No. 9 rating for N.Z.
-NZPA Washington Sweden is the best country in which to live, and GuineaBissau the worst, according to a new set of ratings by the Environmental Fund. New Zealand was in ninth place and Australia, tenth. The fund’s annual world population estimates this year also incorporate what is called the physical quality-of-life index. This index, developed by the Overseas Development Council in Washington, rates countries oh a scale of 1 to 100. The Environmental Fund, which published the rating yesterday, is a nonprofit group studying worldwide environmental and population issues.
Three factors are used to determine the rating: infant mortality, life expectancy at age one, and literacy. Income, taxes, housing, and other economic measures are not elements in the rating. Sweden gets top points with a 97 rating, the only country to reach that level. Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa, manages only 12. Five nations are close behind Sweden with ratings of 96. They are Denmark, Iceland, Japan, the Netherlands, and Norway. Canada and Switzerland are next with 95. The United States rated 94, as did Finland, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
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