Table 1.13 Ecomonico-Political Quality-of-Life Index Principal Component 1 of the Economic and Political Quality-of-Life Indicators, 2018 Rank Region Country EPQLX Source 1 DME Monaco 2.176 PRIN1(EPQL) 2 DME Norway 1.791 PRIN1(EPQL) 3 DME Svalbard (Norw) 1.694 PRIN1(EPQL) 4 DME Iceland 1.667 PRIN1(EPQL) 5 DME Sweden 1.622 PRIN1(EPQL) 6 DME Luxembourg 1.610 PRIN1(EPQL) 7 DME Finland 1.608 PRIN1(EPQL) 8 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 1.546 PRIN1(EPQL) 9 DME Switzerland 1.498 PRIN1(EPQL) 10 DME Netherlands 1.469 PRIN1(EPQL) 11 DME Ireland 1.454 PRIN1(EPQL) 12 DME Quebec (Can Home) 1.422 PRIN1(EPQL) 13 DME Liechtenstein 1.402 PRIN1(EPQL) 14 DME Denmark 1.389 PRIN1(EPQL) 15 DME Faroe Is (Den) 1.378 PRIN1(EPQL) 16 DME Belgium 1.377 PRIN1(EPQL) 17 DME Australia 1.362 PRIN1(EPQL) 18 DME San Marino 1.356 PRIN1(EPQL) 19 DME Germany 1.325 PRIN1(EPQL) 20 DME Austria 1.315 PRIN1(EPQL) 21 DME Canada 1.313 PRIN1(EPQL) 22 SEA Macao (Ch) 1.297 PRIN1(EPQL) 23 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 1.274 PRIN1(EPQL) 24 DME New Zealand 1.262 PRIN1(EPQL) 25 DME Jersey (UK) 1.250 PRIN1(EPQL) 26 DME Japan 1.235 PRIN1(EPQL) 27 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 1.228 PRIN1(EPQL) 28 EEU Slovenia 1.223 PRIN1(EPQL) 29 DME Gibraltar (UK) 1.208 PRIN1(EPQL) 30 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 1.196 PRIN1(EPQL) 31 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 1.194 PRIN1(EPQL) 32 DME Bermuda (UK) 1.183 PRIN1(EPQL) 33 DME Trento (It Home) 1.179 PRIN1(EPQL) 34 DME Andorra 1.175 PRIN1(EPQL) 35 DME Guernsey (UK) 1.175 PRIN1(EPQL) 36 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 1.174 PRIN1(EPQL) 37 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 1.165 PRIN1(EPQL) 38 DME France 1.164 PRIN1(EPQL) 39 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 1.150 PRIN1(EPQL) 40 DME Spain 1.138 PRIN1(EPQL) 41 DME Falkland Is (UK) 1.129 PRIN1(EPQL) 42 EEU Czechia 1.123 PRIN1(EPQL) 43 DME Italy 1.104 PRIN1(EPQL) 44 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 1.100 PRIN1(EPQL) 45 DME United Kingdom 1.094 PRIN1(EPQL) 46 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 1.089 PRIN1(EPQL) 47 DME Isle of Man (UK) 1.069 PRIN1(EPQL) 48 MEA Cyprus 1.063 PRIN1(EPQL) 49 DME Scotland (UK Home) 1.051 PRIN1(EPQL) 50 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 1.047 PRIN1(EPQL) 51 DME Portugal 1.037 PRIN1(EPQL) 52 SEA Taiwan 1.034 PRIN1(EPQL) 53 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 1.031 PRIN1(EPQL) 54 SEA Korea, South 1.019 PRIN1(EPQL) 55 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 1.006 PRIN1(EPQL) 56 DME Wales (UK Home) 1.002 PRIN1(EPQL) 57 DME Israel 0.992 PRIN1(EPQL) 58 USR Estonia 0.985 PRIN1(EPQL) 59 DME Malta 0.947 PRIN1(EPQL) 60 DME United States 0.945 PRIN1(EPQL) 61 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.941 PRIN1(EPQL) 62 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.940 PRIN1(EPQL) 63 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.912 PRIN1(EPQL) 64 SEA Singapore 0.909 PRIN1(EPQL) 65 DME Greenland (Den) 0.904 PRIN1(EPQL) 66 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0.896 PRIN1(EPQL) 67 