HDI, Top 5 Countries
There are startling differences between the QOL-indexes as reported by Veenhoven’s method and those of the dominant QOL, the United Nation’s HDI. In 1996 the nations with the highest HDI were:
- Canada
- USA
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norway
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