Table 1.6 Economic Quality-of-Life Index Principal Component 1 of the Economic Quality-of-Life Indicators, 2018 Rank Region Country EQLX Source 1 DME Monaco 2.456 PRIN1(EQL) 2 DME Iceland 1.614 PRIN1(EQL) 3 SEA Macao (Ch) 1.581 PRIN1(EQL) 4 DME Liechtenstein 1.574 PRIN1(EQL) 5 DME Norway 1.566 PRIN1(EQL) 6 DME Luxembourg 1.560 PRIN1(EQL) 7 DME Svalbard (Norw) 1.512 PRIN1(EQL) 8 SEA Singapore 1.488 PRIN1(EQL) 9 DME Bermuda (UK) 1.389 PRIN1(EQL) 10 DME Sweden 1.357 PRIN1(EQL) 11 DME Switzerland 1.349 PRIN1(EQL) 12 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 1.348 PRIN1(EQL) 13 DME San Marino 1.347 PRIN1(EQL) 14 DME Finland 1.336 PRIN1(EQL) 15 DME Japan 1.310 PRIN1(EQL) 16 DME Ireland 1.304 PRIN1(EQL) 17 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 1.300 PRIN1(EQL) 18 DME Jersey (UK) 1.262 PRIN1(EQL) 19 DME Quebec (Can Home) 1.260 PRIN1(EQL) 20 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 1.257 PRIN1(EQL) 21 DME Australia 1.241 PRIN1(EQL) 22 MEA Qatar 1.235 PRIN1(EQL) 23 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 1.218 PRIN1(EQL) 24 DME Guernsey (UK) 1.215 PRIN1(EQL) 25 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 1.210 PRIN1(EQL) 26 DME Falkland Is (UK) 1.205 PRIN1(EQL) 27 DME Trento (It Home) 1.202 PRIN1(EQL) 28 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 1.198 PRIN1(EQL) 29 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 1.193 PRIN1(EQL) 30 DME Austria 1.187 PRIN1(EQL) 31 DME Gibraltar (UK) 1.171 PRIN1(EQL) 32 DME Isle of Man (UK) 1.167 PRIN1(EQL) 33 SEA Korea, South 1.163 PRIN1(EQL) 34 DME Canada 1.148 PRIN1(EQL) 35 DME Netherlands 1.142 PRIN1(EQL) 36 DME Israel 1.131 PRIN1(EQL) 37 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 1.125 PRIN1(EQL) 38 DME Denmark 1.123 PRIN1(EQL) 39 DME France 1.122 PRIN1(EQL) 40 DME Belgium 1.122 PRIN1(EQL) 41 DME Italy 1.120 PRIN1(EQL) 42 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 1.106 PRIN1(EQL) 43 DME Spain 1.104 PRIN1(EQL) 44 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 1.102 PRIN1(EQL) 45 DME Germany 1.100 PRIN1(EQL) 46 DME Andorra 1.089 PRIN1(EQL) 47 EEU Slovenia 1.076 PRIN1(EQL) 48 DME Faroe Is (Den) 1.067 PRIN1(EQL) 49 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 1.055 PRIN1(EQL) 50 DME New Zealand 1.051 PRIN1(EQL) 51 MEA United Arab Emirates 1.050 PRIN1(EQL) 52 DME United States 1.037 PRIN1(EQL) 53 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 1.034 PRIN1(EQL) 54 MEA Cyprus 1.030 PRIN1(EQL) 55 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.996 PRIN1(EQL) 56 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.995 PRIN1(EQL) 57 DME United Kingdom 0.995 PRIN1(EQL) 58 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.983 PRIN1(EQL) 59 DME South US (US Home) 0.965 PRIN1(EQL) 60 SEA Taiwan 0.958 PRIN1(EQL) 61 MEA Bahrain 0.952 PRIN1(EQL) 62 DME Scotland (UK Home) 0.939 PRIN1(EQL) 63 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.929 PRIN1(EQL) 64 USR Estonia 0.927 PRIN1(EQL) 65 DME Malta 0.925 PRIN1(EQL) 66 EEU Czechia 0.908 PRIN1(EQL) 67 DME Portugal 0.908 PRIN1(EQL) 68 MEA Kuwait 0.903 