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.877 PRIN1(EPQL) 68 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.875 PRIN1(EPQL) 69 EEU Slovakia 0.869 PRIN1(EPQL) 70 DME Greece 0.866 PRIN1(EPQL) 71 DME South US (US Home) 0.862 PRIN1(EPQL) 72 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.848 PRIN1(EPQL) 73 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.839 PRIN1(EPQL) 74 DME Holy See 0.832 PRIN1(EPQL) 75 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.824 PRIN1(EPQL) 76 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.806 PRIN1(EPQL) 77 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.791 PRIN1(EPQL) 78 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.785 PRIN1(EPQL) 79 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.779 PRIN1(EPQL) 80 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.774 PRIN1(EPQL) 81 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.759 PRIN1(EPQL) 82 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.746 PRIN1(EPQL) 83 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.743 PRIN1(EPQL) 84 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.734 PRIN1(EPQL) 85 EEU Poland 0.708 PRIN1(EPQL) 86 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.706 PRIN1(EPQL) 87 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.703 PRIN1(EPQL) 88 MEA Qatar 0.701 PRIN1(EPQL) 89 EEU Croatia 0.678 PRIN1(EPQL) 90 USR Lithuania 0.676 PRIN1(EPQL) 91 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.671 PRIN1(EPQL) 92 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.670 PRIN1(EPQL) 93 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.670 PRIN1(EPQL) 94 SEA Guam (US) 0.666 PRIN1(EPQL) 95 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.657 PRIN1(EPQL) 96 LAM Chile 0.654 PRIN1(EPQL) 97 LAM Uruguay 0.640 PRIN1(EPQL) 98 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.621 PRIN1(EPQL) 99 MEA United Arab Emirates 0.620 PRIN1(EPQL) 100 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.612 PRIN1(EPQL) 101 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.608 PRIN1(EPQL) 102 MEA Kuwait 0.607 PRIN1(EPQL) 103 EEU Hungary 0.601 PRIN1(EPQL) 104 USR Latvia 0.579 PRIN1(EPQL) 105 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.572 PRIN1(EPQL) 106 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.557 PRIN1(EPQL) 107 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.502 PRIN1(EPQL) 108 EEU Romania 0.458 PRIN1(EPQL) 109 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.447 PRIN1(EPQL) 110 EEU Montenegro 0.446 PRIN1(EPQL) 111 LAM Costa Rica 0.419 PRIN1(EPQL) 112 LAM Bahamas 0.418 PRIN1(EPQL) 113 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.418 PRIN1(EPQL) 114 MEA Bahrain 0.401 PRIN1(EPQL) 115 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.383 PRIN1(EPQL) 116 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.359 PRIN1(EPQL) 117 LAM Argentina 0.350 PRIN1(EPQL) 118 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.341 PRIN1(EPQL) 119 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.334 PRIN1(EPQL) 120 EEU Bulgaria 0.324 PRIN1(EPQL) 121 EEU Serbia 0.294 PRIN1(EPQL) 122 LAM Barbados 0.282 PRIN1(EPQL) 123 MEA