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 1998 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-vancy	Land Per Cap
1	*Cayman Islands*	78.2	English	63	100	72	82	79	96	90	45	100	69
2	Hong Kong	76.4	Chinese (Cantonese), English	84	62	88	88	89	84	74	55	100	2
3	*Andorra*	67.8	Catalan (official), French, Castilian	70	39	100	95	60	60	100	30	100	70
4	*Anguilla*	64.8	English (official)	53	84	72	69	24	90	82	34	77	82
5	Macau	62.5	Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)	73	39	86	93	52	80	80	-3	100	0
6	Singapore	62.4	Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil	68	11	88	90	82	82	91	60	100	2
7	Kuwait	62.2	Arabic (official), English widely spoken	37	89	93	79	74	57	84	10	65	93
8	United Arab Emirates	60.7	Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu	80	9	72	72	80	58	82	50	48	100
9	Chile	60.7	Spanish	80	0	76	78	39	90	70	71	68	100
10	Switzerland	58.3	German 63.7%, French 19.2%, Italian 7.6%, Romansch 0.6%,	64	2	80	89	79	98	100	4	100	55
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
11	Costa Rica	57.6	Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon	86	3	77	75	18	90	44	30	67	100
12	Taiwan	57.1	Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka	64	-0	89	85	47	72	96	68	100	15
13	Northern Mariana Islands	57.0	English, Chamorro, Carolinian	27	86	44	83	35	94	68	30	100	72
14	Mauritius	56.9	English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka,	83	0	93	65	34	66	68	54	79	16
15	*The Bahamas*	56.8	English, Creole (among Haitian immigrants)	69	-7	60	66	65	96	98	35	86	100
16	Turks and Caicos Islands	56.6	English (official)	45	62	40	61	26	96	60	35	100	100
17	Thailand	56.6	Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and	90	0	86	46	29	88	72	-4	66	85
18	Guam	56.5	English, Chamorro, Japanese	76	-22	92	82	63	98	80	30	100	37
19	*Bermuda*	56.3	English (official), Portuguese	50	11	100	81	97	96	91	24	100	8
20	Lithuania	56.0	Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian	78	-8	73	65	14	96	57	60	88	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
21	Japan	55.9	Japanese	60	-1	86	91	82	98	92	9	100	30
22	Paraguay	55.6	Spanish (official), Guarani	85	-0	67	42	13	84	69	26	88	100
23	Belarus	55.0	Byelorussian, Russian, other	84	13	87	65	16	96	-100	85	96	100
24	Vietnam	54.7	Vietnamese (official), Chinese, English, French, Khmer,	91	-2	0	38	6	87	75	85	89	43
25	Sri Lanka	54.6	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil	88	-5	56	67	13	80	52	60	74	34
26	Korea, South	54.6	Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high	68	-1	92	79	46	96	75	60	51	21
27	Argentina	54.3	Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French	66	3	45	67	32	92	98	84	34	100
28	Czech Republic	53.8	Czech, Slovak	74	4	80	81	36	98	50	7	63	76
29	Philippines	53.6	Pilipino (official, based on Tagalog), English (official)	86	-4	65	38	11	89	74	51	63	38
30	Australia	53.4	English, native languages	53	11	66	90	71	100	95	33	24	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
31	Luxembourg	53.2	Luxembourg German, French, English	19	34	86	87	100	100	88	36	100	61
32	Guernsey	52.8	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country	50	34	88	84	50	60	65	30	75	30
33	Brazil	52.8	Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French	82	-0	72	33	21	67	76	30	63	100
34	Poland	52.7	Polish	75	-2	52	72	24	98	25	69	69	79
35	Slovakia	52.4	Slovak (official), Hungarian	72	1	49	76	29	60	70	59	59	90
36	Russia	52.3	Russian, other	80	9	64	50	16	96	45	4	61	100
37	Estonia	52.3	Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, other	61	-19	86	65	22	100	44	100	94	100
38	Moldova	51.8	Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian	88	-6	94	25	8	92	44	-20	100	76
39	Fiji	51.6	English (official), Fijian, Hindustani	71	-16	76	60	22	83	85	30	87	100
40	Syria	51.3	Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian	92	0	52	36	22	42	25	46	62	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
41	Palau	51.2	English (official in all of Palau's 16 states), Sonsorolese	25	25	72	58	29	84	100	100	100	100
42	Uruguay	51.1	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on	70	-4	59	74	30	95	24	51	68	100
43	Qatar	51.0	Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second	20	99	72	67	56	59	88	100	-96	100
44	Peru	50.7	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara	83	-5	67	32	15	77	66	73	53	0
