The top 10 countries by “human development” according to the UN

1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. Japan
9. Luxembourg
10. Switzerland

Among the first 50, the United States is 15. New Zealand is 20, the United Kingdom is 21 and Germany is 23.

In the next tier, Mexico is 52, Malaysia is at 63, Brazil at 70.

Considerably below them is India at 132, somewhere between Bhutan and Laos, worse off than South Africa, but better than Cambodia.

I’m not sure these rankings should be taken too seriously, but for people trying to figure out places to study, live, work, and invest, it might be a good place to start.

Personally, I fail to see why Malaysia should be behind Mexico, which is run by drug cartels right now.
As for Canada, no country with that much snow should be in the top ten….