sweden
11 Switzerland
12 Japan
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR)
14 Iceland
15 Korea (Republic of)
16 Denmark
17 Israel
18 Belgium
19 Austria
20 France
21 Slovenia
22 Finland
23 Spain
24 Italy
25 Luxembourg
26 Singapore
27 Czech Republic
28 United Kingdom
29 Greece
30 United Arab Emirates

chris955

How many of these things are we going to see, what the hell is a human development index ?

Amazulu

If the UK was No.1 on that list, you would have posted it about 3 hours ago.

paulry

And poor old Britain languising at position 28 just one notch better than Greece

Wol

That list is totally bizarre - and I'm not just thinking about Australia.

sailechz

visit the UN Human Development Programme website for more details.

spartacus

RIP Broken Britain

Wol

It's always puzzled me why the United in the UN isn't written "United".

sailechz

http://www.scotsman.com/news/environ...live_1_1944244

GarryP

Looking at it, the main difference seems to be in the education score.

Got to question a survey that says Australian education is substantially better than that in the UK. Seems to smell of fish, methinks.

Wol

Rankings were also adjusted for inequality within a country. When inequality in terms of education, health and gender were taken into account, the US dropped from fourth place to 23rd. However, the UK rose by four places to 24th.

So even if the majority have the highest standard in the world, but a few percent are disgustingly rich, the country drops down the list. As I said, bizarre.

jad n rich

And the aussies are number ONE again

http://www.theage.com.au/news/health...770886872.html

LOL sorreeey

sailechz

what bout life expectancy and percapita income

chris955

I love this bit 'We are among the most satisfied citizens on earth, typically giving a figure of 7.5 when asked to rate our satisfaction with life on a scale of 0 to 10.' Miserable Britain scores a lowly.........wait for it.........7. So the difference between being really happy and miserable is apparently 0.5 whatevers