Here are some reports on various metrics:
Sources:
- World Happiness Report 2023
- Human Development Index (HDI) 2023
- Democracy Index 2023
- Global Peace Index 2023
- World Press Freedom Index 2023
Top 10 Countries per Report:
World Happiness Report 2023:
- Finland
- Denmark
- Switzerland
- Iceland
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
- Austria
Human Development Index (HDI) 2023:
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Ireland
- Germany
- Hong Kong, China (SAR)
- Australia
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Singapore
- Netherlands
Democracy Index 2023:
- Norway
- New Zealand
- Finland
- Sweden
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Taiwan
- Australia
- Canada
Global Peace Index 2023:
- Iceland
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Austria
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Czech Republic
- Singapore
- Japan
World Press Freedom Index 2023:
- Norway
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Finland
- Netherlands
- Jamaica
- New Zealand
- Costa Rica
- Switzerland
Aggregate Top 10 Based on Rank:
-
Norway
- Happiness: 6
- HDI: 1
- Democracy: 1
- Peace: 17
- Press Freedom: 1
- Total Score: 26
-
Denmark
- Happiness: 2
- HDI: 11
- Democracy: 6
- Peace: 4
- Press Freedom: 3
- Total Score: 26
-
Iceland
- Happiness: 4
- HDI: 7
- Democracy: 5
- Peace: 1
- Press Freedom: 11
- Total Score: 28
-
Ireland
- Happiness: 15
- HDI: 3
- Democracy: 7
- Peace: 3
- Press Freedom: 2
- Total Score: 30
-
New Zealand
- Happiness: 9
- HDI: 14
- Democracy: 2
- Peace: 2
- Press Freedom: 8
- Total Score: 35
-
Finland
- Happiness: 1
- HDI: 13
- Democracy: 3
- Peace: 14
- Press Freedom: 5
- Total Score: 36
-
Sweden
- Happiness: 7
- HDI: 8
- Democracy: 4
- Peace: 13
- Press Freedom: 4
- Total Score: 36
-
Switzerland
- Happiness: 3
- HDI: 2
- Democracy: 11
- Peace: 11
- Press Freedom: 10
- Total Score: 37
-
Netherlands
- Happiness: 5
- HDI: 10
- Democracy: 12
- Peace: 16
- Press Freedom: 6
- Total Score: 49
-
Australia
- Happiness: 12
- HDI: 6
- Democracy: 9
- Peace: 19
- Press Freedom: 26
- Total Score: 72
This is just a simple aggregation based on rank, such that the lowest score wins.
Edit: There is no difference in score between Norway and Denmark, I tried to number both as 1 but can’t figure out the correct markdown. Finland and Sweden also shares the same aggregate score. And Australia refuses to get in line.
Canadian here and surprised / not surprised by the ranking
I'm indigenous Canadian who grew up in a semi remote community ... My family didn't have running water or indoor plumbing until 1989! In Canada! A supposed first world country.
Nice idea, I think a webpage collecting this information to create a top 50 would be really interesting. One question: Where did you find your used ranking of the World Hapiness Report, I found this page but this seems different, eg. Israel is on the 4th place.
I agree, I thought I had it from that linked report, but there seems to be the three year average. With those numbers, Denmark moves to nr one, one point ahead of Norway which is then tied with Iceland, and Sweden moves up one point ahead of Finland.
As this is such a simple way to do it though, these minor points between the top countries does not mean anything. All these countries are safe choices.
