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 2000 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	78.1	Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil	66	100	87	92	93	82	98	55	75	2
2	*Anguilla*	64.0	English (official)	47	79	72	61	26	90	88	65	80	77
3	*Cayman Islands*	63.6	English	46	52	80	82	82	96	85	50	85	75
4	Korea, South	59.6	Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high	74	0	75	80	44	96	96	100	55	21
5	Costa Rica	59.6	Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon	83	2	78	77	24	90	46	70	70	100
6	Hong Kong	59.5	Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official	68	32	76	88	77	84	100	18	39	1
7	Taiwan	59.3	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka	77	-2	88	83	54	72	98	55	80	15
8	Switzerland	59.2	German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian	65	6	89	90	90	98	95	14	75	55
9	Luxembourg	58.5	Luxembourgian, German, French, English	36	37	89	87	100	100	94	42	75	59
10	Ireland	58.1	English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic)	43	21	78	85	68	96	89	84	70	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
11	Fiji	58.0	English (official), Fijian, Hindustani	75	-14	76	64	24	83	100	78	93	100
12	Thailand	57.3	Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and	88	0	82	44	21	88	88	40	59	50
13	*Andorra*	57.1	Catalan (official), French, Castilian	43	28	100	95	60	100	92	30	75	70
14	Turks and Caicos Islands	56.7	English (official)	43	58	60	66	26	96	80	40	75	100
15	Malaysia	56.6	Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese dialects	76	0	88	60	36	67	86	50	62	100
16	Kuwait	56.4	Arabic (official), English widely spoken	42	59	93	77	75	57	90	11	59	50
17	Chile	55.7	Spanish	82	0	64	79	41	90	83	-10	58	100
18	Macau	55.3	Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)	65	38	72	93	58	80	100	-40	56	0
19	Guam	55.2	English, Chamorro, Japanese	76	-21	92	85	63	98	80	30	75	35
20	Spain	54.9	Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%,	63	4	36	89	58	94	88	36	73	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
21	Australia	54.7	English, native languages	57	17	70	90	74	100	91	43	-7	100
22	*Bahamas, The*	54.5	English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)	70	-11	64	65	67	96	94	30	87	50
23	*Bermuda*	53.9	English (official), Portuguese	46	11	100	81	100	96	90	25	75	9
24	Vietnam	53.8	Vietnamese (official), Chinese, English, French, Khmer,	92	-2	0	46	6	87	80	48	94	41
25	Lithuania	53.8	Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian	80	1	60	65	16	96	98	-30	75	100
26	Czech Republic	53.8	Czech	71	4	64	83	39	100	88	-5	60	75
27	Mauritius	53.6	English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,	80	-4	92	64	35	66	66	40	69	16
28	Philippines	53.4	Pilipino (official, based on Tagalog), English (official)	91	-4	62	46	12	89	66	29	63	37
29	Poland	53.3	Polish	75	-2	56	76	24	98	58	38	68	79
30	Dominican Republic	53.3	Spanish	87	-16	45	45	18	64	74	83	83	57
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	Latvia	53.1	Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other	74	-5	62	63	14	100	84	0	96	100
32	Sri Lanka	52.6	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil	83	-6	62	66	9	80	70	37	67	50
33	Panama	52.4	Spanish (official), English 14%	77	-5	48	66	25	82	92	44	33	100
34	Armenia	52.4	Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%	89	-17	20	30	10	98	88	50	83	85
35	British Virgin Islands	51.4	English (official)	20	48	88	65	50	96	74	68	75	76
36	Austria	51.3	German	38	10	82	88	78	96	98	20	67	100
37	Belarus	51.1	Byelorussian, Russian, other	85	12	91	64	18	96	-100	15	96	100
38	Virgin Islands	51.0	English (official), Spanish, Creole	60	0	80	82	50	60	100	30	75	29
39	Mongolia	51.0	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian	88	0	82	31	8	66	52	35	77	0
40	Indonesia	51.0	Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay),	92	0	40	31	9	68	90	0	54	81
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	United Arab Emirates	50.7	Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu	70	7	72	68	59	58	80	25	25	50
42	Azerbaijan	50.7	Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)	90	-24	20	-25	6	94	100	70	90	100
43	Guernsey	50.6	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country	50	16	98	89	50	60	76	23	75	30
44	Guadeloupe	50.5	French (official) 99%, Creole patois	79	-1	-11	81	30	80	85	30	75	40
