Updates from Derren Brown and the Enigma Crew

The phrase “world’s best” belongs on a mug next to the word “dad”, but as reductionist as it sounds, the rather wonderfully made infographic over at Newsweek is a fascinating insight in to the rankings of various countries.

The detailed comparison such as ’quality of life ranking’ includes: income inequality, gender gap, % living on less than $2 a day, Consumption per capita, homicide rate, environmental health and unemployment – all of which can be compared to any other country based on its population size, income group or region.

Surprisingly the UK ranks at 8th in the world overall, and 2nd if you take in to consideration our population size. We do however rank 28th for Political Environment among the world’s “high income” countries and drop to 33rd when you include everyone. Ahead of us are Costa Rica, Lithuania and Poland.

Kazakhstan makes a surprising appearance at 14th for education with a 99.5% literacy rate and 15 years of average schooling.

Once you start to play you’ll find it becomes strangely addictive.

Newsweek – The world’s best countries.