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- Denmark tops quality of life rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Wharton School.
- The rankings evaluated affordability, job stability, healthcare quality, and individual freedom.
- Scandinavian countries, including Sweden, Norway, and Finland, dominated the top 10.
Many Americans are flocking to Denmark — and they have good reasons for doing so.
Denmark was , with a GDP per capita of $78,215, ranked 13th overall and 9th for quality of life. The Netherlands was in the top 10 for most business-friendly and social purpose — or most modern, as the report describes it — and it was in the top five for best countries to start a career, best countries for women, and best countries for racial equity.
The Netherlands was also 8th in the topped many lists in the new rankings — including best overall country — so it’s perhaps unsurprising it ranked so high for quality of life. Switzerland was 2nd for business-friendliness and 4th for entrepreneurship, and it ranked in the top 10 for social purpose and cultural influence.
Switzerland, with a GDP per capita of $92,980, topped three of the “best for” lists: headquartering a corporation, starting a career, and comfortable retirement. The country has , the 10th best country overall, topped the quality of life rankings — as well as social purpose. The OECD Better Life Index ranked Denmark as outperforming many of its peers in education, employment, civic engagement, and social connections.
Denmark, with a GDP per capita of $76,688, also topped the lists of best countries for raising kids and racial equality, and it ranked 2ndd for women. Denmark ranked 7th for a comfortable retirement.