45	Paraguay	50.4	Spanish (official), Guarani (spoken by most of rural	79	-0	52	51	12	84	75	-10	73	100
46	Northern Mariana Islands	50.4	English, Chamorro, Carolinian	19	76	44	84	31	94	68	30	75	66
47	New Caledonia	50.1	French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects	51	0	40	77	50	82	92	35	95	100
48	Estonia	50.1	Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, English, Finnish,	65	-3	53	68	19	100	82	-5	93	100
49	Qatar	49.9	Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second	35	86	72	60	57	59	90	15	-63	100
50	Ukraine	49.8	Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian	84	-3	83	53	7	96	0	-4	77	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	Tunisia	49.7	Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce),	78	-3	34	52	18	33	86	60	54	100
52	Solomon Islands	49.7	Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca,	72	0	72	55	9	60	50	35	78	100
53	Croatia	49.7	Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian,	61	32	20	80	17	94	78	0	32	100
54	Japan	49.5	Japanese	45	0	81	92	78	98	100	3	75	30
55	India	49.5	English enjoys associate status but is the most important	93	-0	72	-3	6	4	66	55	89	29
56	Jersey	49.4	English (official), French (official), Norman-French	50	11	97	87	50	60	76	30	75	13
57	Togo	48.6	French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and	94	1	72	-20	6	3	85	40	70	50
58	Argentina	48.6	Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French	74	3	44	68	33	92	100	-30	19	100
59	Mexico	48.5	Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional	72	-11	90	54	28	79	25	37	64	100
60	Peru	48.1	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara	84	-4	69	35	15	77	72	24	47	0
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	Hungary	48.1	Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%	62	3	60	75	26	98	50	40	32	91
62	Senegal	48.0	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka	89	0	72	5	6	-34	90	50	59	100
63	Georgia	47.8	Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%,	90	-10	42	14	8	98	5	35	69	100
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.8	Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian	48	100	-40	56	6	60	75	50	-32	50
65	Jordan	47.6	Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper	61	30	40	68	12	73	85	20	-5	100
66	Nicaragua	47.4	Spanish (official)	90	-5	58	41	9	31	40	63	9	100
67	Bahrain	46.9	Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu	56	4	40	63	46	70	98	40	53	50
68	El Salvador	46.7	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	81	-16	69	49	10	43	94	22	64	34
69	Cambodia	46.7	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English	90	0	89	-12	2	-30	78	40	80	50
70	Uruguay	46.6	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on	67	-3	52	72	28	95	80	-25	43	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	Bolivia	46.3	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)	78	-6	54	4	10	66	90	20	53	100
72	Brazil	46.2	Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French	72	-0	70	30	20	67	75	8	62	50
73	Russia	46.1	Russian, other	91	4	50	56	14	96	-100	32	46	100
74	Aruba	46.1	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,	32	0	98	86	76	94	90	30	64	28
75	Albania	46.1	Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek	76	-41	44	36	6	86	98	80	71	78
76	Slovakia	46.0	Slovak (official), Hungarian	75	2	20	77	28	60	30	19	54	90
77	Malta	46.0	Maltese (official), English (official)	34	10	78	86	46	76	91	40	95	8
78	Turkmenistan	45.8	Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%	86	-4	72	-15	6	96	-50	90	45	100
79	Madagascar	45.8	French (official), Malagasy (official)	87	0	72	-36	3	60	52	45	29	100
80	Equatorial Guinea	45.7	Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English,	91	0	-20	-50	7	57	70	100	40	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
81	Kazakhstan	45.6	Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 40%, Russian (official, used	87	-27	45	5	11	96	58	17	71	100
82	Eritrea	45.6	Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other	76	33	72	-25	2	-50	55	30	95	100
83	Portugal	45.3	Portuguese	31	2	82	84	51	75	88	32	83	92
84	Egypt	45.3	Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by	78	-1	53	1	10	3	82	50	70	100
85	Colombia	45.3	Spanish	80	-1	20	55	21	83	54	-50	71	100
86	Greece	45.1	Greek 99% (official), English, French	36	8	60	86	46	90	87	30	44	100
87	Barbados	45.1	English	48	-1	52	73	37	95	92	44	62	16
