The Economist have a service which aggregates rankings they publish in their newspaper.
Here’s how Australia stacks up
- 2nd (Melbourne), 4th (Perth), 6th (Adelaide) and 7th (Sydney) most livable cities in the world. Also 4 out of the top 10 destinations for business travel (Brisbane comes in at 8th)
- 6th: Most forested areas
- 6th: Highest life expectancy (81 years old)
- 6th: Highest computer ownership (68.9%)
- 6th: Quality of life
- 8th: Democracy
- 8th: “E-readiness”
- 9th: Best business environment
- 17th: Highest male obesity (24th for female)
I always though Australia did much worse in the obesity figures (17th ) so I’m glad to see it doing better than Germany (12th worst), which from my observation always seemed a lot skinnier.
As is typical, those darn Scandinavians generally rank highly in all the good things: democracy, technology, peace and quality of life, however also suffer from high cost of living. I think it’d be worth it though.
