Top 20 Countries With Best Quality of Life

20. Hungary

Cost of Living – 58
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 48
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure – 77
Risk & Safety – 93
Climate – 76
Final Score – 74

Every January magazine “Quality of Life Index” measures 194 countries ranked and rated to reveal the best places to live. They make this list using nine different categories like Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate. After this they collates all results to produce final rankings. Lets see according to 2010 results what are the top 20 best quality of life countries!

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19. Uruguay

Cost of Living – 60
Leisure & Culture – 72
Economy – 52
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 76
Infrastructure – 64
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 93
Final Score – 75

18. Finland

Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 93
Economy – 66
Environment – 68
Freedom – 100
Health – 81
Infrastructure – 76
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76
Final Score – 75

17. Spain

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 68
Economy – 63
Environment – 75
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 65
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
Final Score – 76

16. Denmark

Cost of Living – 33
Leisure & Culture – 88
Economy – 69
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 86
Infrastructure – 72
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 78
Final Score – 76

15. Malta

Cost of Living – 63
Leisure & Culture – 70
Economy – 53
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 52
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 95
Final Score – 76

14. Liechtenstein

Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 80
Economy – 100
Environment – 65
Freedom – 100
Health – 80
Infrastructure – 44
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
Final Score – 76

13. Austria

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 68
Environment – 87
Freedom – 100
Health – 85
Infrastructure – 68
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76
Final Score – 77

12. Norway

Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 60
Economy – 89
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 89
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 60
Final Score – 77

11. Netherlands

Cost of Living – 48
Leisure & Culture – 71
Economy – 69
Environment – 67
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 75
Final Score – 77

10. Italy

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 85
Economy – 63
Environment – 74
Freedom – 92
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 62
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
Final Score – 77

9. Canada

Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 69
Environment – 62
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure 85
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 69
Final Score – 77

8. Belgium

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 83
Economy – 66
Environment – 64
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 86
Final Score – 78

7. United States

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 79
Economy – 67
Environment – 62
Freedom – 92
Health – 78
Infrastructure – 100
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84
Final Score – 78

6. Luxembourg

Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 85
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 66
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 83
Final Score – 78

5. New Zealand

Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 65
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 70
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84
Final Score – 79

4. Germany

Cost of Living – 54
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 83
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 90
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79
Final Score 81

3. Switzerland

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 79
Environment – 78
Freedom – 100
Health – 95
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 77
Final Score – 81

2. Australia

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
Final Score – 81

1. France

Cost of Living – 55
Leisure & Culture - 81
Economy – 69
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 100
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87
Final Score – 82