88	Bulgaria	45.0	Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic	71	-20	40	67	14	96	69	25	43	100
89	Gambia, The	44.6	English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous	86	12	72	-31	3	-23	88	42	39	73
90	French Polynesia	44.5	French (official), Tahitian (official)	31	13	40	79	36	96	92	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
91	Uganda	44.3	English (official national language, taught in grade	91	-10	72	-60	4	24	65	55	74	50
92	Micronesia, Federated States of	44.2	English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian,	57	47	-8	42	7	78	80	30	8	53
93	Pakistan	44.0	Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%,	92	-4	72	-26	7	-24	70	31	77	55
94	Man, Isle of	43.6	English, Manx Gaelic	16	22	97	85	53	60	90	30	75	78
95	Kyrgyzstan	43.6	Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) - official language, Russian - official	94	-11	76	-16	8	94	-85	34	79	100
96	Ghana	43.4	English (official), African languages (including Akan,	92	-4	20	-0	6	29	36	43	66	50
97	Finland	43.4	Finnish 93.4% (official), Swedish 5.9% (official), small	24	2	60	88	70	100	95	35	45	100
98	Algeria	43.3	Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects	80	-2	-20	33	16	23	79	39	59	100
99	Mozambique	43.0	Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects	91	0	72	-100	3	-20	80	100	49	50
100	Benin	43.0	French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars	89	0	72	-49	4	-26	85	50	60	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
101	United States	42.9	English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)	0	14	83	84	100	94	89	41	81	100
102	Nepal	42.9	Nepali (official), over 20 other languages divided into	94	0	72	-22	4	-45	41	34	82	55
103	Puerto Rico	42.7	Spanish, English	50	-9	48	79	33	78	74	42	75	23
104	Palau	42.4	English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral	25	20	72	62	29	84	100	100	-25	100
105	Chad	42.4	French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in	94	0	72	-55	3	-4	40	6	74	100
106	Uzbekistan	42.3	Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%	84	-9	80	-10	8	98	-45	-10	89	100
107	United Kingdom	42.3	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales),	21	4	76	86	73	98	88	19	75	41
108	Tanzania	42.3	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili	89	-6	72	-34	2	36	56	40	34	50
109	Bhutan	42.3	Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,	86	0	72	-70	4	-16	55	70	89	50
110	Syria	42.1	Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian	80	0	52	40	8	42	88	0	-4	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
111	Morocco	41.6	Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the	81	-5	24	23	12	-13	90	0	65	100
112	Israel	41.6	Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab	20	15	64	85	61	90	94	21	65	50
113	Trinidad and Tobago	41.1	English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese	66	-40	43	51	28	96	82	50	53	44
114	Burkina Faso	40.9	French (official), native African languages belonging to	92	-4	72	-74	4	-62	88	55	79	50
115	Slovenia	40.7	Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 6%, other 3%	22	7	72	84	36	98	68	35	54	100
116	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	40.7	Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian	74	-23	-40	73	13	60	95	25	55	100
117	Moldova	40.6	Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian	88	-1	92	25	7	92	-90	-44	73	75
118	Papua New Guinea	40.4	English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu	67	0	72	4	8	44	18	36	59	100
119	Italy	40.1	Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige	14	7	54	88	71	96	92	13	93	51
120	Netherlands	40.0	Dutch	7	9	86	89	77	98	89	34	75	21
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	Libya	39.9	Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the	74	0	-20	54	26	52	10	20	80	50
122	Cameroon	39.8	24 major African language groups, English (official),	86	0	-20	-19	7	27	90	52	27	50
123	Brunei	39.8	Malay (official), English, Chinese	7	17	80	70	58	76	95	25	75	100
124	Saudi Arabia	39.7	Arabic	48	5	72	18	30	26	100	16	71	50
125	Canada	39.5	English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other	0	25	70	89	78	94	92	36	30	100
126	New Zealand	39.4	English (official), Maori	26	20	72	86	58	98	94	31	-66	100
127	Swaziland	39.2	English (official, government business conducted in	79	0	12	-82	14	53	70	31	91	50
128	Honduras	39.1	Spanish, Amerindian dialects	84	-9	52	46	7	45	30	-30	38	50
