20 Taiwan
Ranked 9th in education, 12th in economics. Taiwan just edges
out Japan in the rankings.
These are the 20 most prosperous countries in the world, followed by the 20 least. According to rankin
gs in the 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index.
02 Denmark
Denmark is no. 2 for the third year. The tiny country ranks first in entrepreneurship and opportunity, based on high levels of social equality, high connectivity and the world's lowest start-up costs.
03 Australia
Australia has moved up from fifth place in 2009, the result of excellent education, an efficient government bureaucracy and booming trade in natural resources.
01 Norway
For the third year, Norway ranked no. 1. With per capita GDP of $54,000 it is among the richest in the world and ranks first in social capital and second in safety and security.
04 New Zealand
New Zealand ranks no. 2 in governance, education and personal freedom. No country ranks higher in tolerance for immigrants. (Image of artist Grand Hughes, Napier, N.Z.).
05 Sweden
High levels of political participation and social equality combine with environmental protection and 123 mobile phones per 100 people to create a tech-savvy socialist paradise.
06
Canada
The most prosperous nation in the Americas, Canada ranks first in personal freedom. As befitting a giant landmass with only 30 million people, Canada is very tolerant and welcoming.
07 Finland
As with its Scandinavian sisters, religion is an afterthought in Finland, with just 13% attending church; yet it ranks 3rd in education and entrepreneurship
08 Switzerland
Number 1 in governance, 2nd in health and economy. Sticking with the Franc rather than going Euro has helped make Switzerland a bastion of stability in shaky Europe right now.
09 Netherlands
A robust democracy with broad civil liberties and lots of social cohesion, 90% of the Dutch report deriving daily enjoyment from their natural surroundings.
10 United States
An excellent place to start a business, the U.S. also ranks no. 1 in health, a function of high immunizations, clean water and the highest levels of gov't spending on healthcare.
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20 Taiwan
Ranked 9th in education, 12th in economics. Taiwan just edges
out Japan in the rankings. /////////////////////////////////////////
90 Mali
Now the the 20 worst. Mail has nearly the worst education system in the world, high infant mortality, nonexistent entrepreneurship. And there's still 19 countries worse off.
91 India
Lousy healthcare, ethnic strife and only 21% of Indians feel they can trust others.
91 India
Lousy healthcare, ethnic strife and only 21% of Indians feel they can trust others.
-----------------------------************************************************美國《富比士》雜誌（Forbes magazine）公佈10大最快樂工作的排行，排行結果讓人跌破眼鏡，名單裡面看不見那些賺大錢的工作，在教堂裡傳教的牧師榮登榜首，而能夠幫助人的消防員，則是排名第2，可見心靈上的快樂，不能用賺錢的多寡來衡量。
報導指出，根據美國芝加哥大學國家研究組織進行的綜合社會調查（General Social Survey）顯示，幾乎全世界的所有牧師或僧侶，都認為自己是最快樂的，因此他們榮登第1名；為民眾出生入死的消防員，有80％的比例都對自己的工作感到滿意，因為他們可以幫到別人。第3名則是理療師，因為他們除了能夠參加社會交流，又能幫助其他人，非常樂在工作之中。
整天窩在家裡或者咖啡廳的作家，也榜上有名，雖然他們報酬不穩定，有時很低，甚至沒有報酬，但是他們因可以寫文章而感到幸福無比，另1個待遇並非特別好的特教老師，則是排名第5，此外，就算現在教育體制面臨許多問題，還有待改進，但排名第6的老師，多數人對自己的工作感到滿意，且每年仍吸引許多年輕人投入這份工作，但諷刺的是，有調查顯示，50％的老師會在5年內離開。
雖然藝術家面臨的艱苦訓練和艱鉅的經濟問題，讓人們不敢輕易嘗試，但他們最滿意自身職業，排名第7，其中，雕刻家和畫家是對這一行感到最滿意的人，幫人解決問題的心理學家，則是排名第8。而金融服務銷售代理位居第9，65％的人員對此職業滿意，因為他們每個星期只要在舒適的辦公室工作40小時，平均每年就可以獲得9萬美元（約台幣267萬元）的報酬。
整天操作機器的操作工程師排名第十，對他們來說，「玩這些巨大的玩具」，包括推土機、挖溝機、鏟土機、起重機等，並非無聊的工作，反而很有趣，讓他們感到很快樂
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