PRIN1(EQL) 69 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0.882 PRIN1(EQL) 70 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.868 PRIN1(EQL) 71 DME Holy See 0.867 PRIN1(EQL) 72 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 0.854 PRIN1(EQL) 73 DME Wales (UK Home) 0.850 PRIN1(EQL) 74 DME Greece 0.843 PRIN1(EQL) 75 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.815 PRIN1(EQL) 76 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.802 PRIN1(EQL) 77 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.773 PRIN1(EQL) 78 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.762 PRIN1(EQL) 79 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.759 PRIN1(EQL) 80 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.749 PRIN1(EQL) 81 MEA Saudi Arabia 0.741 PRIN1(EQL) 82 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.729 PRIN1(EQL) 83 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.720 PRIN1(EQL) 84 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.672 PRIN1(EQL) 85 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.669 PRIN1(EQL) 86 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.669 PRIN1(EQL) 87 SEA Brunei 0.666 PRIN1(EQL) 88 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.666 PRIN1(EQL) 89 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.655 PRIN1(EQL) 90 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.644 PRIN1(EQL) 91 SEA Guam (US) 0.644 PRIN1(EQL) 92 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.644 PRIN1(EQL) 93 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.634 PRIN1(EQL) 94 USR Lithuania 0.628 PRIN1(EQL) 95 DME Greenland (Den) 0.628 PRIN1(EQL) 96 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.616 PRIN1(EQL) 97 EEU Slovakia 0.611 PRIN1(EQL) 98 EEU Poland 0.611 PRIN1(EQL) 99 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.602 PRIN1(EQL) 100 EEU Croatia 0.596 PRIN1(EQL) 101 EEU Hungary 0.594 PRIN1(EQL) 102 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.583 PRIN1(EQL) 103 LAM Chile 0.574 PRIN1(EQL) 104 MEA Oman 0.565 PRIN1(EQL) 105 EEU Montenegro 0.542 PRIN1(EQL) 106 USR Latvia 0.538 PRIN1(EQL) 107 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.530 PRIN1(EQL) 108 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.519 PRIN1(EQL) 109 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.500 PRIN1(EQL) 110 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.488 PRIN1(EQL) 111 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.463 PRIN1(EQL) 112 LAM Uruguay 0.462 PRIN1(EQL) 113 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.433 PRIN1(EQL) 114 USR Russia 0.416 PRIN1(EQL) 115 LAM Bahamas 0.405 PRIN1(EQL) 116 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.380 PRIN1(EQL) 117 SEA Malaysia 0.372 PRIN1(EQL) 118 USR Belarus 0.358 PRIN1(EQL) 119 LAM Costa Rica 0.356 PRIN1(EQL) 120 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.354 PRIN1(EQL) 121 EEU Romania 0.348 PRIN1(EQL) 122 EEU Bulgaria 0.337 PRIN1(EQL) 123 MEA Lebanon 0.326 PRIN1(EQL) 124 CPA China 0.324 PRIN1(EQL) 125 LAM Panama 0.307 PRIN1(EQL) 126 MEA Turkiye 0.306 