129	Rwanda	38.4	Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French	88	-10	72	-97	2	21	50	53	59	50
130	South Africa	38.2	11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English,	74	-8	-20	-9	23	64	72	6	83	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	Belize	38.2	English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib),	51	0	43	54	10	41	100	40	-3	100
132	Gibraltar	37.9	English (used in schools and for official purposes),	51	14	46	88	58	-100	92	30	75	2
133	Burundi	37.9	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake	92	30	72	-30	2	-29	-30	-10	41	50
134	Venezuela	37.8	Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects	70	-1	28	56	27	82	0	-72	65	100
135	Denmark	37.8	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German	10	8	77	86	79	100	88	13	31	79
136	France	37.6	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and	0	3	56	89	78	98	98	27	83	92
137	Ethiopia	37.4	Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic,	91	1	72	-67	2	-29	80	0	40	50
138	Liechtenstein	37.3	German (official), Alemannic dialect	-13	20	93	88	77	100	98	30	75	50
139	Bangladesh	37.2	Bangla (official), English	93	-3	-41	-14	5	-24	55	52	82	10
140	Niger	37.0	French (official), Hausa, Djerma	92	-3	72	-100	3	-73	76	20	73	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	Iceland	36.7	Icelandic	7	-9	90	91	78	100	90	45	19	100
142	Samoa	36.5	Samoan (Polynesian), English	59	-46	72	44	7	94	89	18	36	100
143	Saint Lucia	36.5	English (official), French patois	55	-19	40	68	14	34	82	29	59	39
144	Norway	36.5	Norwegian (official)	-8	9	88	90	84	100	86	8	75	100
145	Cote d'Ivoire	36.4	French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most	80	6	72	-60	5	-3	88	50	-31	50
146	Belgium	35.8	Dutch 58%, French 32%, German 10%, legally bilingual	2	4	64	88	80	96	95	18	77	30
147	Monaco	35.7	French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque	-22	32	88	88	90	98	100	30	75	1
148	Romania	35.6	Romanian, Hungarian, German	71	-2	56	60	13	94	-100	-48	79	100
149	Kenya	35.6	English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous	87	0	-100	-25	5	56	70	15	71	50
150	Guinea	34.9	French (official), each ethnic group has its own language	86	-11	72	-100	4	-28	78	37	32	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
151	San Marino	34.8	Italian	-28	46	86	90	67	92	90	30	75	22
152	Netherlands Antilles	34.8	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a	38	-2	40	76	39	96	94	-3	-12	46
153	Mauritania	34.8	Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof	89	0	8	-33	6	-25	51	37	-2	100
154	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	34.5	French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade	99	3	72	-64	2	55	-100	10	31	50
155	Lesotho	34.1	Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa	79	-3	72	-39	7	43	60	-100	71	50
156	Laos	33.9	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic	89	0	77	-50	4	14	-100	52	34	100
157	Maldives	33.8	Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from	29	0	100	-4	6	86	85	70	30	10
158	China	33.7	Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the	0	-2	100	51	13	63	100	70	93	74
159	Germany	33.4	German	-11	16	58	87	76	98	96	15	75	42
160	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33.0	English	40	-47	82	65	20	94	95	16	49	67
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	33.0	French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages	82	-1	72	-92	3	-38	85	50	27	0
162	Namibia	32.9	English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of	73	0	-20	-34	14	-24	58	30	96	50
163	Antigua and Barbuda	32.6	English (official), local dialects	46	-25	72	57	27	78	92	28	-36	67
164	Ecuador	32.5	Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially	81	-2	52	43	14	80	-100	-80	44	100
165	Iran	32.4	Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic	80	-18	0	48	18	44	-50	10	87	0
166	Oman	31.9	Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects	43	3	72	58	27	-100	100	40	51	50
167	Cyprus	31.8	Greek, Turkish, English	0	2	100	82	3	88	88	0	75	100
168	French Guiana	31.7	French	22	46	14	75	20	66	88	30	-100	100
169	Comoros	30.9	Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of	74	0	20	-32	2	15	80	0	4	38
170	Guyana	30.4	English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu	69	-42	52	30	8	96	72	18	-51	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
