The 2009 Quality of Life Index reveals best country to live in

Founded in 1979 by Bill Bonner, the International Living magazine is a monthly publication for subscribers detailing the best places in the world to live, retire, travel, and invest.

In order to reveal the world’s best places to live in 2009, they have ranked and rated 195 countries by benchmarking on the following considerations: cost of living, leisure & culture, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, risk & safety and climate.

For the fourth year running, France comes first in the index, and Switzerland comes in second place for the second year.

Click here to read the article from International Living and find out why France and Switzerland are chosen.

Among the ASEAN countries, Singapore ranked the 80th, Malaysia 90th, Brunei 113th, Thailand 134th, Philippines 136th, Vietnam 143th, Indonesia 145th, Cambodia 154th, Myanmar 162nd and Laos 178th.

The top 20 are:

• France
• Switzerland
• United States
• Luxembourg
• Australia
• Belgium
• Italy
• Germany
• New Zealand
• Denmark
• Malta
• Sweden
• Uruguay
• Lithuania
• Czech Republic
• Norway
• Austria
• Netherlands
• Canada
• United Kingdom

Click here for the complete 2009 Quality of Life Index with detail scoring info.