NEWS
Australia ranks second for quality of life
Australia has the second-best quality of life in the world and could pip Norway for top spot, the author of a UN report on migration and development says.
Australia was ranked second among 182 countries on a scale measuring life expectancy, school enrolments and income in the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report 2009, released yesterday.
The US slipped a spot to 13, while Britain remained steady at 21, based on the most recent internationally comparable data from 2007.
''Most migration, internal and international, reap gains in the form of higher incomes, better access to education and health, and improved prospects for their children,'' the report said.
Source: theage.com.au
Published: 05 October 2009
