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Azerbaijan among 100 states with high living standards: Newsweek

19 August 2010 09:59 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan among 100 states with high living standards: Newsweek

BAKU - Azerbaijan has been rated by US Newsweek magazine among The World`s Top 100 countries with high living standards, ranking 69th in the list.

According to the list, released by Newsweek.com, Finland is the best country to live in, while Sweden, another Scandinavian nation, ranked third, after Switzerland.

Also in the top ten are Australia, Luxemburg, Norway, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan and Denmark.

As for Azerbaijan’s neighbors, Russia was rated 51st, followed by Turkey, while Iran ranked 79th. Armenia did not make it to the top 100.

The United States didn’t successfully squeeze into the top 10 while China was rated 59th.

Burkina Faso in Africa was at the bottom of the list.

Newsweek’s assessment was based on five categories: Education, Health, Quality of Life, Economic Dynamism and Political Environment.

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