The best country

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spilledthebeer

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The best country???????????????/


EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It is the place were citizens are required to spay or neuter their LIE-berals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

spaminator

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Canada plummets in ‘best country’ ranking — placing lower than U.S.
In 2021, Canada was No. 1, fell to third the following year, moved back up to second in 2023, then placed fourth in 2024

Author of the article:Denette Wilford
Published May 29, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read

Taxpayers spent $71.4 billion on the federal civil service in the 2024/25 fiscal year — that's up from $39.6 billion a decade ago. Read on.
Taxpayers spent $71.4 billion on the federal civil service in the 2024/25 fiscal year — that's up from $39.6 billion a decade ago. Read on. Photo by Chris Wattie /Reuters


Canada has fallen more than a dozen spots in a “best countries” list, sinking one place below the United States.


U.S. News released its Best Countries rankings for 2025, and Canada placed 19th out of 100 nations.

The U.S. ranked 18th.

At first glance, making the Top 20 is nothing to sneeze at, but given Canada once topped the list not too long ago, it’s quite the rude awakening.

In 2021, Canada was No. 1, fell to third the following year, moved back up to second in 2023, then placed fourth in 2024.

But tumbling 15 spots is a bit of a shock. Or is it?



Rankings measure overall global performance
The list factors in eight metrics: Governance, health, infrastructure, natural environment, opportunity, civic health, culture and tourism, and economic development.

Canada’s governance ranked 18th. While government effectiveness, inflation volatility, passport strength, rule of law and lack of political violence scored high, our country’s tax system and government debt dragged us down.

Meanwhile, Canada’s infrastructure ranked 20th, earning a perfect score for electricity access while scoring poorly on renewable electricity and grid access.

Canada’s economic development fell to 21st, with GDP productivity ranking particularly low.

Canada’s highest ranking was in culture and tourism at eighth, while opportunity came in at 18th.

Health and environment, ruh-roh
The country ranked 27th in both health and civic health.

While Canada earned a perfect score for universal health coverage and ranked highly in infant mortality and life expectancy, its overall health score was dragged down by a lack of physicians and hospital beds.

Canada’s lowest ranking was for its natural environment, placing 63rd largely due to high carbon emissions.



The Top 10 best countries on the list were all in Europe.

In order, they are Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Finland, Luxembourg and Austria.
 

petros

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Canada plummets in ‘best country’ ranking — placing lower than U.S.
In 2021, Canada was No. 1, fell to third the following year, moved back up to second in 2023, then placed fourth in 2024

Author of the article:Denette Wilford
Published May 29, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read

Taxpayers spent $71.4 billion on the federal civil service in the 2024/25 fiscal year — that's up from $39.6 billion a decade ago. Read on.
Taxpayers spent $71.4 billion on the federal civil service in the 2024/25 fiscal year — that's up from $39.6 billion a decade ago. Read on. Photo by Chris Wattie /Reuters


Canada has fallen more than a dozen spots in a “best countries” list, sinking one place below the United States.


U.S. News released its Best Countries rankings for 2025, and Canada placed 19th out of 100 nations.

The U.S. ranked 18th.

At first glance, making the Top 20 is nothing to sneeze at, but given Canada once topped the list not too long ago, it’s quite the rude awakening.

In 2021, Canada was No. 1, fell to third the following year, moved back up to second in 2023, then placed fourth in 2024.

But tumbling 15 spots is a bit of a shock. Or is it?



Rankings measure overall global performance
The list factors in eight metrics: Governance, health, infrastructure, natural environment, opportunity, civic health, culture and tourism, and economic development.

Canada’s governance ranked 18th. While government effectiveness, inflation volatility, passport strength, rule of law and lack of political violence scored high, our country’s tax system and government debt dragged us down.

Meanwhile, Canada’s infrastructure ranked 20th, earning a perfect score for electricity access while scoring poorly on renewable electricity and grid access.

Canada’s economic development fell to 21st, with GDP productivity ranking particularly low.

Canada’s highest ranking was in culture and tourism at eighth, while opportunity came in at 18th.

Health and environment, ruh-roh
The country ranked 27th in both health and civic health.

While Canada earned a perfect score for universal health coverage and ranked highly in infant mortality and life expectancy, its overall health score was dragged down by a lack of physicians and hospital beds.

Canada’s lowest ranking was for its natural environment, placing 63rd largely due to high carbon emissions.



The Top 10 best countries on the list were all in Europe.

In order, they are Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Finland, Luxembourg and Austria.
Time to become a Scandinavian?
 

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Toronto can't crack top 10 most livable cities in world for third straight year
Global Livability Index ranks Vancouver lone Canadian and North American metropolis near the top of the list

Author of the article:Spiro Papuckoski
Published Jul 08, 2026 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 2 minute read

The downtown Toronto waterfront skyline.
The downtown Toronto waterfront skyline. Photo by Cynthia McLeod /Toronto Sun
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For the third straight year, Toronto didn’t crack the top 10 most livable cities in the world.


The latest rankings of 173 cities from the Global Livability Index, released Tuesday, saw Vancouver slide up one spot on the list from 2025 to ninth overall, the top Canadian metropolis based on 30 indicators grouped into five categories, which include stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.

“Vancouver (Canada), which had led the index for many years, is the only North American city represented,” the survey said. “All of the top 10 have perfect scores for education, with most also scoring 100 for healthcare provision.”

Danish capital Copenhagen was listed as the most livable city for the second year in a row, scoring a perfect 100 in three categories and above 95 in the other two, based on research and analysis from the Economist Intelligence Unit, which is owned by The Economist magazine.


Copenhagen was followed by Vienna, Austria, Melbourne, Australia, Sydney, Australia, and Zurich, Switzerland.


Besides Vancouver, Geneva, Switzerland, Osaka, Japan, Adelaide, Australia, and Tokyo, Japan rounded out the top 10.

Vancouver among top livable cities. TORONTO SUN GRAPHICS
Vancouver among top livable cities. TORONTO SUN GRAPHICS
Top cities had perfect scores for education
The survey, conducted in May, saw cities at the top with perfect scores for education, and most were also given 100 for healthcare.

The survey ranked stability, which looks at the prevalence of petty and violent crime as well as threats of terror, military conflict and civil unrest, with a 25% weight. Healthcare (20%), culture and environment (25%), education (10%), and infrastructure (20%) rounded out the rest of the score.

Toronto has not been ranked in the top 10 since 2023, when it was listed ninth overall behind the seventh-ranked Calgary.

The year before, the city was up one spot in eighth, behind only Calgary and Vancouver.

Toronto saw its highest ranking in the past decade when it was listed fourth overall from 2015 to 2017.

Syria’s capital Damascus, ranked at bottom
Syria’s capital, Damascus, which continues to recover from its civil war, was ranked last with an overall score of 32 out of 100.

Other notable cities at the bottom of the list include Kyiv, Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia, and Iran’s capital, Tehran, after the United States and Israel launched military strikes earlier this year against its leadership and nuclear infrastructure.

“The bottom 10 cities in our index have nearly all been affected by war or poverty, or both, with all scoring particularly poorly for stability,” the report said.
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