171	Turkey	30.2	Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek	67	0	71	26	21	65	-100	-50	49	100
172	Yemen	29.8	Arabic	69	0	-20	-13	2	-24	50	40	29	100
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.7	English, French patois	36	-31	12	66	9	92	90	40	46	34
174	Botswana	29.6	English (official), Setswana	37	0	20	-27	13	40	62	65	77	50
175	Gabon	29.4	French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira,	67	0	16	-55	22	26	86	17	-16	50
176	Malawi	29.3	English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages	89	0	72	-100	3	16	-100	42	51	50
177	Burma	29.1	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages	59	-7	72	-24	4	66	-90	46	80	50
178	Haiti	28.7	French (official), Creole (official)	92	-12	-100	-57	4	-10	55	24	78	50
179	Grenada	28.3	English (official), French patois	43	-66	40	60	12	96	94	50	50	38
180	Niue	27.1	Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English	0	0	72	0	8	90	95	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
181	Central African Republic	26.9	French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national	34	-6	76	-75	6	20	87	50	73	50
182	Sierra Leone	26.6	English (official, regular use limited to literate	88	42	72	-100	2	-37	-50	-100	8	100
183	Sudan	26.0	Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of	92	0	-20	-16	3	-8	0	30	-47	0
184	West Bank	25.9	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	-5	6	42	60	7	60	75	46	93	50
185	Vanuatu	25.4	English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as	19	0	72	-2	4	6	80	30	61	100
186	Svalbard	25.2	Russian, Norwegian	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
187	Pitcairn Islands	25.2	English (official), Pitcairnese, Tahitian, 18th century	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
188	Norfolk Island	25.2	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
189	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	25.2	English, Malay	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
190	Christmas Island	25.2	English, Chinese, Malay	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	Tuvalu	25.1	Tuvaluan, English	-10	0	72	52	3	60	80	87	75	24
192	Congo, Republic of the	24.7	French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca	53	0	72	-65	5	50	80	50	-100	50
193	Tonga	24.6	Tongan, English	-1	0	53	64	7	97	84	-3	48	70
194	Seychelles	24.1	English (official), French (official), Creole	18	-25	72	63	25	16	85	18	49	57
195	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	24.0	English	0	0	72	0	3	60	82	30	75	100
196	Zambia	23.9	English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda,	87	-1	0	-66	3	56	-37	15	-58	50
197	Holy See (Vatican City)	23.7	Italian, Latin, various other languages	0	0	72	0	3	100	85	30	75	5
198	Korea, North	23.3	Korean	0	0	72	56	3	98	100	10	-6	56
199	unknown	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
200	Wake Island	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	Tromelin Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
202	Spratly Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
203	Southern Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
204	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
205	Paracel Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
206	Palmyra Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
207	Pacific Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
208	Navassa Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
209	Midway Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
210	Kingman Reef	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	Juan de Nova Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
212	Johnston Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
213	Jarvis Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
214	Jan Mayen	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
215	Indian Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
216	Howland Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
217	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
218	Glorioso Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
219	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
220	Europa Island	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	Coral Sea Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
222	Clipperton Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
