Americanexpatinfrance's Blog

For the fifth year in a row, International Living Magazine has ranked France the “best place to live in the world” (out of 194 countries) in its annual “Quality of Life Index.”

Factors taken into account were graded on a 0-100 scale (with 100 of course being the best). The results are as follows for France (full country list available on the link):
-Cost of Living: 55
-Leisure & Culture: 81
-Economy: 69
-Environment: 72
-Freedom: 100
-Health: 100
-Infrastructure: 92
-Risk & Safety: 100
-Climate: 87
-FINAL SCORE: 82

Well France’s health care system was ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the best in the world in 2001, it is certainly not as efficient as it could be, and scores of 100 are a bit over the top despite the fact that France is generally a very safe country with freedom and health; no one country is perfect. But I know from my own experience here that life is certainly pretty comfortable.

Other countries figuring near the top of the list:
#2 Australia, Germany and Switzerland (81 points each)
#3 New Zealand (79)
#4 Luxembourg, United States, Belgium (78)

PR News also wrote about this. What do you think of your experience in France?