Table 1.26 Ecomonico-Political-Environmental Quality-of-Life Index Principal Component 1 of the Economic, Political and Environmental Quality-of-Life Indicators, 2018 Rank Region Country EPENVQLX Source 1 DME Monaco 2.557 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 2 SEA Macao (Ch) 1.880 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 3 DME Gibraltar (UK) 1.665 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 4 DME Norway 1.529 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 5 DME San Marino 1.498 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 6 DME Switzerland 1.461 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 7 DME Finland 1.449 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 8 SEA Singapore 1.441 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 9 DME Luxembourg 1.434 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 10 DME Svalbard (Norw) 1.418 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 11 DME Liechtenstein 1.418 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 12 DME Netherlands 1.415 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 13 DME Austria 1.400 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 14 DME Belgium 1.394 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 15 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 1.383 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 16 DME Iceland 1.373 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 17 DME Australia 1.356 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 18 DME Andorra 1.348 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 19 DME Denmark 1.341 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 20 DME New Zealand 1.334 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 21 DME Germany 1.331 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 22 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 1.227 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 23 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 1.225 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 24 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 1.218 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 25 DME Japan 1.217 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 26 DME Bermuda (UK) 1.215 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 27 DME Sweden 1.214 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 28 DME Israel 1.202 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 29 DME United Kingdom 1.161 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 30 DME Holy See 1.160 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 31 DME Malta 1.159 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 32 DME Jersey (UK) 1.157 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 33 DME Isle of Man (UK) 1.150 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 34 DME Spain 1.147 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 35 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 1.145 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 36 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 1.144 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 37 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 1.138 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 38 DME France 1.121 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 39 DME Wales (UK Home) 1.120 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 40 DME Quebec (Can Home) 1.112 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 41 SEA Korea, South 1.106 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 42 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 1.100 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 43 DME Trento (It Home) 1.094 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 44 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 1.094 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 45 MEA Kuwait 1.093 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 46 DME Canada 1.089 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 47 DME Italy 1.086 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 48 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 1.084 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 49 DME Scotland (UK Home) 1.083 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 50 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 1.080 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 51 DME Ireland 1.067 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 52 DME Guernsey (UK) 1.062 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 53 MEA Qatar 1.056 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 54 EEU Czechia 1.052 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 55 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 1.033 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 56 MEA Cyprus 1.023 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 57 EEU Slovenia 1.022 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 58 DME United States 1.005 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 59 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.985 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 60 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0.973 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 61 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.973 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 62 SEA Taiwan 0.962 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 63 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.958 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 64 USR Estonia 0.950 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 65 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.945 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 66 MEA Bahrain 0.934 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 67 DME Greece 0.930 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 68 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.918 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 69 DME South US (US Home) 0.918 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 70 MEA United Arab Emirates 0.915 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 71 DME Portugal 0.897 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 72 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.891 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 73 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0.880 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 74 LAM Chile 0.868 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 75 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.837 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 76 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 0.834 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 77 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.828 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 78 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.799 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 79 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.790 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 80 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.761 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 81 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.760 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 82 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.759 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 83 EEU Slovakia 0.759 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 84 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.731 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 85 DME Greenland (Den) 0.729 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 86 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.716 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 87 EEU Hungary 0.705 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 88 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.695 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 89 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.684 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 90 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.682 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 91 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.680 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 92 DME Faroe Is (Den) 0.672 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 93 SEA Guam (US) 0.668 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 94 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.649 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 95 EEU Poland 0.626 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 96 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.624 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 97 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.617 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 98 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.585 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 99 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.581 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 100 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.567 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 101 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.545 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 102 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.526 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 103 EEU Croatia 0.509 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 104 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.497 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 105 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.496 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 106 EEU Romania 0.486 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 107 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.472 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 108 USR Lithuania 0.459 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 109 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.448 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 110 SEA Brunei 0.443 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 111 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.424 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 112 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.420 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 113 LAM Uruguay 0.396 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 114 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.381 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 115 USR Latvia 0.379 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 116 MEA Oman 0.357 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 117 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.350 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 118 LAM Bahamas 0.347 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 119 EEU Montenegro 0.339 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 120 LAM Barbados 0.332 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 121 AFR Mauritius 0.323 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 122 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.304 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 123 LAM Costa Rica 0.295 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 124 EEU Serbia 0.276 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 125 SEA Palau 0.267 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 126 EEU Bulgaria 0.255 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 127 MEA Saudi Arabia 0.247 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 128 AFR Seychelles 0.240 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 129 SAS Maldives 0.227 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 130 LAM Argentina 0.220 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 131 EEU Bosnia 0.200 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 132 USR