Fitzroy Island is a tropical paradise of rainforest and beaches within the calm sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. [Photo/icpress.cn] |
5. Australia
Health: 8.4/10
Finances: 7.4/10
Quality of life: 8.2/10
Material well-being: 7.8/10
Australia is the highest-ranked non-European country on the list and is first overall in the finances category, thanks to a growing economy and extremely low levels of unemployment. It tops the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) civic engagement list and is considered the second healthiest nation behind neighbor New Zealand.