European nations providing excessive residing requirements, sturdy public companies and broad private freedoms proceed to set the worldwide benchmark for high quality of life with a number of Nordic and Western European nations standing out for his or her efficiency throughout well being, setting and social indicators.
European nations occupy the highest positions within the 2025 World Passport Index High quality of Life rankings, based on current knowledge revealed by World Citizen Options.
Sweden ranked first within the index, adopted by Finland, Germany and Denmark. Norway moved into the highest tier in the course of the 2021–25 interval whereas Luxembourg and the UK recorded enhancements of their scores.
Spain remained among the many high ten nations measured.
The standard of life dimension evaluates nations primarily based on indicators associated to human growth, private freedom, environmental efficiency, price of residing, happiness and migrant acceptance.
The rankings draw on knowledge from worldwide sources together with the United Nations, World Financial institution, World Happiness Report, Yale Environmental Efficiency Index and Gallup Migrant Acceptance Survey.
The index is designed to evaluate how nations carry out as locations to reside moderately than locations to go to. It combines goal measures similar to healthcare entry, security and governance with subjective indicators together with life satisfaction and social inclusion.
Outdoors Europe, Japan ranked because the main nation in Asia inside the high quality of life dimension, supported by scores linked to infrastructure, healthcare and security.
Taiwan and South Korea confirmed motion over the evaluation interval whereas Bhutan recorded gradual good points from a decrease base.
Within the Americas, Chile posted the strongest restoration in high quality of life scores after a mid-period decline. Uruguay and Argentina confirmed extra average adjustments. The US skilled a decline earlier within the interval adopted by a partial restoration by 2025, based on the index knowledge.
Australia and New Zealand continued to rank extremely in Oceania. Smaller island states together with Tuvalu and Palau registered enhancements over the interval reviewed.
