Vote With Your Feet - Country Ratings

The factors used in computing a countries rating are to the right of the main language for that country. These were computed from data in the 2001 CIA World Fact Book. For each of the factors, a higher number is better (max is 100). If you click on the country you get the CIA page for that country. If a country is in bold, it is because the CIA mentions that they provide financial services. Italics means no income tax or sales tax.

Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
1	Singapore	82.3	Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil	69	100	88	92	88	87	93	100	82	1
2	Hong Kong	66.3	Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official	73	32	82	89	85	84	82	100	47	1
3	Northern Mariana Islands	64.6	English, Chamorro, Carolinian	53	72	72	84	42	94	94	30	75	64
4	*Anguilla*	64.0	English (official)	51	69	72	62	27	90	88	70	82	75
5	*Cayman Islands*	63.4	English	46	50	84	83	82	96	85	49	85	73
6	Malaysia	62.0	Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects	84	0	89	61	34	67	92	86	63	100
7	Ireland	61.5	English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic)	53	19	84	86	72	96	72	99	73	100
8	Latvia	61.3	Latvian or Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other	85	-5	69	64	24	100	86	55	91	100
9	Switzerland	61.2	German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian	66	5	92	90	95	98	92	30	75	55
10	South Korea	60.8	Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high	75	0	84	80	54	96	88	90	64	20
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
11	Turks and Caicos Islands	60.7	English (official)	48	55	60	67	24	96	80	87	75	100
12	Macau	60.4	Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)	69	37	74	93	58	80	100	20	57	0
13	Lithuania	60.3	Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian	87	1	57	66	24	96	95	29	81	100
14	Estonia	59.6	Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, English, Finnish,	81	-3	53	69	33	100	80	64	78	100
15	Taiwan	59.0	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka	75	-1	88	84	58	72	94	63	79	14
16	Thailand	58.3	Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and	90	0	85	46	22	88	90	42	56	50
17	Russia	58.0	Russian, other	94	4	58	57	26	96	-3	63	71	100
18	Spain	57.7	Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%,	70	3	44	89	60	94	83	40	75	100
19	Chile	57.3	Spanish	78	0	64	80	34	90	78	55	49	100
20	*Andorra*	57.0	Catalan (official), French, Castilian	43	27	100	95	60	100	92	30	75	69
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
21	Czech Republic	56.6	Czech	73	4	65	83	43	100	81	25	68	75
22	Turkmenistan	56.5	Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%	93	-4	72	-15	14	96	30	100	74	100
23	Costa Rica	56.2	Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon	81	2	79	78	22	90	45	30	66	100
24	Ukraine	55.6	Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian	91	-3	83	54	13	96	-29	60	89	100
25	Vietnam	55.3	Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a	93	-2	0	47	6	87	100	55	83	41
26	Sri Lanka	55.3	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil	90	-6	65	67	11	80	58	56	68	33
27	Mauritius	55.3	English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,	80	-4	74	65	35	66	74	75	69	16
28	Luxembourg	55.3	Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative	30	37	89	87	100	100	61	57	75	58
29	United Arab Emirates	55.2	Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu	73	6	72	69	76	58	78	40	53	50
30	Hungary	55.2	Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%	75	3	62	75	37	98	51	55	48	91
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
31	Australia	55.0	English, native languages	54	17	74	90	77	100	93	47	1	100
32	Philippines	54.9	two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and	92	-4	60	47	13	89	75	36	66	36
33	Albania	54.9	Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek	87	-15	36	38	10	86	95	75	81	78
34	Croatia	54.8	Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian,	62	53	12	80	19	94	70	32	20	100
35	Belarus	54.7	Byelorussian, Russian, other	90	12	92	65	25	96	-100	40	97	100
36	Argentina	54.5	Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French	80	3	40	69	43	92	100	8	35	100
37	Georgia	54.4	Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%,	95	-10	40	15	15	98	80	19	83	100
38	Qatar	54.2	Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second	47	80	72	61	68	58	88	40	-74	100
