{"id":1427398,"date":"2023-09-14T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1427398"},"modified":"2023-09-14T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:55:00","slug":"which-is-the-best-country-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/which-is-the-best-country-in-the-world\/1427398\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Is ‘The Best Country In The World’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which Is ‘The Best Country In The World’?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The feat of rating the world’s countries from best to worst seems megalomaniac<\/strong>, but the\u00a0U.S. News and World Report<\/a>\u00a0has been successfully publishing a ranking based on these sprawling criteria since 2016.<\/p>\n

As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports<\/a>, last week, the 2023 edition was released, showing that the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u00a0had slipped one spot to rank 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, looking at all eight editions of the report so far, the U.S. ranked even lower than in 2023 in between 2017 and 2021.<\/p>\n

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You will find more infographics at Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The global dislike for then-President Donald Trump\u00a0has been cited as a reason<\/a>\u00a0why the U.S. fared poorly between 2017 and 2020. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Averaging out all scores countries have earned, the U.S. shares a 7th rank with Australia.<\/p>\n

In 2022, the U.S. was back in rank 4 – its inaugural 2016 score – after gaining more points for indicators of quality of life and social purpose. <\/strong>Increases in the entrepreneurship as well as the cultural and natural heritage scores also saw the country improve its standing opposite other nations that year, leading to a much higher score when comparing to previous years.<\/p>\n

Despite ranking first for entrepreneurship in 2023, overtaking both Germany and Japan since 2021, the U.S. saw a big drop in the “open for business” category and is now ranked 59th for the metric, down from 53rd. <\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result, its overall score dropped one rank this year. The U.S. is also ranked first for power and agility.<\/p>\n

Germany, on the other hand, lost points for agility, meaning fewer respondents see it as modern, responsive and progressive<\/strong>, as well as in the category movers, which means fewer think of it as unique and dynamic.<\/p>\n

The country dropped five ranks compared with 2022.<\/p>\n

Japan meanwhile struggled in the categories entrepreneurship, openness for business, power and social purpose. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With 2021 being the first survey carried out after Brexit was finalized, the U.K. saw a drop in that year and has since lost even more ground.<\/p>\n

The top 8 of the ranking has been mostly uniform over the years, with the exception of 2021 and 2023 when New Zealand was featured<\/strong>, first in rank 7 and then in rank 8, while first Sweden and then the United Kingdom ranked 9th those years.<\/p>\n

These Are the 10 Lowest-Ranked Countries in the World, According to U.S. News & World Report:<\/p>\n

78. Cameroon<\/p>\n

79. Algeria<\/p>\n

80. Myanmar<\/p>\n

81. Honduras<\/p>\n

82. Serbia<\/p>\n

83. Uzbekistan<\/p>\n

84. Kazakhstan<\/p>\n

85. Lebanon<\/p>\n

86. Belarus<\/p>\n

87. Iran<\/p>\n

For its part, Russia continued its drop in the rankings, <\/strong>slipping one spot to No. 37 after seeing one of the largest drops (-12) in the project\u2019s history last year.<\/p>\n

After Ukraine<\/strong>\u2019s move up nine positions in 2022, it moved back down six positions in 2023, landing at No. 68. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. World & News Report ranking is mainly based on surveys that show how people all over the world view specific countries.\u00a0Answers are then structured<\/a>\u00a0into 10 subrankings which are weighted for GDP per capita at purchasing power parity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 09\/14\/2023 – 06:55<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/which-best-country-world<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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