Norway Tops List of Best Places to Live, Paper Says
From Times Wire Reports
Norway has overtaken Canada to head a U.N. list of the world’s best places to live, the Norwegian daily Verdens Gang reported.
The U.N. list, to be published next week, shows for the first time Norway ranking No. 1 on indicators such as life expectancy, education and per capita gross domestic product, the paper said.
Norway received 939 points, followed by Australia, Canada and Sweden, each with 936 points.
The U.S. ranked sixth, and Britain came in at 14. Sierra Leone was at the bottom of the 162-nation list.
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