45	Spain	50.6	Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%	57	3	16	85	55	92	90	33	72	100
46	Georgia	50.4	Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%,	85	-27	36	16	5	98	64	100	68	100
47	Solomon Islands	50.2	Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca,	74	0	72	57	10	60	41	35	84	100
48	Jersey	50.2	English (official), French (official), Norman-French	50	15	72	91	50	60	100	30	75	13
49	Lesotho	50.0	Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa	81	0	72	-29	8	43	56	90	80	100
50	Mexico	49.9	Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional	73	-12	85	55	26	79	22	73	53	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
51	Malaysia	49.9	Peninsular Malaysia-Malay (official), English, Chinese	81	0	90	57	37	67	-80	74	76	100
52	Guadeloupe	49.9	French (official) 99%, Creole patois	75	-1	-25	83	31	80	82	30	100	41
53	Kyrgyzstan	49.5	Kirghiz (Kyrgyz)-official language, Russian-official	94	-39	68	-13	7	94	25	100	85	100
54	Puerto Rico	49.4	Spanish, English	69	-7	48	75	29	78	72	30	100	23
55	Panama	49.2	Spanish (official), English 14%	73	-5	48	61	22	82	94	36	19	100
56	Netherlands	49.2	Dutch	35	8	72	87	73	98	90	32	100	22
57	Tunisia	48.9	Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce),	76	-3	40	49	20	33	77	56	62	100
58	India	48.9	English enjoys associate status but is the most important	92	-0	72	-0	5	4	65	50	88	30
59	Azerbaijan	48.9	Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)	89	-23	20	-22	5	94	82	58	98	100
60	Colombia	48.5	Spanish	74	-1	51	54	21	83	12	31	85	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
61	Egypt	48.2	Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by	85	-1	62	-9	15	3	76	52	77	100
62	Bulgaria	47.7	Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic	82	-3	44	71	14	96	95	-74	44	100
63	Armenia	47.6	Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%	91	-33	58	31	9	98	34	27	83	83
64	Ukraine	47.5	Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian	66	2	90	53	8	96	50	-32	85	100
65	Uganda	47.5	English (official national language, taught in grade	94	-7	72	-60	6	24	70	50	80	90
66	Ecuador	47.5	Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially	87	2	72	48	15	80	-55	34	53	100
67	Venezuela	47.4	Spanish (official), native dialects spoken by about 200,000	88	-1	54	54	28	82	-90	50	71	100
68	Eritrea	47.1	Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, minor	59	16	72	-28	2	60	80	68	85	100
69	El Salvador	47.1	Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	80	-19	69	49	10	43	90	40	71	36
70	Honduras	46.8	Spanish, Amerindian dialects	87	-6	75	28	7	45	25	45	35	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
71	Cameroon	46.7	24 major African language groups, English (official),	86	0	72	-31	7	27	85	50	35	100
72	Norway	46.6	Norwegian (official)	12	7	90	88	91	98	90	35	100	100
73	Senegal	46.5	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo	89	0	72	-5	6	-34	88	47	53	100
74	Saudi Arabia	46.5	Arabic	49	6	72	34	34	26	100	40	100	100
75	Zimbabwe	46.4	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the	77	0	100	-27	7	70	-7	81	61	100
76	Benin	46.3	French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars	92	0	72	-56	6	-26	82	58	70	100
77	Malta	46.1	Maltese (official), English (official)	39	6	85	84	43	76	88	28	95	8
78	Dominican Republic	46.0	Spanish	90	-17	-20	31	16	64	46	70	81	60
79	Austria	45.9	German	29	3	72	87	71	98	94	21	66	100
80	Greece	45.7	Greek (official), English, French	34	16	60	85	43	90	70	37	52	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
81	United Kingdom	45.5	English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales),	24	5	78	86	71	98	84	35	97	41
82	Virgin Islands	45.3	English (official), Spanish, Creole	39	1	75	82	42	60	100	30	100	30
83	Kazakhstan	45.3	Kazakh (Qazaq) official language spoken by over 40% of	82	-35	90	6	10	96	40	21	87	100
84	Nepal	45.2	Nepali (official), 20 other languages divided into numerous	95	0	72	-22	5	-45	62	42	83	58
85	Hungary	45.2	Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%	62	2	64	73	25	98	10	44	25	90
86	Man, Isle of	44.8	English, Manx Gaelic	14	28	92	90	36	60	90	30	100	78
87	Ireland	44.8	Irish (Gaelic), spoken mainly in areas located along the	32	-6	53	84	62	96	92	60	53	100
88	Equatorial Guinea	44.8	Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English,	87	0	72	-47	5	57	70	30	23	100
