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France the best in the world - 1 April 2008

The UK has many things to be proud of, and has recently been found to be the seventh most stable and prosperous nation on the planet. However, in the recent International Living survey on quality of life, France came out as the best place in the world to live.

The survey, which looked at the quality of life in 192 different countries, placed Switzerland in second place, with the US third. The UK was to be found languishing in a lowly 37th place on the list with Mexico, Monaco, Brazil, Croatia, Slovakia and Estonia.

International Living judge the countries in the survey based on their cost of living; leisure and culture; economy; environment; freedom; health; infrastructure; risk & safety; and climate. Scores out of 100 were given for each of these criteria to come up with the final ranking.

Although this kind of study can give a genuine idea of the quality of life in each of the countries surveyed, it is necessarily a subjective way of looking at the way of life in each country. For example, how is it possible to judge ‘freedom’ on a scale of zero to one hundred? In the survey, the UK received a perfect 100 for freedom, and given the amount of CCTV cameras and other measures that are taken in the name of national security, it could be questioned. The UK also received a perfect 100 for ‘risk and safety’.

France wins on the health, culture and infrastructure elements of the survey, and also scores highly for climate and economy.

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