Norway continues to be the best country in the world for 12th consecutive year

Norway has been adjudged the best country in the world to live in - for the 12th consecutive year as per the Human Development Index (HDI). It is never easy to stay on top of any chart for 12 consecutive years, but Norway has succeeded in doing just that - it is the best nation in the world to live in.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 16 December 2015.

As compared to this, India - an aspiring superpower - continues to stay far, far behind. It is placed at 130th place in the Human Development Index (HDI) - last year India was ranked 125th.
The list is of 188 countries and has been made public as part of the annual UN Human Development Report and takes into account the Human Development Index, which is a measure of basic human developments. HDI considers three factors - long and healthy lifestyle, access to knowledge and decent standard of living.
Norway has topped the chart with an HDI score of 0.944 followed closely by Australia and Switzerland with values of 0.935 and 0.930 respectively.
Incidentally, Norway has also been adjudged the most prosperous country in the world - for the seventh year in a row.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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