89	Croatia	44.7	Serbo-Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian,	44	8	36	79	15	94	82	44	48	100
90	Togo	44.4	French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and	92	0	72	-25	4	3	22	48	55	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
91	Jordan	44.4	Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper	73	-24	40	47	16	73	85	53	29	100
92	New Zealand	44.3	English (official), Maori	31	12	76	85	59	98	90	25	10	100
93	Samoa	44.2	Samoan (Polynesian), English	56	-3	72	45	7	94	62	59	25	100
94	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	44.0	French	24	2	56	82	37	98	100	30	100	100
95	Rwanda	43.5	Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French	79	20	72	-86	1	21	63	100	33	31
96	Bolivia	43.5	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)	68	-6	60	-4	10	66	65	44	64	100
97	British Virgin Islands	43.3	English (official)	-6	51	88	62	37	96	88	45	94	80
98	Bahrain	43.3	Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu	54	7	40	71	46	70	100	27	22	10
99	The Gambia	43.2	English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous	84	15	72	-28	3	-23	89	21	31	77
100	Papua New Guinea	43.2	English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu	77	0	72	1	9	44	42	23	45	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
101	Portugal	42.9	Portuguese	30	-4	72	83	51	70	88	33	82	93
102	Nicaragua	42.2	Spanish (official)	88	-4	36	29	7	31	42	60	-29	100
103	Burkina Faso	42.2	French (official), tribal languages belonging to Sudanic	90	-6	72	-76	3	-62	85	60	86	100
104	United States	42.0	English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)	0	12	80	84	100	94	90	38	79	100
105	Iceland	42.0	Icelandic	26	-12	85	88	70	100	88	49	23	100
106	Netherlands Antilles	41.7	Dutch (official), Papiamento, a Spanish Portuguese Dutch	73	-2	49	73	38	96	82	-13	-62	47
107	Mozambique	41.7	Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects	92	0	72	-90	3	-20	71	80	22	100
108	Laos	41.7	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic	88	0	93	-46	4	13	20	15	59	100
109	Turkey	41.6	Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic	73	0	76	41	20	65	-100	72	56	100
110	French Polynesia	41.6	French (official), Tahitian (official)	27	2	40	70	27	96	92	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-vancy	Land Per Cap
111	South Africa	41.5	11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English,	72	0	-20	4	21	64	52	30	83	100
112		41.5	French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade	97	-7	72	-63	1	55	100	15	-53	100
113	Turkmenistan	41.4	Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%	91	-6	72	-14	10	96	-100	-3	94	100
114	Kenya	41.4	English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous	87	-1	-40	-14	5	56	56	29	69	100
115	Finland	41.4	Finnish 93.5% (official), Swedish 6.3% (official), small	22	2	42	88	67	100	94	46	41	100
116	Ethiopia	41.4	Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali,	90	-5	72	-100	2	-29	100	50	64	100
117	Iran	41.3	Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic	81	-19	100	23	18	44	-15	32	88	0
118	Pakistan	41.1	Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%,	92	-7	72	-41	9	-24	41	31	81	58
119	Indonesia	41.1	Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay),	91	0	40	4	15	68	-100	40	72	86
120	Bhutan	41.0	Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,	77	0	72	-71	2	-16	65	69	80	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
121	Barbados	41.0	English	54	-23	35	69	36	95	88	30	74	17
122	Aruba	40.6	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,	42	-11	98	83	70	60	84	40	4	28
123	Belize	40.5	English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib)	58	-6	48	44	10	41	95	29	36	100
124	Chad	40.4	French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in	90	0	72	-82	2	-4	25	55	59	100
125	Burundi	40.4	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake	87	43	72	-67	2	-29	-30	44	45	46
126	Brunei	40.3	Malay (official), English, Chinese	4	18	81	58	60	76	90	35	100	100
127	Algeria	40.2	Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects	78	-2	-12	28	13	23	65	25	45	100
128	Italy	40.1	Italian, German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are	18	1	51	86	72	94	90	15	93	52
129		40.0	English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian,	53	47	-8	41	6	78	80	10	-17	54
