Spain beats UK in Human Development Index

[Anonymous]

So Spain is a better place to live, it would seem:
UN Human Development Index Ranking 2009

But then again, we all knew that.

[angie]

Not sure what all that means in effect, nor who compiled it, but amazing the countries that beat Spain too.

I wonder how the various crime figures stack up if there’s such an index 😉

[Anonymous]

it obviously doesn’t take regulation or justice in to account!!

[Fuengi (Andrew)]

HDI looks at literacy rates, income, life expectancy, etc….

the one area I saw (quick glance) where the UK betters Spain is in GDP per capita

[Anonymous]

Guess the HDI reflects fairly essential components for ones well – being Fuengi. Suspect that we shouldn’t be surprised about the Spanish GDP figures being better than ours.

[katy]

One study a few years ago rated the Torrevieja area for the best quality of life in Europe 😆 Obviously all based on stats, they couldn’t have visited the place 🙄

[Paul]

😆 I had to laugh when reading the post on Torrevieja, yes it’s right, it’s an awful mass build urbanisation of sinilar properties.

I think the W.H.O. rate it (C. Blanca), as being healthy to live in for sun and air quality, too bad the properties are not worth much anymore.

[Anonymous]

It’s an interesting index that has standard of living as one of its three main determinants and then puts Ireland and Iceland in its top 5 for 2009.

[Author]

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