No comment on Chili, never been there.  But Japan and Singapore are places I frequent.  Neither place is THAT nice to be born.

Japan has been and at least as of today a victim of their 80s asset bubble.  Even today, they boast the 3rd largest economy but the average person lives a very humbled life when you compare the size of their homes, costs to do everything.  Their high income and thus high GDP is deceptive.  It's like everytime you eat a mushroom, goombas grow too.  Everything got bigger, but yu are still a shrimp in an ocean of whales.  That's why there still has been deflation.  Unless they grow a new heart and beat to a diferent drum, kids there are staring at a decading economy, and increasing irrelevancy as they stand on the margins of Rise of Asia.  There's been nearly as many prime ministers over the last 5-6 years as versions Call of Duty.  So if you desire a life caged in small adobe, packed 24/7 and endure listless societal energy (lowest birth rate on record this year), Japan is not where you wanna be.  (Unless you just lust JRPGs).

Singapore is clean, efficient, melting pot of cultures, but just about the same size of a pot.  When a City State gets so small, where no matter how many turns you take, you drive by Takashimaya again, that is like playing an MMO but stuck in starter town.  And trust me Singlish is funny to hear until you realize it ain't no joke.  And God forbid you commit a crime trivialized in most countries, your ass will be caned with a cane soaked in horse urine so that the scar will NEVER fade.  Think Survivor mode is fun in games?  Try living in real life in a country where weed larger than a quarter's size = death sentence.  Great place to visit, great place to harbor assets, a place to sojourn, but no place to end up for life.  (Unless you get drunk and commmit some crime and do life with Singlish speaking cell mates)

34 seems good.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!

Australia :)

I can live with 15^^

The fact that UAE is at no. 18 makes me disregard this list tbh.

I don't know about the others, but a professor of mine and I were chatting the other day and he had nothing but good things to say about Singapore. I don't know about the stuff you mentioned, but he talked about how people their are taken care of from the day they are born, the government pays for their school and higher education (even up to MSc and PhD), medical expenses, as well as a ton of other stuff I can't remember. You're born there and you're pretty much set for life.

It's a very rich country...

It's doing better than Spain at least

Bogus list. Where the heck is North Korea?

hunter_alien said: 56... well at least we stand better than Nigeria

There are over 200 countries in the World. This list only has 80.