39	*Bermuda*	53.8	English (official), Portuguese	49	11	100	81	100	96	86	15	75	9
40	Austria	53.7	German	40	10	78	88	83	96	90	31	84	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
41	Mexico	53.6	Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional	72	-11	100	56	30	79	55	71	65	100
42	British Virgin Islands	53.6	English (official)	26	46	88	66	53	96	90	60	77	72
43	Japan	53.5	Japanese	54	0	81	92	83	98	100	13	75	30
44	Armenia	53.3	Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%	89	-15	20	30	10	98	95	50	83	85
45	Azerbaijan	53.0	Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6%	92	-23	20	-24	10	94	91	100	91	100
46	Dominican Republic	52.8	Spanish	88	-15	45	47	19	64	60	80	81	56
47	Guam	52.4	English, Chamorro, Japanese	59	0	40	85	70	98	100	30	75	35
48	Paraguay	52.2	Spanish (official), Guarani (official)	85	-0	36	53	16	84	60	10	77	100
49	Finland	52.2	Finnish 93.4% (official), Swedish 5.9% (official), small	48	2	61	89	76	100	83	56	49	100
50	Kyrgyzstan	51.9	Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) - official language, Russian - official	96	-11	76	-16	9	94	6	57	78	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
51	Indonesia	51.8	Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay),	91	0	40	33	10	68	55	48	56	80
52	Aruba	51.6	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,	46	0	98	87	93	94	79	35	72	28
53	*The Bahamas*	51.5	English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)	62	-11	64	64	50	96	90	45	83	50
54	San Marino	51.5	Italian	7	46	88	90	100	92	89	80	75	22
55	Kazakhstan	51.4	Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 40%, Russian (official, used	92	-26	45	5	17	96	33	100	71	100
56	Guatemala	51.3	Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (more than 20	92	-7	70	25	12	27	70	30	80	84
57	Poland	51.0	Polish	68	-2	52	77	28	98	49	48	65	79
58	India	50.8	English enjoys associate status but is the most important	93	-0	72	-0	7	4	73	60	91	29
59	Colombia	50.8	Spanish	81	-1	20	56	21	83	55	30	73	100
60	Fiji	50.7	English (official), Fijian, Hindustani	83	-14	76	65	24	83	100	-80	93	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
61	Barbados	50.7	English	62	-1	56	73	48	95	90	28	79	16
62	Guadeloupe	50.5	French (official) 99%, Creole patois	79	-1	-11	81	30	80	85	30	75	40
63	Peru	50.2	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara	85	-4	69	37	15	77	82	36	50	0
64	Jordan	50.0	Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper	64	29	40	69	12	73	96	20	8	100
65	New Zealand	49.9	English (official), Maori	43	19	75	86	59	98	88	36	9	100
66	Cambodia	49.5	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English	93	0	89	-10	4	-30	92	40	90	50
67	Jersey	49.4	English (official), French (official), Norman-French	50	11	97	88	50	60	76	30	75	13
68	New Caledonia	49.1	French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects	51	0	24	78	50	82	92	35	95	100
69	Greece	49.1	Greek 99% (official), English, French	48	8	55	87	57	90	84	38	37	100
70	Bulgaria	48.8	Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic	80	-20	29	68	21	96	48	50	57	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
71	Brazil	48.7	Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French	74	-0	72	32	22	67	70	42	59	50
72	Tunisia	48.6	Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce),	74	-3	38	54	22	33	85	50	59	100
73	Netherlands	48.6	Dutch	31	9	90	89	81	98	87	40	75	21
74	Uruguay	48.5	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on	70	-2	44	73	31	95	76	-11	48	100
75	Senegal	48.1	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka	89	1	72	7	5	-34	92	57	49	100
76	American Samoa	48.0	Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian	49	14	36	78	27	94	100	30	75	30
77	Chad	47.9	French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in	95	0	72	-53	3	-4	85	40	75	100
78	Mongolia	47.4	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)	86	0	72	13	6	94	62	-10	68	0
79	Malta	47.4	Maltese (official), English (official)	38	9	82	87	48	78	88	34	95	8
80	Bahrain	47.4	Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu	56	4	40	64	53	70	90	50	47	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
81	Togo	47.3	French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and	93	1	72	-19	5	3	88	34	59	50
82	The Gambia	46.9	English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous	89	10	72	-29	4	-5	83	49	41	71
83	Uganda	46.7	English (official national language, taught in grade	92	-1	72	-58	4	24	68	60	73	50