130	Madagascar	39.8	French (official), Malagasy (official)	86	0	72	-45	2	60	1	30	15	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
131	Tanzania	39.3	Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili	90	-10	72	-61	2	36	25	43	25	100
132	Swaziland	39.2	English (official, government business conducted in	77	0	12	-78	13	53	52	30	90	100
133	Morocco	39.2	Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the	80	-5	36	19	12	-13	85	-22	56	100
134	Maldives	39.1	Maldivian Divehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from	44	0	100	32	6	86	68	62	28	10
135	Romania	38.2	Romanian, Hungarian, German	80	-4	65	62	18	94	-100	-66	82	100
136	Ghana	38.2	English (official), African languages (including Akan,	92	-4	20	-25	7	29	-38	30	71	100
137	Canada	38.2	English (official), French (official)	0	24	66	88	72	94	91	35	23	100
138	Germany	38.0	German	4	8	52	86	69	98	91	24	100	43
139	Yemen	37.9	Arabic	83	0	-20	-15	8	-24	75	50	50	100
140	Niger	37.6	French (official), Hausa, Djerma	88	0	72	-87	2	-73	74	45	59	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
141	Gibraltar	37.5	English (used in schools and for official purposes),	54	0	46	86	58	-100	90	30	100	2
142	Trinidad and Tobago	37.4	English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish	76	-78	36	62	35	96	83	31	71	46
143	Bangladesh	37.3	Bangla (official), English	94	-3	-41	-49	4	-24	88	55	80	10
144	Cyprus	37.2	Greek, Turkish, English	0	2	100	83	45	88	82	24	100	100
145	Cambodia	36.8	Khmer (official), French	87	0	72	-71	2	-30	52	15	43	100
146	Liechtenstein	36.3	German (official), Alemannic dialect	-22	21	94	87	77	100	98	30	100	50
147	France	36.1	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and	0	2	50	87	76	98	90	23	82	93
148	Suriname	35.5	Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo	54	-36	20	52	11	86	60	40	70	100
149	Nigeria	35.4	English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani	79	1	-12	-21	4	14	40	33	49	82
150	Cote d'Ivoire	35.0	French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most	79	-8	72	-60	6	-20	83	65	-25	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
151	Slovenia	34.8	Slovenian 91%, Serbo-Croatian 6%, other 3%	13	1	72	84	33	98	52	32	54	100
152	Antigua and Barbuda	34.7	English (official), local dialects	44	-28	80	60	25	78	88	33	4	69
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.6	Serbo-Croatian (often called Bosnian) 99%	0	100	-60	39	6	60	100	100	-59	100
154	Burma	34.5	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages	56	0	72	-29	4	66	-50	60	81	100
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	34.3	English	15	-8	83	60	19	94	84	58	52	64
156	American Samoa	34.0	Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian	0	16	52	78	9	94	100	30	100	32
157	Belgium	33.9	Flemish 56%, French 32%, German 1%, legally bilingual 11%	0	4	49	85	77	98	92	23	74	30
158	Denmark	33.5	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect), German	-8	15	68	85	77	98	89	30	28	79
159	China	32.5	Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the	0	-2	100	29	12	63	86	88	94	75
160	Mauritania	32.2	Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof	87	-19	8	-34	6	-25	76	60	-22	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
161	New Caledonia	31.8	French, 28 Melanesian Polynesian dialects	-1	1	40	75	27	82	92	30	100	100
162	West Bank	31.7	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	44	19	-12	55	5	60	58	-69	96	36
163	Mali	31.5	French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages	74	6	72	-90	2	-38	85	60	7	0
164	Saint Lucia	31.4	English (official), French patois	44	-23	40	66	13	34	100	8	56	40
165	San Marino	31.2	Italian	-28	18	86	91	67	92	74	48	100	24
166	Saint Helena	31.0	English	0	0	72	56	3	94	100	30	75	100
167	Namibia	30.6	English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of	61	0	-20	-30	12	-24	60	30	90	100
168	French Guiana	30.5	French	12	59	4	75	20	66	88	30	-100	100
169	Gabon	30.4	French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira,	57	0	60	-35	17	26	69	30	-30	100
170	Malawi	29.9	English (official), Chichewa (official), other languages	84	0	72	-100	3	13	-100	60	47	96
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
171	Oman	29.8	Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects	30	4	72	55	27	-100	95	35	65	100
172	Comoros	29.6	Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of	64	0	20	-29	2	15	82	35	-10	40
