Canada 9th best country to live in: UN human development index - Ellopia Press

By Tania Kohut National Online Journalist  Global News Canada has ranked ninth in the UN’s annual Human Development Index (HDI), out of nearly 200 countries.
The HDI measures health and life expectancy, access to education and standard of living.
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Norway took top spot, with Canada and New Zealand rounding out the Top 10 in a tie for ninth:

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1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Denmark
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
7. Ireland
8. United States
9. Canada, tied with New Zealand
   

The categories are broken down and measure a huge swath of data, including maternal and infant mortality rate, female representation in government, public expenditure on education, research and development expenditure, and carbon dioxide emissions.

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While they may not crack the Top 10 any time soon, there was good news for the world’s lesser-developed countries.
The accompanying Human Development Report sheds light on great progress made over the last 25 years, with a reported two billion people able to move out of low human development, with extreme income poverty reduced by more than a billion. This was largely due to entire countries — such as Congo, Ghana and Namibia — moving up and out of the category.