84	Portugal	46.7	Portuguese	36	2	83	84	53	75	86	27	84	91
85	Egypt	46.7	Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by	79	-1	54	4	12	3	85	50	75	100
86	El Salvador	46.6	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	82	-16	60	50	13	43	88	25	66	33
87	Nepal	46.5	Nepali (official; spoken by 90% of the population), about a	95	0	72	-19	5	-45	84	37	86	54
88	Algeria	46.4	Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects	81	-2	-20	35	18	23	90	50	71	100
89	Madagascar	46.3	French (official), Malagasy (official)	88	0	72	-34	3	60	50	48	28	100
90	Denmark	46.3	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German	25	8	79	86	85	100	86	28	68	79
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
91	Pakistan	46.2	Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%,	92	-3	76	-23	7	-15	74	48	73	54
92	Equatorial Guinea	45.9	Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English,	91	0	-20	-47	7	57	70	100	40	100
93	Moldova	45.8	Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian	89	-1	92	26	8	92	-60	-15	84	75
94	Tanzania	45.7	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili	89	-3	72	-33	2	36	70	52	46	50
95	Panama	45.4	Spanish (official), English 14%	65	-4	48	67	20	82	91	25	9	100
96	Libya	45.2	Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the	81	0	-20	56	30	52	8	65	82	50
97	Honduras	44.9	Spanish, Amerindian dialects	95	-8	-12	46	9	45	45	50	36	50
98	Samoa	44.6	Samoan (Polynesian), English	71	-46	72	45	11	94	96	68	37	100
99	Canada	44.6	English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other	0	25	73	89	83	94	87	43	100	100
100	Bhutan	44.6	Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,	87	0	72	-67	4	-16	65	60	90	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
101	United Kingdom	44.5	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales),	25	4	78	87	76	98	88	30	75	41
102	Venezuela	44.4	Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects	63	-1	44	58	21	82	35	32	53	100
103	Romania	44.2	Romanian, Hungarian, German	81	-2	54	61	20	94	-100	22	86	100
104	Iran	44.2	Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic	87	-18	44	49	21	44	20	30	96	0
105	French Polynesia	44.2	French (official), Tahitian (official)	31	12	40	79	36	96	92	25	75	100
106	Isle of Man	44.0	English, Manx Gaelic	34	22	98	85	63	-100	88	100	75	78
107	Bolivia	43.8	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)	74	-6	54	6	9	66	78	25	37	100
108	Syria	43.5	Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian	79	0	20	42	10	42	92	35	14	50
109	Trinidad and Tobago	43.3	English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese	71	-40	49	52	32	96	84	50	50	44
110	Nicaragua	43.3	Spanish (official)	87	-5	20	42	9	31	45	50	2	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
111	United States	43.2	English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)	0	14	84	85	100	94	83	50	83	100
112	Norway	43.2	Norwegian (official)	7	8	88	90	92	100	86	27	75	100
113	Guyana	43.2	English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu	83	-34	52	30	16	96	70	30	35	50
114	Puerto Rico	43.0	Spanish, English	51	-9	62	80	33	78	72	28	75	23
115	Guernsey	42.7	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country	50	16	98	90	50	-100	80	57	75	30
116	Italy	42.5	Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige	21	7	58	88	74	96	88	27	75	51
117	Israel	42.5	Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab	23	11	64	85	63	90	100	59	31	34
118	South Africa	42.4	11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English,	81	-7	-20	-15	28	64	74	30	86	50
119	Slovenia	42.1	Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 6%, other 3%	27	8	72	85	40	98	56	45	46	100
120	Morocco	41.9	Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the	84	-5	8	26	12	-13	90	8	65	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
121	Tajikistan	41.7	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and	95	-14	77	-62	4	96	-65	51	64	100
122	Benin	41.7	French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars	87	0	72	-48	3	-25	85	50	52	50
123	Brunei	41.6	Malay (official), English, Chinese	12	16	80	71	59	76	95	30	75	100
124	Bangladesh	41.0	Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English	93	-3	-41	-11	5	12	71	53	83	10
125	Burkina Faso	40.9	French (official), native African languages belonging to	92	-4	72	-73	3	-62	92	50	78	50