223	British Indian Ocean Territory	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
224	Bouvet Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
225	Bassas da India	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
226	Baker Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
227	Atlantic Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
228	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
229	Arctic Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
230	Antarctica	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
231	Martinique	21.6	French, Creole patois	-18	-0	4	84	36	86	80	30	92	26
232	Zimbabwe	21.1	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the	78	0	-100	-29	8	70	-100	0	62	50
233	Cape Verde	20.8	Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African	26	-50	72	17	5	43	75	50	29	100
234	Guatemala	20.6	Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (more than 20	0	-8	70	23	13	11	66	35	82	86
235	Suriname	20.0	Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo	46	-36	20	56	11	86	-100	-10	76	100
236	Afghanistan	19.3	Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages	0	46	68	-100	3	-37	100	30	48	100
237	World	18.0	unknown	0	0	-20	12	23	60	100	30	75	0
238	Nauru	17.9	Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language),	-30	0	100	60	33	60	100	30	33	18
239	Sweden	17.2	Swedish	-59	3	78	91	69	98	98	38	28	100
240	Cook Islands	16.9	English (official), Maori	0	-4	72	56	19	60	87	30	-100	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	Jamaica	16.6	English, Creole	17	-34	38	73	11	70	53	-5	14	41
242	Kiribati	16.1	English (official), Gilbertese	-29	0	92	5	3	60	90	25	81	78
243	Dominica	16.0	English (official), French patois	29	-90	20	67	11	88	94	20	20	100
244	Faroe Islands	15.9	Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish	-34	14	80	86	53	60	86	60	-100	100
245	Lebanon	15.7	Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian widely	-3	0	28	50	15	73	78	10	-9	29
246	Wallis and Futuna	15.6	French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)	-18	0	72	0	7	0	100	30	75	100
247	Western Sahara	14.0	Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic	0	-24	72	-100	3	60	100	30	75	100
248	Tajikistan	12.0	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and	0	-15	77	-64	3	96	-10	20	58	100
249	Cuba	10.2	Spanish	-54	-6	76	82	6	91	98	62	-20	99
250	Saint Helena	10.1	English	-58	0	28	64	7	94	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
251	Guinea-Bissau	10.1	Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	0	0	72	-76	3	8	72	95	-67	100
252	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.9	French	-62	-20	61	83	37	98	90	30	75	100
253	American Samoa	9.7	Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian	-69	15	52	77	9	94	100	30	75	30
254	Angola	9.6	Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages	57	-1	72	-100	3	-16	-100	40	-81	100
255	Nigeria	7.7	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani	0	1	-12	-27	3	14	38	27	48	50
256	Greenland	5.9	Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English	-48	-34	58	60	54	60	94	6	49	100
257	Somalia	3.9	Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English	0	0	72	-95	2	-52	100	30	-21	50
258	Djibouti	3.8	French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar	36	-47	-60	-63	4	-8	100	20	-27	100
259	Iraq	3.3	Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian,	0	0	72	5	9	16	-100	100	-100	100
260	Reunion	2.9	French (official), Creole widely used	-53	0	-71	77	16	58	100	38	75	35
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	Montserrat	2.7	English	-100	100	20	83	3	94	75	-100	43	50
262	Mayotte	-2.4	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language)	-72	46	-80	-14	2	60	100	30	75	24
263	Gaza Strip	-6.7	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	-100	3	42	54	4	60	75	46	82	50
264	Tokelau	-8.1	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English	-100	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	69
265	Marshall Islands	-9.1	English (universally spoken and is the official language),	-47	0	36	29	6	86	75	-50	-100	27
266	Serbia and Montenegro	-9.2	Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%	0	0	-20	0	6	60	-100	-100	-37	96
267	Sao Tome and Principe	-16.6	Portuguese (official)	-35	-14	-100	18	4	46	48	15	-100	63
268	Liberia	-20.3	English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of	0	-45	-100	-100	3	-23	85	5	-100	100