173	Lebanon	29.3	Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian widely	22	0	28	47	15	73	55	40	70	29
174		29.2	French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca	63	0	72	-67	7	50	85	40	-100	100
175	Guyana	28.7	English, Amerindian dialects	67	-58	52	16	8	96	78	50	-67	100
176	Latvia	28.5	Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other	0	-26	72	60	14	100	63	60	100	100
177	Liberia	27.5	English 20% (official), about 20 tribal languages, of which	0	100	72	-52	3	-23	100	30	-54	100
178	Botswana	27.3	English (official), Setswana	28	0	20	-23	11	40	50	60	75	100
179	Israel	27.0	Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab	-20	21	69	84	58	90	55	19	61	36
180	Tuvalu	26.4	Tuvaluan, English	-10	0	72	45	3	60	80	87	100	25
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
181	Libya	26.2	Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the	46	0	0	12	22	52	-50	5	86	100
182	Guinea	25.5	French (official), each tribe has its own language	84	-61	72	-99	4	-28	82	48	28	100
183	Pitcairn Islands	25.2	English (official), Tahitian/English dialect	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
184	Norfolk Island	25.2	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
185	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	25.2	English, Malay	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
186	Christmas Island	25.2	English	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
187		25.2	English	0	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	75	100
188	Sierra Leone	24.8	English (official, regular use limited to literate	89	45	72	-97	2	-37	-100	-100	17	100
189	Cuba	24.4	Spanish	0	-6	68	81	5	91	100	25	-24	100
190	Svalbard	24.2	Russian, Norwegian	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	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-vancy	Land Per Cap
191	Haiti	24.1	French (official) 20%, Creole	91	-14	-100	-57	4	-10	15	11	78	41
192	Martinique	23.8	French, Creole patois	-11	-0	6	87	33	86	80	30	91	26
193	Vanuatu	23.5	English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as	14	0	72	-0	4	6	89	30	45	100
194	Seychelles	23.1	English (official), French (official), Creole	12	-25	72	65	23	16	100	30	38	58
195	Serbia and Montenegro	23.0	Serbo-Croatian 95%, Albanian 5%	0	0	100	0	8	60	65	70	8	91
196	Tonga	22.7	Tongan, English	-0	-5	53	37	8	97	90	10	41	66
197	Wake Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
198	Tromelin Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
199	Spratly Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
200	Paracel 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-vancy	Land Per Cap
201	Palmyra Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
202	Pacific Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
203	Navassa Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
204	Midway Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
205	Kingman Reef	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
206	Juan de Nova Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
207	Johnston Atoll	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
208	Jarvis Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
209	Jan Mayen	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
210	Iraq	22.6	Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian,	0	0	72	5	7	16	100	0	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-vancy	Land Per Cap
211	Indian Ocean	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
212	Howland Island	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	Europa Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
215	Coral Sea Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
216	Clipperton Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
217	Bouvet Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
218	Bassas da India	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
219	Baker Island	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
220	Atlantic Ocean	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-vancy	Land Per Cap
221	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
222	Arctic Ocean	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		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
225		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
226		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
227		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