126	Virgin Islands	40.7	English (official), Spanish, Creole	60	0	80	83	50	-100	100	30	75	29
127	Mauritania	40.5	Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof	90	0	8	-31	7	-7	78	50	22	100
128	Eritrea	40.4	Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other	76	32	72	-23	2	-50	30	-10	81	100
129	Saudi Arabia	40.3	Arabic	43	5	72	20	35	26	98	40	77	50
130	Nigeria	40.3	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani	94	1	-12	-27	3	14	68	35	45	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
131	Uzbekistan	40.2	Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%	86	-8	60	-10	8	98	-100	21	89	100
132	Papua New Guinea	40.1	English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu	69	0	72	6	8	44	15	29	52	100
133	Lesotho	40.1	Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa	97	-3	-80	-41	8	66	70	25	72	50
134	Slovakia	39.9	Slovak (official), Hungarian	80	2	32	78	34	-100	39	22	63	90
135	Rwanda	39.9	Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French	87	-5	72	-96	3	-4	80	58	59	50
136	Belgium	39.9	Dutch 58%, French 32%, German 10%, legally bilingual (Dutch	10	4	66	88	84	96	89	41	78	29
137	Sudan	39.4	Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of	93	0	84	-14	3	-8	50	70	-39	0
138	Ghana	39.4	English (official), African languages (including Akan,	92	-3	20	1	6	29	-14	30	63	50
139	Ethiopia	39.4	Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic,	92	1	72	-66	2	-29	75	20	49	50
140	Niger	38.9	French (official), Hausa, Djerma	92	-3	72	-98	3	-73	86	35	74	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
141	Swaziland	38.5	English (official, government business conducted in	80	0	12	-85	13	53	68	24	87	50
142	Turkey	38.4	Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek	66	0	78	29	23	70	-95	60	51	100
143	France	38.1	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and	0	3	61	89	81	98	92	31	85	92
144	Cameroon	38.0	24 major African language groups, English (official),	84	0	-20	-18	6	27	90	44	16	50
145	Kuwait	37.8	Arabic (official), English widely spoken	-17	57	93	78	50	57	85	60	53	50
146	Haiti	37.4	French (official), Creole (official)	94	-11	72	-55	6	-10	5	12	84	50
147	Liechtenstein	37.3	German (official), Alemannic dialect	-13	20	93	89	77	100	98	30	75	49
148	Guinea	37.0	French (official), each ethnic group has its own language	92	-11	72	-100	4	-28	70	50	28	100
149	Saint Lucia	36.9	English (official), French patois	58	-17	40	69	15	34	88	5	62	39
150	Burma	36.9	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages	62	-7	72	-22	5	66	10	49	81	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
151	Laos	36.7	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic	90	0	77	-47	6	14	-65	40	45	100
152	Burundi	36.0	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake	92	0	72	-30	2	-29	-10	18	49	50
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.9	English	46	-43	82	66	23	94	88	50	16	67
154	Maldives	35.8	Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from	35	0	100	-1	7	86	85	76	20	10
155	Iceland	35.7	Icelandic	4	-9	89	91	83	100	82	43	24	100
156	Germany	35.7	German	-7	16	60	87	78	98	90	30	75	42
157	Sierra Leone	35.6	English (official, regular use limited to literate	74	41	72	-100	2	-37	25	42	5	100
158	Monaco	35.6	French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque	-22	31	88	88	90	98	100	30	75	1
159	The Former Yugoslav Republic of	35.1	Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian	78	-6	-28	73	15	-100	45	50	69	100
160	Mozambique	35.0	Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects	89	0	16	-100	3	-15	43	38	85	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
161	Mali	34.6	French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages	83	-1	72	-89	3	-38	96	48	34	0
162	Cote d'Ivoire	34.3	French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most	84	6	48	-58	5	-3	88	-3	-6	50
163	Antigua and Barbuda	34.3	English (official), local dialects	47	-25	72	58	27	78	92	46	-34	66
164	China	34.2	Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the	0	-2	100	52	12	63	98	80	93	73
165	Botswana	34.2	English (official), Setswana	65	0	-60	-31	22	40	57	60	91	50
166	Solomon Islands	33.8	Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca,	63	0	72	56	7	-100	50	10	66	100
167	Namibia	33.7	English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of	75	0	-20	-37	14	-24	54	40	94	50
168	Kenya	33.6	English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous	87	-6	-100	-25	5	56	65	4	73	50
