Economics
Smaller Countries Are Becoming the Healthiest
Rankings of global health, wealth and happiness are increasingly placing big countries with booming economies at the back of the line.
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There’s more to life than money, and economists know it. As new assessments of global living standards proliferate, attempting to gauge how healthy, happy and successful humans are depending on where they live, a pattern is slowly emerging.
While slight variations in data can throw up different winners, smaller countries are increasingly dominating the top of the lists while big countries with booming economies fall behind.