Lithuania rated the best country among Baltics to live in the world
11.01.2010, 12:00Latvia has been rated as the 40th best country to live in the world, according to a survey carried out by American real-estate magazine International Living. Lithuania is in 22nd place in the survey, whilst Estonia is in 32nd place.
The survey's quality of life index calculates nine categories – cost of living, leisure and culture, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, risk and safety and climate.
France is in first place in the International Living's quality of life index, followed by Australia in second and Switzerland in third.
The next best countries to live are Germany, New Zealand, Luxembourg, the United States, Belgium and Italy.
The countries on the bottom of the list, or with the worst quality of life, are Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Chad and Afghanistan.
The survey includes 194 countries.