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The Economist Intelligence Unit
Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S....
’s quality of life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective
Subjective

Subjective may refer to:* Subjectivity, a subject's perspective, particularly feelings, beliefs, and desires*Subjective experience, the sensory buzz and awareness associated with a conscious mind...
 life-satisfaction surveys to the objective
Objectivity (science)

"[A]n objective account is one which attempts to capture the nature of the object studied in a way that does not depend on any features of the particular subject who studies it....
 determinants of quality of life across countries. The index was calculated in 2005 and includes data from 111 countries and territories
List of international rankings

Country specificSee: :Category:International rankings...
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Methodology
The survey uses nine quality of life
Quality of life

Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual or group of people.Quality of life cannot be measured directly, however the perception of QOL is made up of of two components: the physical and the psychological....
 factors to determine a nation's score. They are listed below including the indicators used to represent these factors:

  1. Health: Life expectancy at birth (in years.) Source: US Census Bureau
  2. Family life: Divorce rate (per 1,000 population), converted into index of 1 (lowest divorce rates) to 5 (highest).






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    The Economist Intelligence Unit
    Economist Intelligence Unit

    The Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist Group.It is a research and advisory company providing country, industry and management analysis worldwide and incorporates the former Business International Corporation, a U.S....
    ’s quality of life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective
    Subjective

    Subjective may refer to:* Subjectivity, a subject's perspective, particularly feelings, beliefs, and desires*Subjective experience, the sensory buzz and awareness associated with a conscious mind...
     life-satisfaction surveys to the objective
    Objectivity (science)

    "[A]n objective account is one which attempts to capture the nature of the object studied in a way that does not depend on any features of the particular subject who studies it....
     determinants of quality of life across countries. The index was calculated in 2005 and includes data from 111 countries and territories
    List of international rankings

    Country specificSee: :Category:International rankings...
    .

    Methodology


    The survey uses nine quality of life
    Quality of life

    Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual or group of people.Quality of life cannot be measured directly, however the perception of QOL is made up of of two components: the physical and the psychological....
     factors to determine a nation's score. They are listed below including the indicators used to represent these factors:

    1. Health: Life expectancy at birth (in years.) Source: US Census Bureau
    2. Family life: Divorce rate (per 1,000 population), converted into index of 1 (lowest divorce rates) to 5 (highest). Sources: UN; Euromonitor
    3. Community life: Dummy variable taking value 1 if country has either high rate of church attendance or trade-union membership; zero otherwise. Source: World Values Survey
    4. Material well being: GDP per person, at PPP in $,access to clean water. Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
    5. Political stability and security: Political stability and security ratings. Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
    6. Climate and geography: Latitude, to distinguish between warmer and colder climates. Source: CIA World Factbook
    7. Job security: Unemployment rate (%.) Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
    8. Political freedom: Average of indexes of political and civil liberties. Scale of 1 (completely free) to 7 (unfree). Source: Freedom House
    9. Gender equality: measured using ratio of average male and female earnings. Source: UNDP Human Development Report


    The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index, 2005

    111 countries and territories were included in the 2005 Quality of Life Index.

    Rank Country or territory Quality of Life Score
    (out of 10)
    1 8.333
    2 8.068
    3 8.051
    4 8.015
    5 7.937
    6 7.925
    7 7.911
    8 7.810
    9 7.797
    10 7.727
    11 7.719
    12 7.618
    13 7.615
    14 7.599
    15 7.436
    16 7.433
    17 7.392
    18 7.347
    19 7.307
    20 7.268
    21 7.259
    22 7.163
    23 7.097
    24 7.095
    25 7.084
    26 7.048
    27 6.986
    28 6.934
    29 6.917
    30 6.877
    31 6.789
    32 6.766
    33 6.702
    34 6.629
    35 6.624
    36 6.608
    37 6.534
    38 6.488
    39 6.470
    40 6.469
    41 6.462
    42 6.436
    43 6.417
    44 6.403
    45 6.381
    46 6.368
    47 6.361
    48 6.309
    49 6.301
    50 6.286
    51 6.278
    52 6.272
    53 6.216
    54 6.176
    55 6.171
    56 6.164
    57 6.162
    58 6.105
    59 6.089
    60 6.083
    61 6.080
    62 6.035
    63 6.033
    64 6.022
    65 6.018
    66 6.008
    67 5.916
    68 5.905
    69 5.899
    70 5.849
    71 5.814
    72 5.767
    73 5.759
    74 5.756
    75 5.675
    76 5.663
    77 5.646
    78 5.634
    79 5.630
    80 5.605
    81 5.571
    82 5.492
    83 5.472
    84 5.428
    85 5.422
    86 5.377
    87 5.365
    88 5.343
    89 5.337
    90 5.321
    91 5.250
    92 5.245
    93 5.229
    94 5.218
    95 5.174
    96 5.082
    97 5.052
    98 5.032
    99 5.009
    100 4.978
    101 4.879
    102 4.870
    103 4.846
    104 4.810
    105 4.796
    106 4.767
    107 4.754
    108 4.505
    109 4.495
    110 4.090
    111 3.892


    Countries not listed

    Many countries/territories, including most of the Least Developed Countries
    Least Developed Countries

    Least Developed Countries are countries which according to the United Nations exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic International development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of list of countries....
    , are omitted from this ranking as there is insufficient data to produce a viable rank.











































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