The 44 Most Privileged Countries around the Globe

Studies show that the fine line between power and privilege is often fluctuating. To find the most privileged countries, some important factors such as safety and health facilities for the people and career opportunities were evaluated. This study was conducted by ABCD agency and completed in July 2021.

All 37 member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, as well as Argentina, Bulgaria, Brazil, India, Russia, Singapore and South Africa were included in the research to find the most privileged countries in the world.

Here are the 4 major fields of investigation and the top scoring countries– 

  • Career Opportunities– In this aspect researchers evaluated the quality of the working environment, long-term unemployment, population with tertiary education, social mobility, and GDP per capita.

Norway scored 100 out of 100, where social mobility is highest, and youth unemployment is lowest. Denmark followed next with a score of 96.57. The other 3 top rankers were Iceland at 93.81, Luxembourg at 90.84 and Switzerland at 87.26.

  • Liberty and Life Satisfaction- This includes gender equality, human rights, general life satisfaction scale, and passport strength.

Here again, Norway took away the number 1 spot with a score of 100, where it ranks highest on the scale for general life satisfaction. With a score of 99.85, Denmark came second highest, followed by Finland at 98.32, Luxembourg at 98.18 and Switzerland at 97.96.

  • Health and safety- It includes road safety, homicides, life expectancy, air pollution, and social benefits to households.

Canada came in first position with a 100 score in this aspect. The second place holder was France with 98.64. The next 3 top contenders were Spain with 98.27, Italy with 97.74 and Norway with 97.34.

  • Finances- In this major aspect, they evaluated the population in terms of disposable income of households per capita, the median wealth of adults, and the number of USD dollars millionaires.

Switzerland took the spot here due to its high percentage (11.8%) of millionaires by percentage of adult population. It also scored highest for the median wealth of adults. The other 4 top position holders for finances were Australia, Iceland, the United States and Luxembourg.

44 most privileged countries of the world

Hence based on the study conducted, the top 44 nations of the world that are more privileged than the others are: 

  1. Switzerland
  2. Iceland
  3. Norway
  4. Luxembourg
  5. Denmark 
  6. Finland 
  7. Australia 
  8. Sweden 
  9. Austria 
  10. The Netherlands
  11. New Zealand
  12. Ireland
  13. Belgium
  14. Canada
  15. France
  16. United Kingdom
  17. Germany
  18. United States
  19. Japan
  20. Slovenia
  21. Spain
  22. Italy
  23. Czech Republic
  24. Estonia
  25. Portugal
  26. South Korea
  27. Israel
  28. Poland
  29. Slovakia
  30. Lithuania
  31. Latvia
  32. Hungary
  33. Greece
  34. Chile
  35. Turkey
  36. Mexico
  37. Singapore
  38. Costa Rica
  39. India
  40. Russia
  41. South Africa
  42. Argentina
  43. Brazil
  44. Bulgaria

The study showcased these countries as the top contenders with a remarkable score in terms of career, education, life satisfaction, healthcare and financial stability.

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