228		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
229		22.6	unknown	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	50
230	Somalia	22.2	Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English	0	64	72	-95	2	-52	100	40	35	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
231	Sudan	22.0	Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of	89	-7	-20	-20	3	-8	-35	50	-53	0
232	Jamaica	21.2	English, Creole	37	-34	36	73	12	70	15	-14	33	41
233	Holy See (Vatican City)	21.2	Italian, Latin, various other languages	0	0	72	0	3	60	85	30	75	5
234	Guatemala	21.2	Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 Amerindian	0	-8	79	22	13	11	55	41	85	90
235	Zambia	20.8	English (official), major vernaculars-Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi,	81	-3	12	-67	3	56	-100	35	-64	100
236	Monaco	20.1	French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque	-60	21	88	86	83	60	100	30	100	1
237	Montserrat	19.2	English	0	-8	76	76	17	94	69	-100	53	78
238	Cape Verde	18.7	Portuguese, Crioulo, a blend of Portuguese and West African	15	-50	100	28	5	43	69	45	25	100
239		18.7	English, French patois	9	-30	-40	69	7	92	82	10	100	28
240	World	18.2	unknown	0	0	-20	6	22	60	100	40	75	0
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
241	Albania	18.2	Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek	56	-17	44	28	5	44	-100	-80	71	82
242	Grenada	17.0	English (official), French patois	16	-60	20	72	11	96	84	31	35	35
243	Nauru	16.4	Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language),	-30	2	100	31	33	60	100	30	33	20
244		15.4	Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian	0	-4	-20	64	3	60	82	15	-6	100
245	Mongolia	15.2	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian, Chinese	0	0	40	-6	7	66	12	33	82	0
246	Western Sahara	15.0	Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic	0	-19	72	-100	3	60	100	30	75	100
247	Dominica	14.5	English (official), French patois	25	-97	40	83	8	88	92	37	-6	100
248	Uzbekistan	13.4	Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%	0	-11	80	-8	8	94	-100	24	92	100
249	Sweden	13.2	Swedish	-66	7	74	90	66	98	90	21	25	100
250	Afghanistan	12.6	Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic languages	0	69	68	-100	3	-37	-100	30	76	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
251	Greenland	12.5	Eskimo dialects, Danish, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)	-48	0	58	58	54	60	97	6	49	100
252	Cook Islands	12.1	English (official), Maori	0	-27	72	56	13	60	87	30	-100	100
253	Gaza Strip	9.6	Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many	-56	76	-12	58	4	60	58	-69	100	3
254	Central African Republic	8.9	French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national	-15	-7	76	-71	3	20	80	30	46	100
255	Kiribati	8.5	English (official), Gilbertese	-54	-3	92	16	3	60	100	19	77	85
256	Reunion	8.0	French (official), Creole widely used	-50	0	-40	82	14	58	100	40	100	35
257	Angola	7.3	Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages	39	7	72	-100	3	-16	-100	90	-100	100
258	Wallis and Futuna	4.1	French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)	-53	-30	72	63	7	0	100	30	100	100
259	Djibouti	1.9	French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar	33	-48	-60	-62	4	-8	85	5	-6	100
260	Faroe Islands	0.9	Faroese (derived from Old Norse), Danish	-17	-86	56	82	54	60	86	60	-92	100
Rank	Country	Our Rating	Main Languages	Free Econ-omy	Foot Voters	Jobs	Health	Std of Living	Educa-tion	Stable Money	Econ Growth	Sol-vancy	Land Per Cap
261	Tajikistan	-2.1	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and	0	-27	90	-57	2	96	-100	-100	69	100
262	Guinea-Bissau	-3.7	Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	0	0	72	-75	3	8	-100	50	-66	100
263	Niue	-5.1	Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English	-100	0	72	0	4	90	75	30	100	100
264	Mayotte	-6.1	Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French	-100	55	-52	-14	2	60	100	30	100	26
265	Tokelau	-6.5	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English	-100	0	72	0	3	60	100	30	100	69
266	Marshall Islands	-8.0	English (universally spoken and is the official language),	-58	0	36	24	6	86	80	20	-100	29
267	Korea, North	-11.3	Korean	-77	0	72	-44	3	98	100	-37	-10	57
268	Sao Tome and Principe	-25.4	Portuguese (official)	-48	-17	-12	12	3	46	-100	15	-100	64