An interesting compilation can be seen here.
And the #1 country in the world, regardless of what Aki Kaurismaki may think, is … Finland! 
Thailand ranks 58th, just ahead of China and behind that paradise called Albania.
Further solidifies my plan to move to Canada.
We’re trailing the Aussies?! This Canadian demands a recount.
I thought you people only politely requested recounts?
Well get you unemployment down, increase your years in education, reduce time to start a new business, increase your life expectancy, reduce your homicides and you may have a chance! But you will always be behind the eightball with the USA so close to you!
Interesting that we have a very similair political environment, maybe because we are nice people.
But I still fail to see how Finland beat Australia and I’m half Finnish.
Occasionally, but I mean they don’t even have the decency to have a decent snowfall. Look at the top 7 - all countries filled with people that know how to shovel a driveway. Except for them. bum bum bum! 
sisu, should I guess that this will get trumpeted by both parties on the campaign trail? It would up here
I thought it was rather interesting that Iran was in front of South Africa.
We’re Number 7! We’re Number 7! WooT!
That sounds just about right - good enough to be a great place to live, but not too high to make everyone want to move here.
Lol. That sounds so Canadian, eh? “We’re number 7! We’re number 7!”. The funny thing is that, as a Canadian, I’m very happy to join in with the cheer.
Ah, this means there are only about 19 other countries to consider when I decide to leave my island home.
Hmm. Some of the methodologies seem a bit woolly. And the first metric I looked at gave Australia’s average years of schooling at 20.5 years, compared with the 13-16 years of most of the rest of the top 20 countries. A figure of 20.5 implies an additional 8 years after the completion of secondary education, which severely strains credibility.
Fun to read, but I wouldn’t give much for the individual countries’ rankings, except in a very broad sense.
Hmm, time for an “Ask the Finnish guy” thread?
Sweden only got there due to ABBA,
After our elections on Saturday Australia could drop a notch.
Talking of elections, I bet compulsory voting skewed their numbers in the “political participation” section
I like the idea of compulsory voting - that seems like truly the least you should do for your country, show up and mark a ballot once every four years or so.
And anybody who can leaves the country during elections I’ve been told.
If you click Low Income Groups, Thailand ranks fourth, behind only Ukraine, Jordan and, again, Albania.
I’m surprised that Sweden is behind Finland. Let’s face it Finns, in D&D terms, Sweden is Finland +1. They got better food, better music, fashion sense, health care, Better capital (Stockholm is gorgeous). They’re more progressive and make better TV and films. They usually beat us at hockey. Their women are prettier. Sure, they all look like they came from the same mould, but it’s a pretty mould. They got beautiful ski resorts, on actual mountains! They got submarines! Frickin submarines!
Let’s face it, Sweden is better.
I wonder who Burkina Faso will pick in next year’s draft.
Thailand is #7 in terms of biggest shadow economies. (Georgia is #1. The country, not the US state … I think!)
Sweden has moldy women? 