169	Cook Islands	33.6	English (official), Maori	54	0	72	0	17	90	92	30	-100	100
170	Ecuador	33.3	Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially	73	-2	48	45	10	80	-100	8	19	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
171	Belize	32.0	English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib),	29	0	49	55	11	41	90	40	14	100
172	Comoros	31.9	Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of	75	0	20	-28	2	15	82	5	6	36
173	Oman	31.4	Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects	40	2	72	59	26	-100	100	46	54	50
174	Lebanon	31.2	Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian	39	0	28	52	17	73	100	10	-5	28
175	Cyprus	31.2	Greek, Turkish, English	0	2	100	83	3	88	79	0	75	100
176	Netherlands Antilles	31.0	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a	38	-2	40	76	38	96	68	-35	-12	45
177	Malawi	31.0	English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages	89	0	72	-100	3	16	-48	30	38	50
178	French Guiana	30.6	French	22	41	14	75	20	66	88	30	-100	100
179	Gabon	30.2	French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira,	66	0	16	-54	21	26	92	12	-1	50
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28.8	English, French patois	39	-31	12	67	9	92	90	20	38	34
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
181	Grenada	28.7	English (official), French patois	48	-63	40	60	15	96	88	70	7	38
182	Central African Republic	28.1	French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national	38	0	76	-74	6	20	85	35	74	50
183	Sweden	28.0	Swedish	-27	4	76	91	74	98	94	43	32	100
184	Yemen	27.9	Arabic	57	0	-20	-10	3	-24	50	60	39	100
185	Niue	27.2	Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English	0	0	72	0	9	90	95	30	75	100
186	Jamaica	27.0	English, Creole	47	-30	36	74	12	70	56	2	3	41
187	Faroe Islands	26.6	Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish	-6	12	96	86	67	-100	74	50	86	100
188	Democratic Republic of the	26.0	French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade	98	1	72	-61	2	55	-100	-100	16	50
189	Palau	25.8	English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral	-25	18	91	63	24	84	100	-14	75	100
190	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as	25.2	Russian, Norwegian	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
191	Pitcairn Islands	25.2	English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
192	Norfolk Island	25.2	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
193	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	25.2	English, Malay	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
194	Christmas Island	25.2	English, Chinese, Malay	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
195	Tonga	24.3	Tongan, English	-7	0	47	65	7	97	65	50	45	69
196	Holy See (Vatican City)	23.7	Italian, Latin, French, various other languages	0	0	72	0	3	100	85	30	75	5
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.7	Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian	32	36	-40	57	6	-100	60	80	-5	50
198	Wake Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
199	Tromelin Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
200	Spratly Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
201	South Georgia and the South	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
202	Paracel Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
203	Palmyra Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
204	Navassa Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
205	Midway Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
206	Kingman Reef	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
207	Juan de Nova Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
208	Johnston Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
209	Jarvis Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
210	Jan Mayen	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
211	Howland Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
212	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
213	Glorioso Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
214	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
215	Europa Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
216	Coral Sea Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
217	Clipperton Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
218	British Indian Ocean Territory	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
