25 Wealthiest, Healthiest, Happiest, and Most Advanced Countries in the World

15. Austria.

Austria’s top feature is safety and security, where they ranked at #9.

14. Iceland.

This isolated country ranks in the top five for safety and security, personal freedom, and social capital.

13. Ireland.

Their top sub-index score was personal freedom, and they’re also in 7th place in education.

12. Luxembourg.

They’re in the top bunch for both personal freedom and health.

11. Germany.

It’s best ranking feature is economic quality, where they came in at 5th.

10. United Kingdom

It’s best ranking feature is economic quality, where they came in at 5th.
They were at 15th place last year, but they’ve risen up despite the Brexit vote.

9. Denmark.

When ranking the Scandinavian region (which has enviably high standards of living), Denmark was actually beat out by the other Scandinavian nations! They do rank high in safety and security at #5.

8. Sweden.

Sweden is at 3rd in economic quality and 5th for governance.

7. Netherlands.

They’re at second place in both education and economic quality.

6. Australia.

This laid-back country came second overall for social capital.

5. Canada.

They’re at third for social capital and business environment, and second for personal freedom.

4. Switzerland.

Unsurprisingly ranking high in prosperity, Switzerland took the number one spot for education.

3. Finland.

They took the top spot for governance!

2. Norway.

Still ranking high despite being at the top spot for 7 consecutive years.

1. New Zealand.

They are officially the most prosperous country on earth and they ranked at #1 for social quality and economic quality. They even come 2nd for business environment and governance.