Belarus 0.192 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 133 SEA Malaysia 0.181 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 134 MEA Lebanon 0.179 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 135 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.157 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 136 USR Russia 0.111 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 137 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.109 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 138 EEU North Macedonia 0.104 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 139 USR Kazakhstan 0.075 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 140 SEA Thailand 0.056 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 141 EEU Albania 0.051 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 142 LAM Panama 0.048 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 143 LAM Grenada 0.036 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 144 MEA Turkiye 0.033 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 145 SEA Tokelau (NZ) -0.009 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 146 LAM Saint Vincent -0.017 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 147 USR Armenia -0.049 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 148 EEU Kosovo -0.058 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 149 LAM Saint Lucia -0.059 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 150 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) -0.066 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 151 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) -0.067 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 152 USR Ukraine -0.072 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 153 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) -0.077 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 154 SEA Niue (NZ) -0.096 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 155 MEA Libya -0.111 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 156 USR Georgia -0.115 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 157 MEA West Bank -0.118 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 158 LAM Suriname -0.129 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 159 CPA China -0.151 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 160 MEA Tunisia -0.152 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 161 LAM Jamaica -0.156 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 162 LAM Brazil -0.166 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 163 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) -0.174 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 164 MEA Iran -0.183 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 165 LAM Ecuador -0.191 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 166 LAM Cuba -0.196 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 167 SEA Nauru -0.208 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 168 LAM Dominica -0.217 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 169 LAM Dominican Republic -0.230 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 170 USR Moldova -0.233 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 171 SEA Marshall Islands -0.261 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 172 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) -0.261 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 173 LAM Peru -0.275 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 174 CPA Mongolia -0.277 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 175 LAM Colombia -0.277 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 176 MEA Jordan -0.278 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 177 LAM Belize -0.294 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 178 MEA Algeria -0.295 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 179 SAS Sri Lanka -0.306 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 180 SEA Tonga -0.324 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 181 LAM Paraguay -0.335 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 182 USR Azerbaijan -0.341 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 183 LAM Mexico -0.341 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 184 AFR South Africa -0.363 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 185 LAM El Salvador -0.381 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 186 SEA Samoa -0.383 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 187 SEA Fiji -0.388 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 188 AFR Cabo Verde -0.392 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 189 LAM Venezuela -0.409 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 190 MEA Egypt -0.440 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 191 USR Turkmenistan -0.455 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 192 MEA Iraq -0.463 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 193 SAS Bhutan -0.467 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 194 SEA Indonesia -0.472 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 195 LAM Guyana -0.476 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 196 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) -0.479 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 197 USR Kyrgyzstan -0.493 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 198 AFR Botswana -0.537 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 199 SEA Philippines -0.545 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 200 MEA Gaza Strip -0.548 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 201 USR Uzbekistan -0.549 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 202 SEA Tuvalu -0.556 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 203 MEA Morocco -0.562 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 204 CPA Vietnam -0.584 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 205 SEA Micronesia (US) -0.602 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 206 USR Donetsk People's Rep -0.619 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 207 SAS India -0.641 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 208 AFR Gabon -0.657 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 209 LAM Guatemala -0.685 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 210 LAM Bolivia -0.716 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 211 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) -0.733 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 212 LAM Honduras -0.795 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 213 LAM Nicaragua -0.810 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 214 AFR Namibia -0.835 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 215 USR Luhansk People's Rep -0.842 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 216 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) -0.849 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 217 SAS Bangladesh -0.850 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 218 AFR Sao Tome & Principe -0.856 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 219 USR Transnistria -0.857 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 220 CPA Korea, North -0.882 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 221 SEA Vanuatu -0.884 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 222 USR Tajikistan -0.918 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 223 AFR Ghana -0.945 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 224 SEA Kiribati -0.960 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 225 CPA Laos -0.978 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 226 SAS Nepal -1.004 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 227 SAS Pakistan -1.027 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 228 CPA Cambodia -1.035 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 229 USR Abkhazia -1.045 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 230 SEA Solomon Islands -1.049 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 231 USR South Ossetia -1.053 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 232 MEA Syria -1.059 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 233 AFR Senegal -1.077 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 234 SEA Papua New Guinea -1.113 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 235 SEA Timor-Leste -1.116 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 236 CPA Myanmar -1.123 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 237 AFR Equatorial Guinea -1.129 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 238 AFR Eswatini -1.149 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 239 AFR Mauritania -1.172 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 240 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) -1.213 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 241 AFR Kenya -1.243 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 242 AFR Angola -1.266 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 243 AFR Zimbabwe -1.270 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 244 AFR Congo, Republic -1.272 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 245 AFR Lesotho -1.292 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 246 AFR Comoros -1.296 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 247 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) -1.310 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 248 AFR Benin -1.312 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 249 AFR Nigeria -1.323 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 250 AFR Zambia -1.327 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 251 AFR Cote d'Ivore -1.379 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 252 AFR Cameroon -1.407 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 253 AFR Djibouti -1.427 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 254 AFR Tanzania -1.454 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 255 AFR Gambia -1.461 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 256 AFR Sudan -1.499 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 257 LAM Haiti -1.499 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 258 AFR Togo -1.512 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 259 SAS Afghanistan -1.549 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 260 AFR Guinea -1.590 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 261 AFR Uganda -1.591 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 262 AFR Burkina Faso -1.591 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 263 AFR W Sahara (Mor) -1.612 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 264 AFR Rwanda -1.617 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 265 AFR Liberia -1.619 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 266 AFR Mali -1.631 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 267 AFR Madagascar -1.634 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 268 MEA Yemen -1.648 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 269 AFR Malawi -1.649 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 270 AFR Mozambique -1.690 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 271 AFR Ethiopia -1.706 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 272 AFR Sierra Leone -1.753 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 273 AFR Guinea-Bissau -1.813 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 274 AFR Niger -1.890 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 275 AFR Eritrea -1.916 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 276 AFR Burundi -2.049 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 277 AFR Chad -2.085 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 278 AFR Congo, Dem Republic -2.146 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 279 AFR Somalia -2.254 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 280 AFR South Sudan -2.271 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 281 AFR Central African Rep -2.339 PRIN1(EPENVQL) 282 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) -2.340 PRIN1(EPENVQL)