Oman 0.279 PRIN1(EPQL) 124 SEA Brunei 0.257 PRIN1(EPQL) 125 LAM Panama 0.256 PRIN1(EPQL) 126 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.252 PRIN1(EPQL) 127 AFR Mauritius 0.240 PRIN1(EPQL) 128 EEU Bosnia 0.233 PRIN1(EPQL) 129 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.209 PRIN1(EPQL) 130 MEA Saudi Arabia 0.147 PRIN1(EPQL) 131 SEA Palau 0.137 PRIN1(EPQL) 132 SEA Malaysia 0.135 PRIN1(EPQL) 133 USR Russia 0.134 PRIN1(EPQL) 134 EEU North Macedonia 0.134 PRIN1(EPQL) 135 MEA Lebanon 0.131 PRIN1(EPQL) 136 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.121 PRIN1(EPQL) 137 EEU Albania 0.118 PRIN1(EPQL) 138 AFR Seychelles 0.116 PRIN1(EPQL) 139 USR Belarus 0.110 PRIN1(EPQL) 140 LAM Grenada 0.070 PRIN1(EPQL) 141 SAS Maldives 0.070 PRIN1(EPQL) 142 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 0.054 PRIN1(EPQL) 143 LAM Saint Vincent 0.040 PRIN1(EPQL) 144 LAM Suriname 0.037 PRIN1(EPQL) 145 USR Kazakhstan 0.009 PRIN1(EPQL) 146 SEA Niue (NZ) 0.007 PRIN1(EPQL) 147 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) -0.004 PRIN1(EPQL) 148 USR Georgia -0.013 PRIN1(EPQL) 149 LAM Saint Lucia -0.020 PRIN1(EPQL) 150 LAM Brazil -0.054 PRIN1(EPQL) 151 MEA Turkiye -0.063 PRIN1(EPQL) 152 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) -0.065 PRIN1(EPQL) 153 EEU Kosovo -0.071 PRIN1(EPQL) 154 SEA Thailand -0.079 PRIN1(EPQL) 155 LAM Peru -0.085 PRIN1(EPQL) 156 USR Armenia -0.091 PRIN1(EPQL) 157 LAM Ecuador -0.110 PRIN1(EPQL) 158 LAM Jamaica -0.119 PRIN1(EPQL) 159 USR Ukraine -0.120 PRIN1(EPQL) 160 LAM Mexico -0.121 PRIN1(EPQL) 161 MEA Tunisia -0.121 PRIN1(EPQL) 162 CPA Mongolia -0.123 PRIN1(EPQL) 163 LAM Dominica -0.133 PRIN1(EPQL) 164 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) -0.141 PRIN1(EPQL) 165 USR Moldova -0.171 PRIN1(EPQL) 166 LAM Belize -0.173 PRIN1(EPQL) 167 LAM Cuba -0.188 PRIN1(EPQL) 168 LAM Colombia -0.190 PRIN1(EPQL) 169 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) -0.208 PRIN1(EPQL) 170 LAM Dominican Republic -0.219 PRIN1(EPQL) 171 SAS Sri Lanka -0.220 PRIN1(EPQL) 172 AFR Cabo Verde -0.226 PRIN1(EPQL) 173 SEA Marshall Islands -0.238 PRIN1(EPQL) 174 MEA Libya -0.251 PRIN1(EPQL) 175 LAM Paraguay -0.257 PRIN1(EPQL) 176 MEA Algeria -0.259 PRIN1(EPQL) 177 SEA Nauru -0.294 PRIN1(EPQL) 178 MEA Iran -0.304 PRIN1(EPQL) 179 SEA Tokelau (NZ) -0.305 PRIN1(EPQL) 180 SEA Tonga -0.315 PRIN1(EPQL) 181 CPA China -0.332 PRIN1(EPQL) 182 SEA Fiji -0.334 PRIN1(EPQL) 183 SEA Samoa -0.340 PRIN1(EPQL) 184 LAM El Salvador -0.344 PRIN1(EPQL) 185 MEA West Bank -0.402 PRIN1(EPQL) 186 LAM Guyana -0.412 PRIN1(EPQL) 187 MEA Jordan -0.414 PRIN1(EPQL) 188 SAS Bhutan -0.419 PRIN1(EPQL) 189 AFR South Africa -0.441 PRIN1(EPQL) 190 AFR Botswana -0.461 PRIN1(EPQL) 191 SEA Indonesia -0.464 PRIN1(EPQL) 192 USR Azerbaijan -0.495 PRIN1(EPQL) 193 USR Kyrgyzstan -0.501 PRIN1(EPQL) 194 LAM Venezuela -0.535 PRIN1(EPQL) 195 MEA Morocco -0.543 PRIN1(EPQL) 196 AFR Gabon -0.552 PRIN1(EPQL) 197 SEA Philippines -0.555 PRIN1(EPQL) 198 SEA Tuvalu -0.595 PRIN1(EPQL) 199 MEA Egypt -0.606 PRIN1(EPQL) 200 SEA Micronesia (US) -0.617 PRIN1(EPQL) 201 LAM Bolivia -0.647 PRIN1(EPQL) 202 LAM Guatemala -0.659 PRIN1(EPQL) 203 MEA Iraq -0.678 