PRIN1(EQL) 127 EEU Serbia 0.300 PRIN1(EQL) 128 LAM Argentina 0.294 PRIN1(EQL) 129 SAS Maldives 0.274 PRIN1(EQL) 130 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.263 PRIN1(EQL) 131 LAM Barbados 0.252 PRIN1(EQL) 132 USR Kazakhstan 0.244 PRIN1(EQL) 133 EEU Bosnia 0.242 PRIN1(EQL) 134 SEA Thailand 0.239 PRIN1(EQL) 135 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.221 PRIN1(EQL) 136 LAM Cuba 0.216 PRIN1(EQL) 137 MEA Libya 0.215 PRIN1(EQL) 138 AFR Seychelles 0.207 PRIN1(EQL) 139 EEU North Macedonia 0.178 PRIN1(EQL) 140 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.176 PRIN1(EQL) 141 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.148 PRIN1(EQL) 142 SEA Palau 0.124 PRIN1(EQL) 143 EEU Albania 0.102 PRIN1(EQL) 144 AFR Mauritius 0.085 PRIN1(EQL) 145 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 0.072 PRIN1(EQL) 146 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.063 PRIN1(EQL) 147 LAM Mexico 0.043 PRIN1(EQL) 148 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.021 PRIN1(EQL) 149 LAM Brazil 0.008 PRIN1(EQL) 150 EEU Kosovo -0.006 PRIN1(EQL) 151 USR Georgia -0.013 PRIN1(EQL) 152 LAM Colombia -0.033 PRIN1(EQL) 153 MEA Iran -0.034 PRIN1(EQL) 154 LAM Grenada -0.045 PRIN1(EQL) 155 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) -0.049 PRIN1(EQL) 156 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) -0.051 PRIN1(EQL) 157 LAM Ecuador -0.075 PRIN1(EQL) 158 LAM Suriname -0.075 PRIN1(EQL) 159 LAM Peru -0.076 PRIN1(EQL) 160 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) -0.079 PRIN1(EQL) 161 USR Armenia -0.115 PRIN1(EQL) 162 LAM Saint Lucia -0.116 PRIN1(EQL) 163 LAM Saint Vincent -0.123 PRIN1(EQL) 164 SAS Sri Lanka -0.123 PRIN1(EQL) 165 USR Ukraine -0.124 PRIN1(EQL) 166 MEA West Bank -0.128 PRIN1(EQL) 167 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) -0.163 PRIN1(EQL) 168 LAM Paraguay -0.200 PRIN1(EQL) 169 MEA Jordan -0.207 PRIN1(EQL) 170 SEA Niue (NZ) -0.222 PRIN1(EQL) 171 LAM Belize -0.234 PRIN1(EQL) 172 MEA Tunisia -0.245 PRIN1(EQL) 173 USR Azerbaijan -0.247 PRIN1(EQL) 174 LAM Dominican Republic -0.249 PRIN1(EQL) 175 MEA Algeria -0.275 PRIN1(EQL) 176 CPA Mongolia -0.283 PRIN1(EQL) 177 LAM Jamaica -0.305 PRIN1(EQL) 178 LAM Dominica -0.331 PRIN1(EQL) 179 USR Moldova -0.336 PRIN1(EQL) 180 AFR South Africa -0.350 PRIN1(EQL) 181 CPA Vietnam -0.354 PRIN1(EQL) 182 LAM El Salvador -0.364 PRIN1(EQL) 183 LAM Venezuela -0.372 PRIN1(EQL) 184 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) -0.381 PRIN1(EQL) 185 SAS Bhutan -0.382 PRIN1(EQL) 186 AFR Cabo Verde -0.389 PRIN1(EQL) 187 USR Turkmenistan -0.390 PRIN1(EQL) 188 MEA Egypt -0.426 PRIN1(EQL) 189 MEA Iraq -0.441 PRIN1(EQL) 190 SEA Marshall Islands -0.462 PRIN1(EQL) 191 MEA Morocco -0.464 PRIN1(EQL) 192 SEA Fiji -0.467 PRIN1(EQL) 193 AFR Botswana -0.473 PRIN1(EQL) 194 LAM Guyana -0.474 PRIN1(EQL) 195 SEA Nauru -0.475 PRIN1(EQL) 196 SEA Indonesia -0.510 PRIN1(EQL) 197 SEA Tonga -0.514 PRIN1(EQL) 198 AFR Gabon -0.514 PRIN1(EQL) 199 SEA Samoa -0.527 PRIN1(EQL) 200 LAM Guatemala -0.530 PRIN1(EQL) 201 USR Uzbekistan -0.547 PRIN1(EQL) 202 SEA Philippines -0.585 PRIN1(EQL) 203 LAM Honduras -0.593 PRIN1(EQL) 204 LAM Nicaragua -0.603 PRIN1(EQL) 205 SEA Tokelau (NZ) -0.607 PRIN1(EQL) 206 AFR Namibia -0.628 PRIN1(EQL) 207 USR Kyrgyzstan -0.648 PRIN1(EQL) 208 LAM Bolivia -0.670 PRIN1(EQL) 209 MEA Gaza Strip -0.732 PRIN1(EQL) 210 SEA Micronesia (US) -0.762 PRIN1(EQL) 211 SAS India -0.768 PRIN1(EQL) 212 AFR Equatorial Guinea -0.812 PRIN1(EQL) 213 USR Donetsk People's Rep -0.817 PRIN1(EQL) 214 CPA Laos -0.825 PRIN1(EQL) 215 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) -0.826 PRIN1(EQL) 216 CPA Korea, North -0.848 PRIN1(EQL) 217 SEA Tuvalu -0.856 PRIN1(EQL) 218 USR Transnistria -0.858 PRIN1(EQL) 219 SAS Bangladesh -0.866 PRIN1(EQL) 220 AFR Eswatini -0.891 PRIN1(EQL) 221 MEA Syria -0.918 PRIN1(EQL) 222 USR South Ossetia -0.921 PRIN1(EQL) 223 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) -0.923 PRIN1(EQL) 224 AFR Sao Tome & Principe -0.931 PRIN1(EQL) 225 USR Tajikistan -0.944 PRIN1(EQL) 226 CPA Cambodia -0.947 PRIN1(EQL) 227 SEA Vanuatu -0.971 PRIN1(EQL) 228 SEA Solomon Islands -1.022 PRIN1(EQL) 229 USR Abkhazia -1.029 PRIN1(EQL) 230 SEA Papua New Guinea -1.081 PRIN1(EQL) 231 AFR Ghana -1.088 PRIN1(EQL) 232 USR Luhansk People's Rep -1.098 PRIN1(EQL) 233 AFR Mauritania -1.123 PRIN1(EQL) 234 AFR Angola -1.132 PRIN1(EQL) 235 SAS Pakistan -1.136 PRIN1(EQL) 236 AFR Djibouti -1.140 PRIN1(EQL) 237 CPA Myanmar -1.155 PRIN1(EQL) 238 SAS Nepal -1.157 PRIN1(EQL) 239 AFR Senegal -1.168 PRIN1(EQL) 240 AFR Congo, Republic -1.172 PRIN1(EQL) 241 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) -1.197 PRIN1(EQL) 242 AFR Zambia -1.200 PRIN1(EQL) 243 AFR Kenya -1.224 PRIN1(EQL) 244 AFR Zimbabwe -1.243 PRIN1(EQL) 245 AFR Sudan -1.282 PRIN1(EQL) 246 AFR Cote d'Ivore -1.314 PRIN1(EQL) 247 SEA Kiribati -1.321 PRIN1(EQL) 248 AFR Cameroon -1.341 PRIN1(EQL) 249 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) -1.361 PRIN1(EQL) 250 SEA Timor-Leste -1.391 PRIN1(EQL) 251 AFR W Sahara (Mor) -1.422 PRIN1(EQL) 252 AFR Tanzania -1.439 PRIN1(EQL) 253 AFR Comoros -1.506 PRIN1(EQL) 254 AFR Nigeria -1.540 PRIN1(EQL) 255 AFR Lesotho -1.558 PRIN1(EQL) 256 AFR Gambia -1.561 PRIN1(EQL) 257 AFR Ethiopia -1.563 PRIN1(EQL) 258 LAM Haiti -1.575 PRIN1(EQL) 259 MEA Yemen -1.583 PRIN1(EQL) 260 AFR Benin -1.588 PRIN1(EQL) 261 AFR Uganda -1.596 PRIN1(EQL) 262 AFR Togo -1.598 PRIN1(EQL) 263 AFR Eritrea -1.601 PRIN1(EQL) 264 AFR Rwanda -1.601 PRIN1(EQL) 265 SAS Afghanistan -1.638 PRIN1(EQL) 266 AFR Mali -1.669 PRIN1(EQL) 267 AFR Mozambique -1.669 PRIN1(EQL) 268 AFR Malawi -1.715 PRIN1(EQL) 269 AFR Burkina Faso -1.738 PRIN1(EQL) 270 AFR Madagascar -1.750 PRIN1(EQL) 271 AFR Guinea -1.808 PRIN1(EQL) 272 AFR Liberia -1.854 PRIN1(EQL) 273 AFR Niger -1.920 PRIN1(EQL) 274 AFR Guinea-Bissau -1.929 PRIN1(EQL) 275 AFR Congo, Dem Republic -1.935 PRIN1(EQL) 276 AFR Sierra Leone -2.032 PRIN1(EQL) 277 AFR Somalia -2.108 PRIN1(EQL) 278 AFR Burundi -2.115 PRIN1(EQL) 279 AFR Chad -2.177 PRIN1(EQL) 280 AFR Central African Rep -2.249 PRIN1(EQL) 281 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) -2.297 PRIN1(EQL) 282 AFR South Sudan -2.398 PRIN1(EQL)