219	Bouvet Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
220	Bassas da India	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
221	Baker Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
222	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
223	Antarctica	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
224	Vanuatu	22.5	English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as	19	0	72	-0	4	6	88	-25	61	100
225	Martinique	22.1	French, Creole patois	-14	-0	-9	85	37	86	80	30	92	25
226	Saint Helena	21.9	English	-22	0	44	66	8	94	84	30	75	100
227	Dominica	21.8	English (official), French patois	45	-81	20	68	13	88	88	5	25	100
228	North Korea	20.6	Korean	0	0	72	57	3	98	100	-30	-9	55
229	Seychelles	20.0	English (official), French (official), Creole	14	-25	72	64	26	16	70	15	21	57
230	Reunion	20.0	French (official), Creole widely used	0	0	-71	77	16	58	100	38	75	34
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
231	Afghanistan	19.3	Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages	0	44	72	-100	3	-37	100	30	48	100
232	Republic of the Congo	19.1	French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca	37	0	72	-63	4	50	82	38	-100	50
233	Cape Verde	19.1	Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African	32	-49	4	19	6	43	80	60	22	100
234	Zimbabwe	18.1	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the	79	0	-100	-31	8	70	-100	-61	71	50
235	Wallis and Futuna	17.2	French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)	-13	0	72	0	7	0	100	30	75	100
236	Suriname	17.2	Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo	46	-35	20	57	11	86	-100	-10	31	100
237	Zambia	16.2	English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda,	76	-1	-100	-64	3	56	-36	40	-53	50
238	Western Sahara	14.9	Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic	0	0	72	0	3	-100	100	30	75	100
239	Gibraltar	14.4	English (used in schools and for official purposes),	-14	0	46	88	58	-100	92	30	75	2
240	Greenland	12.5	Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English	-14	-34	72	61	67	-100	92	30	95	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
241	Tuvalu	11.9	Tuvaluan, English	-5	0	72	53	4	-100	65	30	75	24
242	Cuba	11.9	Spanish	-49	-5	78	83	6	91	98	56	-16	99
243	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.9	French	-62	-20	61	83	37	98	90	30	75	100
244	Djibouti	9.5	French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar	35	0	-100	-60	4	-8	90	20	-24	100
245	Federated States of Micronesia	9.3	English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian,	-22	0	36	0	7	78	87	3	16	52
246	Montserrat	9.2	English	-100	100	20	84	17	94	75	-15	43	50
247	Somalia	8.7	Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English	0	24	72	-93	2	-52	100	30	-21	50
248	Guinea-Bissau	8.1	Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	0	-7	72	-73	3	8	85	76	-75	100
249	Angola	6.9	Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages	50	-1	72	-100	3	-16	-100	49	-100	100
250	Yugoslavia	6.0	Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%	0	-19	-20	67	8	86	-100	100	-17	50
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
251	Kiribati	5.6	English (official), I-Kiribati	-26	0	92	7	3	-100	90	10	74	76
252	Iraq	3.5	Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian,	0	0	72	8	8	16	-100	100	-100	100
253	West Bank	0.2	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	-12	13	-60	61	5	-100	85	-75	93	27
254	Sao Tome and Principe	-0.3	Portuguese (official)	-28	-14	72	20	4	46	75	30	-100	61
255	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	-5.7	English	-100	0	72	0	63	60	82	10	75	100
256	Tokelau	-8.1	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English	-100	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	69
257	Marshall Islands	-9.1	English (universally spoken and is the official language),	-47	0	36	31	6	86	75	-50	-100	26
258	Liberia	-13.1	English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of	0	-44	-100	-97	4	-23	75	100	-79	100
259	Mayotte	-13.5	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language)	-72	41	-80	-12	2	-100	100	30	75	23
260	Nauru	-19.2	Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language),	-100	0	100	61	17	-100	100	30	-13	17
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vency	Land Per Cap
261	Gaza Strip	-31.5	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	-100	7	-60	55	3	-100	85	-75	81	3