PRIN1(EPQL) 204 AFR Namibia -0.694 PRIN1(EPQL) 205 SEA Vanuatu -0.702 PRIN1(EPQL) 206 SAS India -0.707 PRIN1(EPQL) 207 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) -0.709 PRIN1(EPQL) 208 LAM Nicaragua -0.713 PRIN1(EPQL) 209 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) -0.715 PRIN1(EPQL) 210 USR Uzbekistan -0.732 PRIN1(EPQL) 211 AFR Sao Tome & Principe -0.745 PRIN1(EPQL) 212 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) -0.748 PRIN1(EPQL) 213 CPA Vietnam -0.788 PRIN1(EPQL) 214 LAM Honduras -0.801 PRIN1(EPQL) 215 AFR Ghana -0.821 PRIN1(EPQL) 216 USR Turkmenistan -0.836 PRIN1(EPQL) 217 SEA Solomon Islands -0.844 PRIN1(EPQL) 218 SEA Kiribati -0.853 PRIN1(EPQL) 219 USR Transnistria -0.943 PRIN1(EPQL) 220 SAS Bangladesh -0.944 PRIN1(EPQL) 221 SEA Papua New Guinea -0.972 PRIN1(EPQL) 222 SAS Nepal -0.987 PRIN1(EPQL) 223 USR Donetsk People's Rep -0.997 PRIN1(EPQL) 224 USR Tajikistan -1.004 PRIN1(EPQL) 225 SEA Timor-Leste -1.016 PRIN1(EPQL) 226 AFR Senegal -1.034 PRIN1(EPQL) 227 MEA Gaza Strip -1.036 PRIN1(EPQL) 228 CPA Cambodia -1.049 PRIN1(EPQL) 229 AFR Mauritania -1.055 PRIN1(EPQL) 230 USR Abkhazia -1.080 PRIN1(EPQL) 231 USR South Ossetia -1.083 PRIN1(EPQL) 232 SAS Pakistan -1.114 PRIN1(EPQL) 233 CPA Korea, North -1.120 PRIN1(EPQL) 234 CPA Myanmar -1.127 PRIN1(EPQL) 235 CPA Laos -1.140 PRIN1(EPQL) 236 AFR Kenya -1.150 PRIN1(EPQL) 237 AFR Eswatini -1.213 PRIN1(EPQL) 238 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) -1.215 PRIN1(EPQL) 239 USR Luhansk People's Rep -1.230 PRIN1(EPQL) 240 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) -1.232 PRIN1(EPQL) 241 AFR Zambia -1.238 PRIN1(EPQL) 242 AFR Angola -1.245 PRIN1(EPQL) 243 AFR Zimbabwe -1.256 PRIN1(EPQL) 244 AFR Congo, Republic -1.289 PRIN1(EPQL) 245 AFR Benin -1.302 PRIN1(EPQL) 246 AFR Comoros -1.306 PRIN1(EPQL) 247 MEA Syria -1.315 PRIN1(EPQL) 248 AFR Tanzania -1.329 PRIN1(EPQL) 249 AFR Cote d'Ivore -1.354 PRIN1(EPQL) 250 AFR Equatorial Guinea -1.361 PRIN1(EPQL) 251 AFR Lesotho -1.362 PRIN1(EPQL) 252 AFR Nigeria -1.381 PRIN1(EPQL) 253 AFR Cameroon -1.384 PRIN1(EPQL) 254 AFR Madagascar -1.463 PRIN1(EPQL) 255 AFR Djibouti -1.466 PRIN1(EPQL) 256 AFR Gambia -1.472 PRIN1(EPQL) 257 AFR Togo -1.496 PRIN1(EPQL) 258 AFR Uganda -1.510 PRIN1(EPQL) 259 AFR Sudan -1.519 PRIN1(EPQL) 260 AFR Malawi -1.529 PRIN1(EPQL) 261 AFR Burkina Faso -1.531 PRIN1(EPQL) 262 AFR Mali -1.534 PRIN1(EPQL) 263 AFR W Sahara (Mor) -1.537 PRIN1(EPQL) 264 LAM Haiti -1.537 PRIN1(EPQL) 265 AFR Liberia -1.553 PRIN1(EPQL) 266 SAS Afghanistan -1.559 PRIN1(EPQL) 267 AFR Guinea -1.559 PRIN1(EPQL) 268 AFR Rwanda -1.634 PRIN1(EPQL) 269 AFR Mozambique -1.648 PRIN1(EPQL) 270 AFR Ethiopia -1.661 PRIN1(EPQL) 271 AFR Sierra Leone -1.688 PRIN1(EPQL) 272 AFR Niger -1.725 PRIN1(EPQL) 273 MEA Yemen -1.727 PRIN1(EPQL) 274 AFR Guinea-Bissau -1.780 PRIN1(EPQL) 275 AFR Eritrea -1.962 PRIN1(EPQL) 276 AFR Congo, Dem Republic -1.980 PRIN1(EPQL) 277 AFR Chad -2.004 PRIN1(EPQL) 278 AFR Burundi -2.094 PRIN1(EPQL) 279 AFR Central African Rep -2.219 PRIN1(EPQL) 280 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) -2.261 PRIN1(EPQL) 281 AFR Somalia -2.281 PRIN1(EPQL) 282 AFR South Sudan -2.367 PRIN1(EPQL)