Best countries to be born in 2013

Friday, Nov 23, 2012， AsiaOne

SINGAPORE - Singapore has been ranked among the top ten places to enter the world.

The city state is listed at sixth position in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Where-to-be-born index, 2013.

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The full list appears in the article, 'The lottery of life' by Laza Kekic, Director for Country Forecasting at the Economist Intelligence Unit, and is published in The World in 2013, the latest edition in The Economist's annual series on the year ahead.

Small economies dominate the top ten, with Hong Kong the only other Asian economy to appear at number 10 in the list.

Switzerland takes top spot, followed by Australia at No.2 and Norway at No. 3. The United States came in at No.16 while the United Kingdom came in at No. 27.

The Netherlands came in at No. 8 and is the only country from the Euro zone.

Susan Evans, an analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit said both Hong Kong and Singapore are well-known for their wealth, stability and relatively low levels of corruption.

"One determining factor of future life satisfaction for their residents, which is less easy to predict, will be the trajectory of civic freedoms," she said.

Germany and France came in at No.16 and No. 26 respectively, but the BRIC countries, such as Brazil (37th), Russia (72nd), India (66th) and China (49th) did not score impressively despite their economic dynamism.

Nigeria came in last at No. 80. it is the worst place to enter the world in 2013.

The list takes into factors such as geography, demography, social and cultural characteristics, as well as economic factors to determine the quality of life across countries.

Specific indicators include GDP per head, life expectancy at birth, quality of family life, political freedom, job security, climate, personal security, community life, governance and gender equality.

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