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US News and World Report, an American media company, recently released the Best Countries 2022 ranking.
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What are US News and World Report’s Best Countries 2022 Rankings?
The Best Countries 2022 ranking evaluates 85 countries across 73 attributes, which are grouped into 10 sub-categories, open to adventure, agility, entrepreneurship, trade, social purpose and quality of life.
85 countries were selected based on 4 criteria:
Top 100 countries with highest GDP
- High FDI inflows
- International tourism arrivals between 2016 and 2020
- Top 150 countries in the UN Human Development Index between 2015 and 2019
- This report is a joint effort of US News & World Report, BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The ranking is based on a survey of experts, business leaders and global citizens.
- The 2022 survey considered the ongoing war in Ukraine, fears of inflation and economic collapse, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s leadership and global leadership. The “Quality of Life” parameter, which has sub-categories such as good job market, affordability, financially stable, family-friendly, income equality, politically stable and safe public education, is given a higher weightage of 14.52 percent.
How did India fare in this report?
- India ranks 31 out of 85 countries.
- Under the Open-to-Business sub-category, India with cheapest production costs scored 100 percent.
- Its scores are low in other sub-categories:
- In favorable tax environment, it scored 16.2 out of 100
- Scored 18.1 points in non-corruption category
- In transparent government policies, it scored only 3.5 points.
- India’s overall score in the free-trade category is 37
- In the category of quality of life, India scores:
- 9 on income equality
- 3 is safe
- 3 In a well-developed public health system
- 9 is financially stable
How did other countries fare?
- In the overall ranking, Switzerland is at the top, followed by Germany, Canada, the United States and Sweden.
- The US tops several sub-categories, such as power and agility rankings. It was ranked 2nd for Entrepreneurship and 3rd for Cultural Impact.
- Among the top 50 performers, Russia (ranked 36) saw a decline of 12 percent.
- The worst performers in the rankings were Belarus (ranked 85th), Uzbekistan (ranked 84th) and Iran (ranked 83rd).
- The rankings of three of Russia’s allies – Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – fell by nearly 10 places.
