#Quality of life plus

#Quality of life plus

While the cost of living is reasonably high, if you consider this as essentially a tax for being able to enjoy some of the best beaches in the world it becomes a much easier pill to swallow, plus the high average wages in Australia go a long way to ease such concerns. Australia With Australia enjoying roughly 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, coupled with the laid-back way of life, it's easy to see why the country consistently ranks so highly on the quality-of-life index. Any expats who are enamoured by city living will also want to look to Austria as the countryвЂ™s capital city, Vienna, with its affordable housing and rich culture heritage, is frequently rated as the European city with the best quality of life. Austria Austria is a prosperous, stable and thriving country and this is clearly reflected in the countryвЂ™s high ranking on this yearвЂ™s quality of life index. Given all this, itвЂ™s perhaps unsurprising to see that young families when looking to move abroad are increasingly looking toward Finland, with 88% of British expats in the country below retirement age. Finland prides itself on its focus on equality, and gender equability in particular, with the Nordic country the only place where fathers spend more time with school-aged children than mothers. Finland With the country frequently topping indexes for happiness and education, while also claiming the top spot as the least polluted country in this year's index by a considerable margin, itвЂ™s no wonder we see Finland near the top of the quality-of-life index again this year. And thereвЂ™s plenty of reason for them to feel this way, with excellent education and healthcare systems, high levels of social cohesion and openness making the Netherlands a welcoming place for expats.

The Dutch certainly agree with this assessment, with 87.3% of the population appearing content with their life in a 2019 survey. Netherlands The Netherland rounds out the top three in this list, with the country ranking highly in almost all indicators that make up NumbeoвЂ™s quality of life index. Through progressive taxation, Denmark is also able to provide a world-class universal health system, garnering the country fifth place on NumbeoвЂ™s healthcare index, beating the rest of its peers on this list. Denmark generally ranks well on global indexes for happiness and satisfaction, with Danes pointing to their strong work-life balance as being key to this.

Denmark Just missing out on the pole position in 2021 after three consecutive years at the top spot is Denmark. Switzerland also scores highly for safety and healthcare, which on top of its proximity to neighbouring European countries makes it extremely attractive for expats. While we canвЂ™t confirm this was entirely down to the countryвЂ™s world-renowned chocolate or pastoral landscapes, these are certainly likely to have played a part, alongside the well-paid average salaries which help to offset the high cost of living.

Switzerland After coming third on NumbeoвЂ™s cost of living index for 2021, Switzerland tops this year's quality of life index. Here, we take a look at the list of the top 10 countries with the best quality of life in 2021. Measuring cost of living, housing indicators, healthcare, traffic, crime and pollution, Numbeo has published its indexes on world living conditions for 2021. While we might all prioritise and measure quality of life differently, Numbeo, the вЂworldвЂ™s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwideвЂ™, pulls together reliable research to produce an index revealing the countries with the best quality of life. The coronavirus pandemic has perhaps highlighted the importance of our quality of life more now than ever before.